You can’t miss her, high on a hill with her arms outstretched in front of Holy Spirit Church, with the sun bouncing off the 33′ high stainless steel statue. Father Sweeney started the project for Our Lady Queen of Peace Statue with the power of prayer.
A committee used “Rosary Checks” to record the number of rosaries that an individual prayed for the building of a statue. The goal was for 500,000 before any fund raising began. Not only did the number of rosaries prayed exceed this, but unsolicited donations came in before any formal fund raising began.
Sculptor Charles C. Parks did 2 others on the same theme honoring the Virgin Mary. This one, though, is sometimes referred to as “Our Lady of the Highways” as it sits majestically on the approach to the the Delaware Memorial Bridge. www.ourlady-de.org