BRYSON CITY — St. Joseph Church in Bryson City recently unveiled its long-awaited Lenten-dedicated crucifix that was restored last August.
A parishioner salvaged the crucifix from a storage garage, where it had been forgotten and earmarked for the landfill.
St. Joseph’s assiduous pastor, Father Peter Shaw, has been carefully building up the parish’s arsenal of effective tools of conversion, and this latest sacramental – a grim, yet deeply moving image of our crucified Lord – adds to the unique beauty of the Lenten season.
The crucifix will be displayed and venerated only during Lent and on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in September.