The main altar of St. Rose has relief sculptures both at the top and bottom. At the top left Christ Crucifixion and Death. Followed by Christ Resurrection on the right.
The bottom relief is the Institution of the Eucharist.
These four panels line the bottom as well. Notice the dice in the panel with Christ Garments.
Not to be left out an no less amazing are the wooden carvings found in this church. Look for those in my next post.
Dave the Egyptian posted the following comment. It was so informative I added it to the post. Thanks Dave.
Russ you may already know this but the ambo and front altar are made from the communion rail parts and the carvings there are from the gates of said rail. the stand holding the song numbers is made from the additional fretwork that was removed from the altars decades ago, found hidden locally and reused, the main and side altars used to have huge amounts of fret work on them, much of it cracked and had to be repaired or removed, at least they saved some of it
Thanks Dave, It's tidbits like this that continue to amaze me and make me want to dig deeper into the history of these churches.
Russ you may already know this but the ambo and front altar are made from the communion rail parts and the carvings there are from the gates of said rail. the stand holding the song numbers is made from the additional fretwork that was removed from the altars decades ago, found hidden locally and reused, the main and side altars used to have huge amounts of fret work on them, much of it cracked and had to be repaired or removed, at least they saved some of it
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