Pittsburgh Artist, Dino Guarino Supplies Art for Uptown Church

PITTSBURG POST-GAZETTE
By Kaitlyn Riely

Replica of the Infant Jesus of Praque by Dino Guarino

PITTSBURGH - A few years before the Rev. Carmen D'Amico arrived at Epiphany Catholic Church in 2004, the Uptown parish received a replica of an Infant Jesus of Prague statue, one of only a handful of replicas made. "We wanted to make a fitting shrine for the statue," said Father D'Amico, the administrator for Epiphany, St. Mary of Mercy Church, Downtown, and St. Benedict the Moor, Hill District. The parish wanted to transform the former baptistry in the front of the church into a room for adoration for the Prague statue. Late last year, Father D'Amico accelerated the process and called on his longtime friend, Upper St. Clair artist Dino Guarino, to design a shrine that depicted the sacraments of baptism, communion and penance. On Sunday -- appropriately the feast of the Infant Jesus of Prague -- the parish held a Mass to dedicate the shrine and celebrate the completion of the first of three sets of oil paintings. "It's quite beautiful," Father D'Amico said. [link]