Mary: plastic (?); St. Joseph: painted concrete (?); St. Bernadette: concrete (?); Grotto: fieldstone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Grotto
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church 415 North Brookfield South Bend Indiana 46628
Date:
1962
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(Behind Mary, on metal ring:) "I Am the Immaculate Conception": For Our Lady of Lourdes:/This Grotto/A Dream Come True in the Life of Father "jan"/Rev. Sigmund A. Jankowski C.S.C. Pastor 1946-1968/St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr Church/Drafted by Chester L. Jankowski/True Engineer/Built by Wm. Buckles/Master Stone Mason/Financed by Steve Sr. and Hattie Lisek/Faithful parishioners/Enshrines forever the memory of these God-Loving/Individuals and also the men and women who had/their hearts in the hallowing of humble rocks/deftly put together by the hands of Wm. Buckles./1960-61/Blessings from heaven be upon all those who now take care/of this grotto and upon the people, young and old, who come/here to our blessed mother and devotedly pray to her./D. Verne.
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Summary:
Fieldstone grotto with figures of Mary, St. Joseph, St. Bernadette. Mary is placed in a niche approximately seven feet from ground level, her hands clasped in prayer, wearing a white dress with blue belt and blue hooded robe. Two pink roses are at each foot. St. Bernadette kneels before a fence in front of the grotto, wearing a veil, long, pink-colored robes, and a white apron. She is holding a staff. St. Joseph stands with a beard, wearing robes. He holds a pitcher with his proper right hand and his proper left hand holds a stone (loaf of bread?). His feet are shod and his robe is belted at the waist and knotted in the back.
