Mary and Infant Jesus - West Hartford, CT
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An contemporary version of a statue of Mary holding infant Jesus is located outside the cloister of St. John's Episcopal Church at 679 Farmington Avenue in West Hartford, CT.
Waymark Code: WM17GH6
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2023
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A 48" bronze statue of Mary holding infant Jesus is set on a 2' high granite base. The statue was created by artist Margaret Adams Parker who specializes in liturgical art. The statue was dedicated in 2003.
Mary is depicted wearing a calf length tunic cinched around the waist. A barefoot Mary is standing on a granite base and looking down while holding infant Jesus to her breast. Her left arm support the infant and her right arm is across the infant's body and touching her left shoulder.
A bronze plaque in the base is inscribed:
MARY
by Margaret Adams Parker
Dedicated to
The Glory of God
In Loving Memory of
My Mother
Mildred D. O'Brien
and with Thanksgiving for
The St. John's Parish Family
by
Patti Lynn O'Brien
According to Christian theology, Mary was a young Jewish woman from Nazareth, Judea, now a town in Palestine. She was married to Joseph but yet remained a virgin. Mary was chosen by God to conceive a child by the divine intersection of the Holy Spirit. Upon birth, the male infant was named Jesus.
According to Catholic theology Mary was also miraculously conceived, the Immaculate Conception, and did not die by was taken directly into heaven, the Assumption of Mary.
When Jesus was about 30 years old he attracted an avid following as an itinerant preacher who taught about the Kingdom of God. The Roman occupiers of Judea thought considered him a threat to the prevailing status quo and executed him by crucifixion.
His followers believe he rose from the dead and was the divine Son of God. They developed his new religion, Christianity, based on his life and teachings.