Looking for Mary

Halifax, N. S. -- Because I never thought I’d ever set eyes on it again, it was something of a miracle when I saw the Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St. Catherine's Church, in Indian Brook, Nova Scotia this afternoon. “Many tears have been spilled; many sorrows have been brought before this statue,” Rev. Fr. Tom Kurudeepan OMI (Oblates of Mary Immaculate) told me as I stood before the long-missing statue. The Halifax Archdiocese archivist had traced the statue, which many years ago had stood on the crest of a hill at Camp Villa Maria, to St. Catherine's Catholic Church, and Fr. Kurudeepan confirmed in a subsequent telephone call that it was there. The two hour drive from Mahone Bay to the Shubenacadie area was more than worth it. Finding the statue was important for me as it was the one I saw every day in summer at Camp Villa Maria, the summer camp of St. Joseph’s Orphanage. There were wild roses growing nearby and I would patiently fashion a wreath/crown for the statue by fastening the flowers beneath a covered elastic.

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