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Above and below, dedicated in 2015 by Archbishop Smith for the
Jubilee Year of Mercy, the Portland stone Holy Door pays tribute to
Romilly Craze’s 1966 baptistry stonework
Above, The frame and staff details of Louth’s commemorative
boards re-echo his metalwork details for shrine and other gates
In 2015, Canon John O’Toole14 had initiated designs for
new nameboards in the West bay of the North aisle. In
2021, Canon Richard Hearn15 had accepted a gift from
the EOHS, a triptych icon painted on Serbian limewood
by the iconographer Peter Murphy: the panels depict Our
Lady of Palestine, flanked by St George and St Helena.
Finally16 we incorporated their gift in 2023: along with
the side altars, we included a scheme here for the
nameboards with the triptych beside the Holy Door.
Cowderoy’s stone tablet was demounted and cramped
higher up on the same wall of the North-West aisle.
Below, from 2015 to 2023, the entry of pilgrims has been signified by the Holy Door, its oak leaves re-echoed in Louth’s commemorative
nameboards, each detailed to complement Peter Murphy’s exquisite, scholarly icon for Our Lady of Palestine with SS Helena & George
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