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Revelation at Capistrano (Shrine to install $2mil retablo)

03/16/2007 1:49:33 PM PDT · by NYer · 36 replies · 557+ views
WITL ^ | March 16, 2007 | Rocco Palmo

Preps are in their final stages for Monday night's liturgy at California's Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano marking the unveiling of the historic shrine's new retablo, or altar screen. The $2 million backpiece, created in Spain and brought to the Left Coast by boat, is the first project of its kind to be completed in a US church in decades. Topping out at 41 feet high by 30 across, the all-cedar work is completely carved in accord in the ancient style of craftsmanship, and adorned with 23 karat goldleaf. The central figures are an antique depiction of the Godhead...

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