St. Charles Borromeo | Oklahoma

Title: The San Damiano Cross (2009)
Artist: Janet Jaime, local artist
Location: Warr Acres, Oklahoma
Church: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

A 10-ft replica of the San Damiano Cross caused a storm of controversey this past month at an Oklahoma Catholic Church. On April 17, the artist said she will "modify" the replica cross to reduce tensions. Church officials are returning the cross to the artist studio for those modifications. The original San Damiano Cross is the large Romanesque wood cross that St. Francis of Assisi was praying before when he received the commission from the Lord to rebuild the Church. The original cross presently hangs in the Basilica of Saint Clare (Basilica di Santa Chiara) in Assisi, Italy.