Building the Shrine
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Shrine Church Construction - Interior

October, 2007   
Top right:  Workers lift column into place for major transept shrine.

Below left:  hand-carved crucifix from Italy and close up of face

Below right:  Crucifix being put in place in Sanctuary

 
July, 2007  
Top left:  Nave ceiling and moldings

Top Right: Hand painting continues on transept columns

Bottom Left:  Close up of the molding, inscriptions, and capitals ornamentation.

Far right:  A view of marble being placed in the Sanctuary area.

   
May, 2007  

Above:  Sanctuary stairs are framed in preparation for installation of Italian marble

 

Top left:  Upper view of Sanctuary ceiling and Hail Mary ( in Latin)

Top right:  View of inside of dome from Sanctuary

Bottom left:  Capitals in progress

Bottom right:  Side aisle ceilings and arches

April, 2007  
Top left:  Finished apse dome over the santuary with a large rosette focal point. Ribbing includes an "egg and dart" decorative molding design.

 

Top right:  Work continues to form the top  of the columns that surround the four points of the dome arch.

 

Left: partial view of the inside dome and lantern areas.

 

Right:  Transept stained glass window is installed.

   
February,  2007  
Far Right:  Close up of faux marble and brackets along upperside of Sanctuary.

Near Right: Detail work continues on the "egg and dart" molding and decorative medallion in the Sanctuary ceiling

Below Right: Plaster is applied to the Nave ceiling

Below Left:  Decorative grill is in place in the Lantern area of the Dome.

   
January 2007  
Far left:  Plastering of the Transept ceiling

Near Left:  Test strip of iconography for the inside Dome rim.