Our Lady of Guadalupe Mosaic and Marble Shrine

Working closely with Cardinal Rigali, we restored the once Holy Family Triptych Shrine Altar. His Eminence had promised the Hispanic/Latino community to put an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Cathedral. Fulfilling that promise, he contacted our Studio to design and build for him a Shrine that would remind the people of the same image that is found in Mexico City.

St. Jude Liturgical Arts Studio, with our team of artists in Italy, using time honored traditions of the Venetian mosaic, was able to re-create the exact image of Our Lady. You can see from the images and pictures, that from the folds of the garments to the stars on her outer garment, each detail was painstakingly duplicated to create a Shrine that brought the faithful to tears. The Mosaic image is 7'0" in height.

The Cardinal was able to view the work in progress in our Marble/Mosaic studios in Italy shown here with our Director Louis R DiCocco,III viewing drawings and details.

The architectural marble was designed to complement the other new Shrines in the Cathedral but more importantly, was created to be something new and different that was worthy, and to tell the story of Juan Diego. Note the intricately carved roses that surround the image and the bookend matched yellow Siena marble panels that are used within the arched recessed areas which truly complement the beautiful image of Our Lady.

Click onto any of the images to view the VIDEO of this beautiful tribute to Our Lady