18 5 Outdoor Stations of the Cross Thanks to Marian benefactors Tom and Charlene Welch and world-renowned Christian sculptor Timothy P. Schmalz of Ontario, Canada, Eden Hill is home to an extraordinary Stations of the Cross that consists of 52 life-size figures and 13 crosses. Schmalz says the best compliment his sculptures can receive is “to amaze and fascinate the most cynical youths.” These Stations were consecrated on Sept. 14, 2012, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Just a few weeks later, on Oct. 5 (the Feast of St. Faustina), Tom, who had been suffering from illness, passed to eternal life. Without the Marian Renovator Blessed George Matulaitis-Matulewicz (18711927), the Marian Fathers might not exist today. In 1909, the Marian Fathers had dwindled down to just one member as a result of the persecution of religious orders in many parts of Europe. Blessed George famously prayed that the Lord make him a “dish rag” to clean the Church, to be worn out and thrown away when his mission was over. He revised the Congregation’s Constitutions and formed an underground seminary program. 6 Statue of Blessed George Matulaitis- MatulEwicz
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