Thanks be to God and to Frank and Anita Sapienza for the beautiful new statue of St. Francis of Assisi that is now in the Shrine Church entrance.

It is carved wood and came all the way from Italy. Notice the wounds of the stigmata on his hands that St. Francis bore for the last two years of his life.

The friars are especially grateful to have this image of our spiritual Father at Holy Rosary Shrine, our new home.