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Hyde Park Church Art Works Win Noted Recognition
St Thomas the Apostle Church at 5472 Kimbark is profiled in the Catholic Encyclopedia for its Stations of the Cross by Alfeo Faggi and related works. The article notes Faggi's Pieta sculpture, Schumaker paintings, and the building’s Moorish balcony, with Father William Dorney leading five priests and 23 Sisters at the coed grammar school and girls high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas the Apostle
Kimbark
Alfeo Faggi
Faggi
Frank Lillie
Hyde Park
Chicago
Art Institute
William Schumaker
Mary
Joseph
Nazareth
Barry Byrne
Alfonso Iannelli
William Dorney
St. Dominic