Notice the St. Paul artwork on church wall

(Photo by George Ruegg)

Metal artwork on church wall fashioned by George Borisuk

Tuesday is the memorial of the Conversion of Saint Paul. When you go to Mass spend a moment before or after to check the distinctive metal artwork that traces the stages of St. Paul’s life from Saul the persecutor to Paul the martyr. The artwork hangs on the northeast wall of the church.

It is fashioned from pliable metal meticulously formed into a 15-foot long tableau with the word Saul at the left and Paul at the right .St. Paul is depicted from student to tentmaker, to convert, missionary, confessor, author and finally martyr. The conversion is the center of the design.

The artwork was crafted from a design created on large sheets of paper by Sister Carol Joy who was at St. Paul at the time it was created during the pastorate (1973-1981). of the late Fr. Thomas Koegel. The metal work was formed by parishioner George Borisuk who used round steel to cut, shape and weld together to form the design. Borisuk spent 10 months in his spare time to fashion the artwork from the drawing.

The art at right is a section of a painting by Michelangelo on the Conversion.


See our article from last year on the Conversion Feast Day


See an article on Michelangelo’s fresco of the Conversion.