Shrine to Our Lady of Good Counsel

We honor Mary, the mother of Jesus under many titles. The title “Our Lady of Good Counsel” goes back many centuries. We note the “good counsel” of Mary in several scenes in the Gospel, especially that of Cana, when the mother of Jesus says, “Do whatever he tells you” (John 2:5). Mary is blessed for being the mother of Jesus but she is even more blessed for being his disciple. In fact, as the disciple of her son, she presents him to us as our teacher, “our way, our truth and our life” —even as he was for her.
 

Shrine to the Saints of North America

The saints depicted on the six panels designed by parishioner and artist Joan Italiano represent different paths of holiness that have enriched the Catholic community in North America. From left to right, the saints are:
Saint Isaac Jogues (1607-1646), French Jesuit missionary and martyr
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), Native American mystic
Saint John Neumann (1811-1860), Czech missionary, teacher, Bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), wife, mother educator, founder of the Sisters of Charity
Saint Frances Cabrini (1850-1917), founder of hospitals, orphanages, schools, labored among the Italian immigrants of New York and Chicago