Farewell To Father Madanat Commemorative Book

The Altar’s finishing touches

Above: The makeshift altar in the hall. My, how we crammed all of us into the hall for Mass during those weeks, with Father negotiating around the pink chairs and the prie-dieux as he approached the altar to say Mass. Who could forget those foam kneelers?

The ever-dependable DeBartolo sisters making some adjustments advised by their CDO mother, no doubt.

No project of this scope is without its share of controversy, but who knew it would come down to replacing a cross with a spindle, and the IHS painted in gold? Memories are made from things like this.