Sunday April 28: Glenn and Sue had to be back at the Catania airport at 2:00PM. Before leaving we had time to walk around Giarratana where we ran into an artist putting murals on several buildings. We enjoyed his work and his conversation.
The mural artist, Giuseppe Pisana
His murals are all from scenes he has seen around Giarratana
What boy has not done something like this
What cat has not done something like this
Walking down the street I had to look twice to be sure this was not a real dog
A little later on, in that same walk, we became part of a family reunion of twenty or so people who had been given access to church number one. Again, we enjoyed the conversation with the family (mostly in English as several members had spent time in the United States), and the access to the church.
The family was given access to the church, as they had come from all over Italy and they then invited us to take a look. What an outstanding church. Amazing that Giarratana a town of 3,000 people has three churches like this.
In Sicilia any church worth its prayer candles has its relics. In this church the relic is a full mummified body!
I loved the ceiling art
A different characterization of Christ
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