Arts and Graphics

St. Dominic is presented with his traditional sheaf of lilies, symbolic of purity of heart.  The orb in the field represents the world, for whose salvation Dominic instituted the Friars Preachers.  The base of the panel depicts a black and white dog carrying a torch.  This symbol appeared in a dream to Dominic's mother before her son's birth and was interpreted to mean that this faithful "dog of the Lord," in his black and white vesture, would some day illuminate the world.

    b.  Saint Catherine of Siena

Catherine holds in her left hand a book symbolic of her mystical writings.  On the book is the text: "Place Me As A Seal Upon Thy Heart."  About the saint's brow is a crown of thorns, symbol both of her mortification and penance, and of the impression of the stigmata which she received from Christ.  In the base of the panel is a white dove, typifying the peace which Catherine's labor and suffering restored to the Church.

Designed by Sisters Rosaire McAuliffe, O.P. and M.Irene Walker, O.P. in 1989 for the Dominican Sisters of Edmonds Centennial in the Pacific Northwest

Taken from the Dominican Prayer Book, 4th Ed.  Rome, Curia Generalizia, O.P., 1962

Public Domain

Designed by Sister Rosaire McAuliffe, O.P.
circa 1982-1986

Carved wooden sculpture by Carlo Pini, Dominican Friar at Bologna, Italy.  Commission of the sculpture was arranged by Mother Francis Bach-Miller, Prioress of the Edmonds Dominicans, in the late 1950s.  Bust resides at Rosary Heights, Motherhouse, Edmonds, Wa.   Likeness for the sculpture of St. Dominic is based on the scientific examination of the relics in 1943.  The first carving was sculpted in marble in 1946 and resides at St. Dominic Church in Bologna, Italy.

This sculpture is located in Rome, Italy.  The artist is Francisco Messina.