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St. Joseph’s Infirmary's Holy
Trinity Chapel, dedicated this
Fall by Archbishop Hallinan,
has become the spiritual center
of Atlanta’s first Catholic hos
pital. The Chapel was built
through the generosity of the
late Esmond Brady, in memory
of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Burke Brady.
Some of the finest examples
of Contemporary Catholic Art
and Architecture may be seen
in this chapel. The fluency of
plan with the compelling sense
of balance reflects the rever
ence and emotional content of
a little romanesque basilica.
Abreu and Robeson, Architects,
achieved this by the appro
priate selection of materials
and the close co-ordination of
design and the arts. The stone
walls of coquina stone, the
black Buckingham slate floor,
cut into elongated diamond
shapes contrasting with the
white ceiling and the use of
stained and leaded glass win
dows arranged in varying ab
stract designs establish the
overall mood while the light and
dark woods, combined with gold
leaf, contribute warmth and
richness.
THE altar table is made with
mens a and base of Rosso An
tic o di Chiavari marble in home
finish with front and sides of
inlaid wood. The altar for
Mass facing the congregation
will be located directly be
hind the altar railing, which is
made of the same marble as the
altar of repose with bronze sup
ports which repeat the shape of
the bronze stanchions bearing
the Stations of the Cross.
Behind the Altar table is t
large Crucifix whose corpus is
carved from lindenwood and
nailed to an ashwood cross.
This Crucifix silhouettes
against a marble and Venetian
glass mosaic. In the mosaic
are visible the symbols of the
four Evangelists, the triangle
of the Holy Trinity, twelve
stars representing the Apostles
and over a large symbolic
chalice a host and the dove of
the Holy Spirit.
THE mosaic reredos depicts
the vision where.Ezekiel saw
VIEW of the Holy Trinity Chapel at St. Joseph's Infirmary.
Ox because at the beginning of
his Gospel he mentions the
Priesthood of Zachary and be
cause the ox was usually the
victim in the sacrifice of the
Old Law. It is to St. John
that we owe the most beauti
ful pages on the Divinity of the
Word made Flesh and it is for
this reason that he is sym
bolized by the Eagle which soars
into the heights.
THE Equilateral Triangle is
symbolic of the Trinity—the
Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
Flanking th e Altar are two
large proscenium figures car
ved in lindenwood and with gold
leaf representing St. Joseph and
the Blessed Virgin.
An unusual feature of the
Chapel is the placement of the
Stations of the Cross as free
standing sculptural groups in
individual niches. The Stations
are very impressive thirty-six
four symbolic animals, which
from the earliest centuries have
been recognized as types of
the Four Evangelists.
St. Matthew is represented by
the animal with a human face
because his Gospel opens with
the human geneology of Jesus
and His humanity is stressed
throughout. The attribution of
the lion to St. Mark is be
cause he wrote of the royal dig
nity of Christ and began his
Gospel with an account of St.
John the Baptist, “The voice of
one crying in the wilderness.”
An added reason was that St.
Mark was considered the his
torian of the Resurrection, of
which, among other things, the
lion is a symbol. St. Luke is
symbolically represented as an
VIEW of the interior of the new Nurses* Home at St. Joseph’s Infirmary.
CHRISTMAS TOUR
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NEW YORK (RNS)—Francis
Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop
of New York and Military Vicar
to Catholics in the Armed
Forces, will spend the Christ
mas season visiting American
servicemen and their families
in Puerto Rico and the Guan
tanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
The trip wil mark the 14th
consecutive year that the card
inal has been with military per
sonnel abroad at Christmas
time. He began the practice in
1951 when he went to Alaska.
Since then he lias gone to many
parts of the world where Ameri
cans are found.
CARDINAL Spellman was
scheduled to leave between Dec,
18-20, in time to be in Ponce,
Puerto Rico, on Dec, 21 to con
secrate a new bishop. He is Bi
shop-elect Fremiot Torres,
who will head the Ponce diocese!
From Dec. 22-24, Cardinal
Pontiff Appeals
For Congo Peace
VATICAN CITY (RNS)—Pope
Paul VI made a new appeal for
“peace and brotherly soli
darity” in the terror-swept
Congo.
His plea, published in Os-
servatore Romano, called for
the “safeguarding of human
rights, particularly those of the
weak and defenseless.”
THE POPE’S message, co
incided with the arrival of the
first Italian refugees from the
Congo. Foreign Minister Giu
seppe Saragat extended the'
thanks of the Italian government
to Italians.
Spellman will visit American
installations in Puerto Rico.
He will be at the Ramey Air
Force Base on Dec. 22, at
Roosevelt Roads Naval Station,
Dec. 23, and at Fort Buchanan,
Dec. 24.
He wili celebrate a Christmas
Midnight Mass on Dec. 24 at the
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base at
the invitation of Rear Adm, John
D. Bulkeley. On Christmas Day
and the following two days, he
will tour the many units at the
base, meeting
families.
with Gl’s and
BEFORE leaving New York,
Cardinal Spellman was to ob
serve the 25th anniversary of
his appointment as Military Vi
car. He w r as named to this post
on Dec. 11, 1939, by Pope Pius
XII.
Last year on Christmas.
Cardinal Spellman v/as in
Antarctica. In 1962 he went
to the Far East; in 1961 to
Europe and in 1960 to the North
Pole region.
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inches high three dimension
al figures hand carved from
lindenwood with a twenty-three
Karat gold leaf finish. These
figures are placed on five foot
bronze pedestals, bringing
them to eye level.
THE candlabra and other
Altar fittings repeat the bronze
of the pedestals and the Com
munion rail. The baldachin, or
canopy, over the altar relates
to the wood grille over die door
ways whose gold leaf ventricles
recall the pipes of a great cathe
dral organ.
Ths Sisters of Mercy, who
own and operate St. Joseph's
Infirmary, begin and end their
day in this House of God. This
is a semi-public oratory and is
open to the patients, personnel
and visitors who wish to visit
the Blessed Sacrament and give
honor and glory to God.
Stained glass, sculpture,
mosaic and Altar fittings in the
Chapel were executed by Da-
prato Studios of Chicago.
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