A Statue of the Holy Virgin

New York, 1895

The remodeled Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Jamaica, will be the scene of an interesting ceremony on Thursday, the 23d inst., the feast of the Ascension of Christ. On that occasion a large statute of the Virgin Mary, with the holy Child, will be dedicated, and placed in the niche turret over the church front. The Rev. Father Zeller has made extensive preparations tor the event. He announces that Vicar General McNamara will perform the ceremony.

The statue is a fine piece of art, a "Regina Ceoli," eight and one-half feet high. It was imported from Paris.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 8.