Devotion to
The Divine Mercy
In Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Getting There
Getting to The Merciful Jesus Carving in Sauk Centre is fairly easy. Sauk Centre, Minnesota, is on US Highway 71 where it crosses Interstate 94. Once in town, Highway 71 becomes "The Original Main Street." The northern of the town's two traffic lights is at the intersection of Main Street and Sinclair Lewis Avenue. That's where we'll start.
From the corner of "The Original Main Street" and Sinclair Lewis
Avenue in downtown Sauk Centre, you can see St. Paul's, the church where
the Shrine is.
In this picture, you're looking east on Sinclair Lewis Avenue, near Main Street: That's the steeple of St. Paul's church, a little over a block away.
| The Merciful Jesus Carving is inside St. Paul's
church, at 304 Sinclair Lewis Avenue. If there isn't a parking
spot open on the street, go around the block: There is a parking
lot in back, north of the church.
Once inside, you'll find The Merciful Jesus Carving at the front of the church, to the right of the altar. |
|
 Above, the Merciful Jesus Carving, to the right of the altar in St. Paul's. A feature of the setting which doesn't show in this photo is the color scheme. The last artist to work on the statues above the Merciful Jesus Carving wasn't afraid of bold colors. |
A photograph of this statue is displayed when the carving itself is 'on tour.' |
