Above: Knights from St. Augustine Council 15723 in Washington, D.C., are pictured during their council’s pilgrimage to the shrine in December 2016. Above right: Father Lee R. Roos, chaplain of George Brent Council 5332 in Manassas, Va., talks to council members and their families about the mosaics in the Luminous Mysteries Chapel. 14 ♦ C O L U M B I A ♦
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Rupnik adorn the walls of both worship spaces. Installed with the assistance of a community of artists in Rome, Father Rupnik’s work can be found at shrines and chapels throughout the world, including at the Vatican, Lourdes and even the Holy Family Chapel at the Knights of Columbus headquarters. The distinctive artistic style features wide-eyed figures and utilizes a variety of materials, such as cracked pieces of marble, coarse stones and smooth strips of brightly painted glass. Father Lee R. Roos, chaplain of George Brent Council 5332 in Manassas, Va., said that the simple but theologically resonant artwork brings greater meaning to those who attend Mass at the shrine. “These mosaics help us enter visually into what we hear proclaimed in the Gospel,” said Father Roos, who celebrated Mass in the Luminous Mysteries Chapel for some 50 Knights and family members who traveled to the shrine on pilgrimage Feb. 18. “The artist has a way of expression that sheds new light on
Photos by Jaclyn Lippelmann
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