The Shroud of Turin Exhibit at St. Michael's in Shenandoah
By: Jayne Ann Bugda
Updated: February 23, 2013
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County-Shroud of Turin
Exhibit- The Authentic Vatican Replica will be at St Michael's Church at 114 S
Chestnut St in Shenandoah from February 24 through March 8th. This
exhibit is has been brought to Shenandoah by the Metropolitan Archeparchy of
Philadelphia and is being sponsored by St Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church of
Shenandoah and St Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church of St Clair. The exhibit
will be open to the public from 9:00am to 9:00pm ( allowing for services) .
Guides will be available to answer questions and Msgr. Myron Grabowsky will be
available for counseling, confessions, healing and anointing throughout the
Exhibit. In addition to the Shroud , we will be presenting DVD's in our Church
Hall with more information on the Shroud. These DVD's will run every hour on the
hour and include information on the Shroud's History and Science. (A more
detailed synopsis of the DVD's is included below)
The Shroud of Turin Exhibit is an Authentic Vatican replica of the Shroud of Turin. Nine of these were commissioned by His Holiness Benedict the 16th. Each replica was touched to the real Shroud and was blessed by the Pope and sent out across the world to be embraced by everyone.
We will have a number of Services while the Exhibit is here in Shenandoah they are :
Divine Liturgies will be Saturday's at 3:30pm and Sunday's at 10:30 am ,
Welcoming Divine Liturgy for the Shroud Exhibit will be Sunday Feb 24 at 10:30 am.
Divine Mercy and the Rosary will be said daily at 3:00pm.
Liturgy of Presantified Gifts will be at 4:00pm on Wednesdays, Feb 27th and March 6th and Fridays at 5:00pm, March 1st and 8th .
Healing Services will be at 5:00pm on Wednesdays, Feb 27 and March 6th
Prayer Services will be held Sunday Feb 24th at 4:00pm by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church of Mt Carmel PA and on Thursday March 7th at 12:00noon by the Priests of the South Anthracite Deanery.
The Exhibit will be moving to its new venue the morning of March 9th.
We will also be
hosting The Stations of the Cross on Sunday March 3rd at 3:00pm. We
are excited that Fr. Daniel Troyan, Director of
Evangelization for the Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Philadelphia & Chaplain of Sisters of St Basil the Great in
Fox Chase Manor will be speaking about the Shroud and the history and
science surrounding it .
THE SHROUD OF TURIN (video presentations)
Video 1 - "HE IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD": 35 min. Several questions are raised and the answers lead to a real contemplation of the shroud which, up to now, remains a mystery. This video takes you to town of Turin Italy, where the Shroud is kept at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist. Observations on the Shroud are revealed and discussed by "STURP (Shroud of Turin Research Project)" members.
Video 2 - THE SHROUD OF TURIN: 50 min. This film documents the details of the historical data supporting the research on the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. It is a logical and illuminating series of facts that surround the Shroud and its history, including the finding and discussion of the 1988 radiocarbon test.

