It was remarkable how everything had gotten fried, but the statue of The Virgin Mary and another statue of Saint Joseph were in perfect condition,” Peter Halpin, the family patriarch, ...

In one of the previously plain wooden statues, Jesus was given a bright green robe while Mary got a bright pink headscarf and eyeliner. Another statue showed St Peter, now dressed in deep red.

Oyamatsu later trained as a live-in apprentice to wood carver Choshu ... created a 50-centimeter-tall “Virgin and Child” statue, showing St. Mary with Jesus Christ in her arms.

A year after beginning work, Mt. Shasta Ski Park completed construction last week on a 20-foot statue of the Virgin Mary holding up the baby Jesus. The Madonna, which overlooks the resort from the ...