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GIANT CRUCIFIX LIFTED

BOSTON -- AN 18-FOOT BRONZE AND STAINLESS STEEL CRUCI-

FIX, LARGEST EVER ERECTED IN THE BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE,

IS SHOWN BEING LIFTED BY A GIANT CRANE TO THE FACADE

OF ST. ANTHONY SHRINE NEARING COMPLETION IN THE DOWN-

TOWN SHOPPING DISTRICT HERE. THE CROSS BAR EXTENDS

15 FEET WIDE AND THE ENTIRE CRUCIFIX WEIGHS ONE AND

A HALF TONS. THE CORPUS ON THE CRUCIFIX IS THE WORK

OF ROCHETTI AND PARZINI, DESIGNERS OF THE IWO JIMA

GROUP IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SOME 500 SPECTATORS SAW

THE CRUCIFIX ELEVATED TO POSITION 50 FEET ABOVE THE

STREET. ARCHBISHOP RICHARD J. CUSHING OF BOSTON WILL

DEDICATE THE NEW $4,000,000 SHRINE FOR DOWNTOWN WORKERS

AND SHOPPERS IN OCTOBER. IT WILL BE STAFFED BY THE

FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF THE HOLY NAME PROVINCE, WHO

HAVE OPERATED A TEMPORARY CHAPEL IN THE SHOPPING

DISTRICT FOR NEARLY A DECADE. THE NEW CRUCIFIX WAS

GIVEN TO THE FRANCISCANS BY EMPLOYEES OF THE BOSTON

RECORD-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PLANT NEAR THE CHAPEL.

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