{"id":4962,"date":"2023-09-18T16:19:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T20:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sta2.org\/church\/?page_id=4962"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:42:47","slug":"shroud-crucifix","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sta2.org\/church\/shroud-crucifix\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sindonic Crucifix"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sindonic Crucifix (from the Greek word S\u00edndon = Shroud<\/em>) of Mons Giulio Ricci, Assisi, Italy<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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There is no doubt that the Shroud Exhibit at St Thomas is a gift that the Lord entrusted to our parish. The Holy Shroud is the perfect place where science and faith dwell and resonate in their fullness. It is the Holy Shroud that has witnessed the Resurrection of the Lord and that has faithfully recorded into its fibers the image of the Crucified One, the Pierced One towards whom our sight must turn for salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Msgr. Giulio Ricci (1913-1995), founder of the Roman Center of Sindonology, studied the Holy Shroud in-depth, leaving behind him an inestimable work of research and apostolate. In the 1960s, in the town of Assisi, Italy, he personally crafted a crucifix portraying the information he could grasp from the aspects, geometry, and measurements of the marks of blood, wounds, and tortures inflicted to the Man of the Shroud. This work was a fruit of his attentive anatomical study of the imprint of the Man wrapped in this precious linen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church has the privilege to be part of this work of evangelization. Donations to the Shroud Exhibit will be directed toward the crafting of a copy of the Sindonic Crucifix of Mons Ricci for the exhibit at St Thomas. The Crucifix will be located within the Shroud Room at St Thomas the Apostle parish. The faithful copy of the Sindonic Crucifix of Msgr. Ricci will be crafted under the supervision of the Diocesan Center of Sindonology of Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further donations will be directed toward the realization of a spacious location within the parish for permanently hosting the Shroud Exhibit with independent access from the school building that will allow the opening of the exhibit even during school hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sidonic Crucifix hosted in the Shroud Permanent Exhibit within the Pontifical Athenaeum Postolorum in Rome, Italy<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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