Holy Family Shrine - Gretna Nebraska
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Holy Family Shrine - Gretna Nebraska
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Photograph - Photography
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The front of the Holy Family Shrine in Gretna, Nebraska, with the beautiful etching of the Holy Family on the glass. This is the side that is seen in the distance as you pass on I-80.
This mostly glass church is located between Omaha and Lincoln in Gretna, Nebraska. The church was the dream of a Catholic priest and four others in the early 1990s. They wanted a place that weary travelers could stop to rest and practice their Catholic faith. Holy Family Shrine finally opened in 2002, built twice; construction on the church was almost complete when a windstorm destroyed it.
The Shrine's architectural design features arched trusses interlaced to symbolize waving fields of grain. These trusses are symbolic of the wheat in the Eucharist while also honoring Nebraskian's life on the Great Plains.
Copyright 2021 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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April 24th, 2021
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