![]() ![]() Thomas of Canterbury Church, Malham said. The pastor of Mary Mother of God Parish purchased a set of the Chicago series to hang on the walls of the parish soup kitchen at St. “We have men, women, people of color all having in common that they followed Christ and proclaimed the cross,” he said, adding that he wanted to make a series that showcases “the utter magnificence of ordinary people who lived in our archdiocese.” It’s the stories of who we were and that becomes the story of who we are going to be in the future,” he said. “I think that’s a story that especially young people need to hear about, because it’s the communion of saints that carries the faith forward. ![]() “That’s heroic Catholicism at work.”Īnother Chicago hero is Mother Teresa Dudzik, foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago, who died in 1918 and pioneered how to care for the elderly and people with special needs. “Obviously he did not live a life of heroic sanctity like Augustus Tolton, but they say that he was very fair and honest and treated the indigenous people with great integrity,” he said. Malham also features Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the first non-indigenous resident of Chicago. “It’s kind of neat, the chain keeps getting bigger and bigger of how all these great Catholic lives are linked together,” he said. Malham hopes to do another series of Chicago heroes, which will likely include Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Dorothy Strang, who was murdered in Brazil in 2005, and who taught at several archdiocesan schools. All come with a short biography of the person. “We still follow Christ and we still proclaim the cross even though we are imperfect and unfinished.”Įach hero image is a signed and numbered 12-inch-by-12-inch reproduction on stretched canvas that can be framed. “What I wanted to convey was, instead of showing people in their divinized state like with the icons, I wanted to show them a little more impressionistic to show that we all are still in progress,” Malham said. It is also a slightly different “unpolished” style from his past work in creating icons. It’s a new look, I think, for a new time.” “ came up with this idea of these Catholic heroes of the 20th century. “I realized I couldn’t go back to what was and I started to find something that’s new,” Malham said. The inspiration for the series followed an icon of Christ the Healer, which Malham created early in the pandemic to comfort those who are ill or who have loved ones who are ill or who have died. Included as a subset in the series are “Chicago Heroes,” which includes Catholics who ministered in the Archdiocese of Chicago, such as Dorothy Day and Cardinal George Mundelein. Paulina St., has created a new series featuring modern holy women and men who did great things during their lifetimes. Gregory the Great Church at Mother of God Parish, 5545 N. Joe Malham is well known for his work as an iconographer. ![]()
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