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DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER I JUNE 18, 2014 Visitor question: Who is depicted on the two medallions that hang on either side of the stone walls inside the chapel? Grotto at Our Lady of Lourdes Church This Denver parish's fi rst construction project was an outdoor shrine made in hon- or of Our Lady of Lourdes. The fi rst pastor Father Damen McCaddon organized the "Rocks of Lourdes" club com- prised of some 200 volunteers who began constructing a 35-foot-high stone shrine and outdoor altar in 1947. Workers hauled large rocks from Gold- en near Mount Olivet Cem- etery to the site that has the shrine near Iliff Avenue and South Logan Street. The grot- to took 624 tons of stone and steel, 101 tons of gravel and 1,500 sacks of cement to build. Inside is a statue of Mary, who appeared to St. Bernadette and announced to her that she was the Immaculate Conception. In 1949, the shine was dedicat- ed with water from Lourdes, France. Visitor question: What saint stat- ue is depicted kneeling before Mary inside the grotto? St. Peter Church This Gothic-style church in Greeley is notable for its rus- ticated white stone and gray manganese brick exterior that is decorated with a variety of Gothic, rose and roundel win- dows. The church is an echo of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that also features two bell towers on either side of the church. Inside visitors will fi nd soaring rib-vaulted ceil- ings and elegant furnishings with graceful arches. Parishio- ners will boast of the church's unique Stations of the Cross made out of wool and dyed with plants from New Mexico. Visitor question: When was the cornerstone of the church laid? Nissa LaPoint: 303-715-3138; nissa.lapoint@archden.org; www. twitter.com/DCRegisterNissa ART AND ARCHITECTURE WALK The Denver Archdiocese's sum- mer Art and Architecture Walk is an opportunity for faithful to visit seven notable sites of beautiful and historic art and architecture. See the graphic with addresses and contact information above. Participants are invited to answer the questions listed for each site in the story above and submit them to the Denver Catholic Register. Email answers and share photos with the Register by emailing info@archden. org. For questions and more infor- mation, call 303-715-3230. St. John the Evangelist's adoration chapel Address: 1730 W. 12th St., Loveland Phone: 970-635-5800 Website: www.saintjohns.us St. Catherine of Siena Church Address: 4200 Federal Blvd., Denver I Phone: 303-455-9090 Website: www.saintcatherine.us Annunciation Church Address: 1408 E. 36th Ave., Denver Phone: 303-296-1024 Website: www.lukeone26.org Our Lady of Lourdes' grotto Address: 2298 S. Logan St., Denver Phone: 303-722-6861 Website: www.ourladyofl ourdesparish.org Chapel on the Rock (St. Catherine Chapel) Address: 10758 Highway 7, Allenspark I Phone: 970-586-8111 Website: www.olmestes.org/weddings_st_malo.html St. Peter Church Address: 915 12th St., Greeley Phone: 970-352-1060 I Website: www.stpetergreeley.org Art & Architecture Walk TRUTH & BEAUTY I 3 Holy Protection of the Mother of God Byzantine Church's icons Address: 1201 S. Elizabeth St., Denver Phone: 303-778-8283 Website: www.holyprotection.org