Pope John Paul II - Collinsville, OK
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N 36° 22.533 W 095° 50.840
15S E 244567 N 4029369
This monument to Pope John Paul II stands in the northwest corner of St. Therese Catholic Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMVFNE
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2017
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Directly north of St. Therese Catholic Church at 1007 N. 19th Street is a lovely cemetery associated with the church.
In the northwest corner of the cemetery is this concrete block wall approximately eight feet high. Above a framed granite plaque is a bronze bust of Pope John Paul II.
The dedication reads: "John Paul II died as he had always lived - animated by the indomitable courage of faith, giving himself up to God and entrusting himself to Mary Most Holy. His heritage is immense but the message of his long pontificate can be summarized in the words with which he chose to open it in Saint Peter's Square on October 22, 1978 - "Open wide the doors to Christ" / Benedict XVI / April 2, 2006"
Details of the life of Pope John Paul II can be found here (
visit link) John Paul's papacy ended on April 2, 2005. At the bottom of this engraving is the name of John Paul's successor Benedict XVI and the date one year after John Paul's death.