"I see just a concrete wall and an image that could happen anywhere," Robles said. To them, it reaffirms their faith."īut onlooker Victor Robles, 36, said he was skeptical about the stain's Virgin Mary resemblance. (The meaning) depends on the individual who sees it. "Sometimes people ask us to look into it. "These things don't happen every day," Dwyer said. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago had not received any requests to authenticate the image as of Monday, spokesman Jim Dwyer said. "We're treating this just like we treat any type of roadside memorial," said IDOT spokesman Mike Claffey. People gather to see a stain in an underpass Tuesday in Chicago, Illinois. The agency does not plan to scrub it off the wall. The stain is likely the result of salt run-off, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. A police officer kept the crowd of about three dozen from getting too close to the traffic but didn't stop them gathering around the stain. Tuesday morning, women knelt with rosary beads behind a police barricade while men in work shirts stood solemnly before the image, praying. "We have faith, and we can see her face." "We believe it's a miracle," said Elbia Tello, 42. Beside the image is an artist's rendering of the Virgin Mary embracing Pope John Paul II in a pose some see echoed in the stain.
Police have patrolled the emergency turnoff area under the Kennedy Expressway since Monday as hundreds of people have walked down to see the image and the growing memorial of flowers and candles that surround it. Laura Lodewyck is a member of the NBC Chicago Street Team blog and Nude Hippo TV.Wednesday, ApPosted: 2:45 PM EDT (1845 GMT) A painting of the Virgin Mary was set near a stain in a Chicago, Illinois, underpass on Tuesday.ĬHICAGO, Illinois (AP) - A steady stream of the faithful and the curious, many carrying flowers and candles, have flocked to an expressway underpass for a view of a yellow and white stain on a concrete wall that some believe is an image of the Virgin Mary. The production flies by at 90 minutes and throws in a ton of laughs and manages to move you without preaching or taking a self-righteous stand on the topic of religion. The play features an ensemble of some of Chicago's finest actors, and is directed by Sandra Marquez. Will Mayor Daley, "too cheap to fix the roads," go out of his way to take it down? Is it a modern day miracle? Is that gunk on the wall really just a "homeless man's pee?" The play also captures the drama of the image itself, which was defaced, restored, and the subject of much discussion. Saracho gives the audience a sense of the "best of" of these conversations, presenting us with characters so weird and wonderful that you can't help but imagine them to be real.
#Underpass virgin mary series
It's been revised since its original reading at the Goodman Theatre in 2006, and is told through a series of monologues given by Saracho's characters, who were inspired by interviews with actual visitors to the roadside attraction. The play, written by Tanya Saracho, is a story about men and women from all walks of life who are brought together through the real-life event. The play is currently on-stage at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse through March 29. The event provides the inspiration for Teatro Vista's latest production, Our Lady of the Underpass. An image that many thought was the Virgin Mary - and others, a salt stain - appeared under the Fullerton Avenue overpass, prompting hundreds of people to visit the shrine for days on end. It was an event that captured the attention of the entire country.
0 kommentar(er)
