Our Blessed Mother’s Landmark Statue
Gold-leafed statue has watched over campus for 57 years
Restoration in Progress
Corrosion of statue's interior structural steel supports
THANKS TO OVERWHELMING GENEROSIT Y during our fall 2020 campaign, we began the process to regild our National Shrine Grotto’s iconic and beloved statue of Mary. As the scaffolding went up, engineers unexpectedly discovered the statue’s interior structural steel supports were corroded. The beautiful statue had to be removed from the bell tower and is currently undergoing this vital restoration. The process is costly and will take several months, but once she returns, Our Lady of Grace will be set securely atop the Pangborn Campanille for decades to come as a motherly presence for our community and the surrounding area.
More information
Sr. Louis Marie de Montfort reverently touches Mary's hand
Pray for this effort, learn more and give at msmary.edu/restoremary.
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