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The Archdiocese of Kansas City, KS and Arte Divine LLC, announced that a life-size marble casting of Michelangelo’s ‘Pietà’ will be unveiled, on Saturday May 7th, in a blessing ceremony at the Savior Pastoral Center, 12601 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas 66109. The Carrara marble, exact casting of Michelangelo’s Pieta will be the 57th of only 100 authorized to be created and placed.
Five hundred years ago Michelangelo unveiled what would come to be regarded as one of the world’s great masterpieces of inspired art and perhaps the most beautiful sculpture ever created. The Pieta was both the consummate expression of Michelangelo’s artistic abilities and an embodiment of the divine inspiration that guided his work.
This famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the crucifixion. The Pieta is the only piece of art Michelangelo ever signed. Arte Divine has recreated Michelangelo's masterpiece, Pieta in cast marble using a mold derived from the original Pieta c1498-99, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. This posthumous Pieta is a precise “1 to 1” casting that is faithful in every detail to Michelangelo’s original. These exquisite castings are being acquired by generous corporate and private benefactors, and donating these legacy gifts to select Catholic locations, like the Savior Pastoral Retreat and Conference Center.
“The Archdiocese of Kansas City, our Catholic parish community and the Savior Pastoral Center is so very blessed to have this iconic image of our Christian faith placed here. For those who will visit our retreat center, they can take pride knowing the Pieta will serve to focus the hearts and minds toward God and keeps Him ever present in their daily lives. For our sick and elderly who are in need of healing, the Pieta serves to inspire, hope, peace and compassion to each person and their loved ones” said Tim Chik, Director of the Savior Pastoral Center.
Mr. Chik also announced that the Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, will celebrate the official unveiling and blessing ceremony of St. Peter’s Pieta on Saturday afternoon, May 7th, from 2:30 ~ 3:30pm during the Liturgy of the Hours Midday prayer.
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