CATHOLIC LEADER REPORT: A STAINLESS steel 3m crucifix is the latest significant feature to be installed at Mary Immaculate Church, at Ashmore on the Gold Coast.
Southport parish priest Fr Peter Dillon said the crucifix was installed from the church roof on April 15 and was to be unveiled on Good Friday.
Maleny sculptor Cezary Stulgis was commissioned to undertake the work, and Fr Dillon said the end result was a really significant crucifix that challenged people to meditate on Christ's Passion.
"The crucifix is such a significant piece in every church, but I had found that some of the more traditional ones were not drawing people into their imagination, (people) were just saying 'doesn't it look lovely'.
"I wanted this one to be confronting, I wanted people to understand his (Jesus') crucifixion was not lovely but it was a means to something very important."
Fr Dillion said the parish had wanted the new crucifix to highlight the scriptural parts of the crucifixion.
"Features such as the crown of thorns, nailing of the hands and feet and the piercing of the side were filled in and all sculptured in a way to draw people in so that when we read the Passion, people will be able to focus on those particular pieces," he said.
"The rest of the body is almost see-through, it's clear.
"We didn't want to put too much structure so the people themselves can say, 'I can see the passion of it, I can see the suffering', but you can also see the fact that he's God and Man, a whole lot of connections between what we know scripturally and what we allow the revelation of Christ to be in the present day."
Fr Dillon said the crucifix was attached to the church ceiling to be visible to people as they looked at the altar.
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