Br. Paul Jasmer's Photo Album
Three Chapels Devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Here is a short photo tour of three out-of-the-way chapels in Minnesota that are dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
GRASSHOPPER CHAPEL, COLD SPRING MN
(Dedicated to Mariä Himmelfahrt or the Assumption)
Last summer, while driving back from an afternoon birthday tea for my mother, the idea came to me to visit the Grasshopper Chapel at Cold Spring. [...]
Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica
As most Saint John’s Abbey confreres are aware, the below wood carvings of Saints Benedict and Scholastica were carved by our Father Cornelius Wittmann, one of the original five founding monks of Saint John’s. At some later point, Brother Clement Fischauf painted these figures.
Br. Paul Jasmer O.S.B. pictures and text of new Stella Maris Chapel interior and Mary statue.
On Saturday afternoon, I walked to the Stella Maris Chapel to visit the recently installed sculpture of “Madonna with Child,” the work of the distinguished artist, Alexander Tylevich.Upon arriving, I entered the chapel and was rewarded with the beauty of quiet and the indwelling of the Word that the image and space invites.
Upon entering the [...]
