I was in New York a week ago to tape the Sirius radio program and made the usual holiday stops at Rockefeller Center to see the tree and the ice skaters. I didn't get a chance to stop in St. Patrick's Cathedral, but if I had I would have seen the nativity scene shown above, featuring a recent addition, the Golden Retriever.
"Didn't the shepherds have dogs to help herd sheep?" Msgr. Robert Ritchie, rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral told the New York Daily News. Ritchie was in Rome last January and visited two churches where they had dogs in their anger scenes.
So Ritchie, a dog lover, decided to install one in the venerable New York City Cathedral. It seems to have made a favorable impression with visitors, but don't look for a cat to be added anytime soon. Ritchie is a devoted dog person!
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment