How many of you remember the tall statue of St. Joseph that graced the right side of our sanctuary many years ago?  On the left side was the statue of Our Lady of Grace or The Immaculate Conception.

A friend of mine knew all about the St. Joseph statue.  He even had a photograph of it.  Here it is...

When our church was modernized, the old high altar was removed; as was the altar rail, statues and other objects.  The  statues, the altar rail, the crucifix, the candelabra and other objects were sold.  I bought the brass sacramentary stand and we are using that again now.  Other parish members bought some of the candlesticks and other items.

Our St. Joseph statue was bought for the St. Joseph's Traditional Chapel in 1988 which was then under Bishop Lefevre who had broken with Rome because of the Vatican II changes.  In 1991, the parishioners of St. Joseph's Chapel decided to leave Bishop Lefevre's traditional Catholic movement and return to the Diocese of Richmond.  Bishop Sullivan gave them the Villa church in which to hold services and there they were given special permission to celebrate the Tridentine Latin Mass.  Since then, this parish has rebuilt a beautiful church on Buford Road where they have a thriving congregation.  So what happened to the St. Joseph statue?

The statue of St. Joseph was again sold and at this point, unfortunately, no one know where it is.

Our St. E's altar rail was bought by the Our Lady of Fatima Traditional Chapel, the original group in the Richmond area who had allied themselves with Bishop Lefevre.  The altar rail was later sold to St. Benedict's Chapel in Chesapeake.