Our Lady of the Sacred Heart statue, OLSH Kensington
Peter Henrdriks writes:
Earlier I informed you of a request we received from Javier Trapero from Spain inquiring about the OLSH statue below. All the information came in from Sydney, Wadeye, Melbourne, Adelaide and Africa and we can say:
o The statue is in the OLSH Provincialate, Sydney.
o Sister M Florine Gimson, Provincial in the 1970’s, came across it when she visited a sculptor in Melbourne to order a wood carving of Mary at the foot of the Cross, which is also at the OLSH Provincialate. The statue in the picture below was ordered by someone but had come back for it!
o The statue is entirely hand carved and from Albion Metalware Pty Ltd
o The statue is about 90cm (approx.. 3 feet) in height. Mary is young - as she was – and someone though, very maidenly.
o Cards were printed with the Memorare on the back.
o The sisters used to put the statue in various parts of the garden and take pictures of it.
o The name of the sculptor hasn’t been confirmed but someone said it reminded them of Leopoldine Mimovich who sculpted in wood (and other mediums) and lived in Victoria until her death in 2019. Above early photo of Leopoldine Mimovich at work.
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