28 Marian Helper • Summer 2025 • Marian.org so that you might continue to inspire and entertain others by means of your paintings.” Father Martin enclosed a view of the nearly-completed Shrine chapel. “You and your family have a standing invitation to visit with us,” he wrote. “And the view from atop Eden Hill overlooking the Berkshires is majestic.” Fundraising The Marian Fathers joined Rockwell’s efforts to support the town of Stockbridge as a good neighbor. In 1968, they assisted in fundraising for the Old Corner House, home to the Stockbridge Historical Society and the precursor of the first Norman Rockwell Museum. Rockwell suggested producing 1,000 prints of his famous “Freedom of Worship” painting, making use of the “very fine color reproduction process up at Marian Fathers.” Rockwell signed these, and the Marians sold them for two dollars apiece. The Marians also donated an original engraving by Credit: Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), illustration for Look, December 29, 1970, pp. 18-9. Oil on canvas. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection; NRM.org, Norman Rockwell Art Collection Trust, NRACT.1973.075. © Licensed by Norman Rockwell Family Agency. All rights reserved. The three figures at the front of the procession in the 1970 painting “Uneasy Christmas in the Birthplace of Peace (Christmas Even in Bethlehem)” are Marians.
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