{"id":3465,"date":"2006-04-02T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2006-04-02T00:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/re-shaping.html"},"modified":"2006-04-02T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2006-04-02T00:53:09","slug":"re-shaping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/re-shaping.html","title":{"rendered":"Re-shaping"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commissioned to create a sculpture of soon-to-be St. Mother Theodore Guerin, an artist’s life is transformed:<\/a><\/p>\n

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It has been five years since Clark accepted a commission to sculpt a likeness of Mother Theodore Guerin, founder of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, for the Sisters of Providence. Then, Clark was living in Fort Wayne and the statue was to be in bronze for a mausoleum there.<\/p>\n

Today, many things have changed, from her address and the medium for her art to the inner-workings of her soul.<\/p>\n

Guerin is just months from becoming \u201cSaint Mother Theodore\u201d in a canonization ceremony in Rome. Bronze has given way to clay to serve as a limestone carver\u2019s meticulous cast for a statue that will stand, not in Fort Wayne, but in the national Catholic basilica in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

And in 13 days, on Holy Saturday of Easter week, Clark, who is 50, will be baptized, confirmed and receive her first Communion as a Roman Catholic at St. Margaret Mary Church in Terre Haute.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father was a strict Mennonite, my mother was a sort of a Methodist,\u201d said Clark. \u201cI was born on St. Teresa\u2019s birthday, but we didn\u2019t know that. My mother named me for Teresa Brewer, the singer. Now, she\u2019s thinking I\u2019ve been geared for this my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Links to articles about Blessed Mother Theodore from the Indy Archdiocesan paper.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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