The Saint John Paul II solid gold crucifix was fabricated by artist and sculptor, Adam Smith.

Adam, a man of deep faith celebrated his birthday on the feast day of Saint Faustina in Rome, Italy in 2016.  Faustina Kowalski a native of Poland like Pope John Paul II,. was canonized in 2000 by the great Saint John Paul II. The Eucharist was a source of strength and light to both Saint Faustina and Saint John Paul II, and can be our strength and light during times of difficulty in our lives. 

Adam graduated from the University of Dayton and is one of seven children. Together with his beloved wife, Mollie they have a growing beautiful family, steeped in the Catholic faith tradition.

Adam Smith is the artist behind a replica of the carved wood cross carried by Montfort that is currently used as a processional cross at the patron parish in Fishers, Indiana.. The words etched in French are taken from the Montfort cross he carried during his 19 years of priesthood. 

To purchase a Saint John Paul II solid gold crucifix contact:
info@peacelovepilgrimage.com

"I was born on January 4, the feast day of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton."

As an adult, I learned that my maternal grandfather, John Bundschuh commissioned Frederick Charles Shrady of New York to create a bronze sculpture of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (top left photo below) after my grandmother, Ouida Noelle Bundschuh was baptised by then Father Fulton Sheen at Saint Patricks’s Cathedral, in New York in 1975.

Soon after in 1982, Saint Pope John Paul II commissioned the very same New York artist and sculptor as my grandfather did, Frederick Charles Shrady (1907-1990) created a life size bronze sculpture of Our Lady of Fatima (top right photo below) for the Vatican Gardens, the first AMERICAN artist to ever eceive a papal commission at the Vatican.

Bronze sculpture photos:
Top left is Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton designed by Shrady at the request of Father Fulton Sheen by John Bundschuh, a donor at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York

Top right: Kerin O'Rourke Buntin holding the gold rosary crucifix in front of Our Lady of Fatima in the.Vatican Garden that was blessed by Venerable Fulton Sheen for her grandmothers Baptism at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York.

Bottom right : Saint Theodore Guerin bronze sculpture designed for the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana is where I completed my Masters degree in Pastoral Theolgy. Guerin was the inspiration behind this apostolate and she is the patron of Peace Love Pilgrimage.

Bottom right: Saint Pope John Paul II at the National Shrine in Washington DC