Angel and Patricia Sanchez had just come out of their second Catholic Mass of the day at St. Mary’s Cathedral when they were unexpectedly pulled into their third Mass in the form of a 60-foot-wide bronze sculpture of the crucifixion of Christ, which they were surprised to see on the cathedral plaza.
“Every Mass is the remembrance of all of this,” Patricia, from South San Francisco, said after studying the exquisite detail of the carving. “It’s a contemplation, a way of praying.”
It takes only a few minutes to study the scene in five panels, but that is enough time to satisfy Diana Adamson, who was watching from across the plaza, more than 50 yards away. She and her husband, Alex, are active Catholics who were the lead benefactors in the creation and installation of the permanent piece by renowned Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz…