Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, (sculpture).

Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, (sculpture).

Kotecki Monuments, fabricator.

Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, (sculpture).

Commissioned Nov. 1988. Dedicated Sept. 14, 1990.

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Mary: Georgia white granite and Indian red granite; Mary's base: cement; Children: Georgia white granite.

4 pieces. Mary: approx. H. 10 ft.; Children: approx H.: 36 in.; 24 in.; Mary's base: approx. H. 3 ft.

Four figures within a shrine depict Mary's apparition to the three children at Fatima in 1917. Figure of Mary is central, wearing robes and veil, her hands raised to waist level with a rosary in her proper right hand and a scapular in her proper left hand. She stands on clouds and on her chest is the Sacred Heart, done in Indian red granite. Mary is mounted upon a square base, with ten feet below ground. The girls, Lucia and Jacinta, wear veils and kneel before Mary with their hands pressed together. Francisco, the boy, kneels with his hands in prayer. The shrine area is accented by rocks and shrubbery and enclosed by a low, six-sided brick retained wall that is bordered by a concrete walkway with benches. The figures are lit by spotlights.

Religion -- New Testament -- Mary

Religion -- New Testament -- Lucia

Religion -- New Testament -- Francisco

Religion -- New Testament -- Jacinta

Emblem -- Heart

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Force

Administered by St. Joseph's Blue Army, P. O. Box 1917, Force, Pennsylvania 15841

Located St. Joseph's Parish, Adjacent to Pennsylvania Route 255, Force, Pennsylvania

The sculptures cost $30,000 and were installed as part of the new Lady of Fatima Shrine, erected by the Our Lady of Fatima Shrine Committee. Total cost of Shrine was $60,000, raised through donation. A medal designed to resemble a vision of Mary as she appeared in 1830 to St. Catherine of Labre is buried in Mary's base. IAS files contains a newsletter from the Our Lady of Fatima Shrine Committee, detailing the Shrine project.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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