Crucifix at Holy Family Shrine
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Crucifix at Holy Family Shrine
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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A close up view of the forty-foot tall crucifix at Holy Family Shrine in Gretna, Nebraska. Hanging from the cross is an eight-foot-tall bronze figure of Jesus. The height of the cross symbolizes the forty days of Lent.
This mostly glass church is located between Omaha and Lincoln in Gretna, Nebraska. The church was the dream of a Catholic priest and four others in the early 1990s. They wanted a place that weary travelers could stop to rest and practice their Catholic faith. Holy Family Shrine finally opened in 2002, built twice; construction on the church was almost complete when a windstorm destroyed it.
The Shrine's architectural design features arched trusses interlaced to symbolize waving fields of grain. These trusses are symbolic of the wheat in the Eucharist while also honoring Nebraskian's life on the Great Plains.
Copyright 2017 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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May 24th, 2017
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