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Rome, Italy, Nov 15, 2012 \/ 12:22 am (CNA<\/a>).- Cardinal Raymond L. Burke recently unveiled a monument he commissioned for his titular church \u2013 Saint Agatha of the Goths \u2013 of a saintly Irish monk who was ordained there in 1881.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cCardinal Burke loves to build and loves to beautify \u2026 and this is a monument to this great man and this great event in his life, to remind us where this saint was ordained,\u201d said Duncan G. Stroik, the monument's designer, in a Nov. 14 interview with CNA.<\/p>\n

\tThe monument, to Blessed Columba Marmion which was dedicated Oct. 25, is located on the side aisle of the church and features a bas relief profile of the blessed above a Latin inscription.<\/p>\n

\tThe inscription proclaims, \u201cHere in the church of Saint Agatha of the Goths, June 16, 1881, Joseph Marmion was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dublin by Tobias Kirby, rector of the Irish College. Then, after entering the Order of Saint Benedict and taking the name Columba at the Abbey of Maredsous, he was elected the third abbot of the same community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cExcelling in priestly virtue and renowned for his sanctity, he died January 30, 1923, and was beatified September 3, 2000 by Pope John Paul II.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIt also notes that \u201cHis Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke took care to erect this monument in AD 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tStroik said that the extraordinary beauty of Roman churches is due to the fact that they are cared for by cardinals. Part of being made a cardinal by the Pope is that each cardinal receives a titular church.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt's the cardinals' responsibility to take care of their titular church, that's why churches in Rome have been so beautified, is because the cardinals are spending money on their churches,\u201d Stroik said.<\/p>\n

\tWhen Cardinal Burke was given Saint Agatha of the Goths, he saw that \u201chere's a man who is going to be named a saint in matter of time, and there's no monument to him in the church where he was ordained, so that was the impetus for the monument,\u201d Stroik recalled.<\/p>\n

\tReflecting on the importance of beauty in drawing man's heart to Christ, Stroik said, \u201cAre not our churches theology in stone? Beauty draws us in and affects us \u2026 when we do things for the glory of God, it should be our best. Since he is beauty, our best should be beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe monument is made of Giallo marble \u2013 to \u201cpick up the beautiful rich marbles in the apse\u201d \u2013 and the abbot's profile was sculpted by Giuseppe Ducrot.<\/p>\n

\tStroik said it was designed to be both unique and to fit in with the rest of the church in a harmonious way. Below the inscription is a coat of arms for Bl. Marmion, which features an abbot's crozier and two shamrocks to represent his native land.<\/p>\n

\tJoseph Marmion was born in Dublin in 1858 and went to the Pontifical Irish College in Rome for his final seminary studies. At the time, Saint Agatha of the Goths was the site of the Irish College.<\/p>\n

\tHe served as a parish priest, professor, and spiritual director while he served the Dublin archdiocese.<\/p>\n

\tAfter five years as a diocesan priest, he obtained permission from his bishop to join the Benedictine monastery of Maredsous, Belgium. After becoming abbot, he continued to devote himself to spiritual direction, focusing his retreats on Christ as the model for the life of Christians.<\/p>\n

\tHis classic spiritual works include \u201cChrist, the Life of the Soul,\u201d \u201cChrist in his Mysteries,\u201d \u201cChrist the Ideal of the Monk,\u201d and \u201cChrist the Ideal of the Priest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tStroik has authored a book, \u201cThe Church Building as a Sacred Place: Beauty, Transcendence, and the Eternal,\u201d which will be available in Dec. 2012 from Liturgy Training Publications.<\/p>\n

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