INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved Rs250 million for restoration of interior of St Patrick Cathedral including
glass, stone and wood work built in 1845.He took this decision on Saturday in a meeting with a delegation of St
Patrick Cathedral led Rector Rev
Mario Rodrigues who called on him here at CM House
The chief minister was told that St Patrick church, the first church in Sindh, was built in 1845 in Gothic revival architecture
It has the capacity to accommodate 15,000 worshippers at a time
The chief minister said that the Gazetteer of Sindh provided a detailed description of the cathedral
He read out Gazetteer text from his iPad and said, "Church exterior is not ornamental, though striking from a distance, but money and art
have been lavished on the interior
The chancel, itself spacious, acquires a special impressiveness but its additional height, while the noble contours of the aspiring altar
are seen to the best advantage
The whole interior is painted in oil and the windows are all of stained glass, donated by the members of the congregation."It was pointed
out that the stained-glass windows were produced by Mayer of Germany
They depict different and beautiful scenes of the sacrifice of Isaac, the Paschal lamb, the miraculous Manna, the annunciation, the
visitation, the Nativity of Jesus, the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, the flight into Egypt, the agony of the Jesus etc
The chief minister said that these scenes were painted in oil and need to be revived.The chief minister said that the heritage committee and
experts must be involved in the restoration of the old work so that it could be restored in its original glory
Shah told the Father to start work and his government would provide him Rs250 million over a period of three years
&We would give you Rs50 million as soon as you would complete all documentary requirements for starting restoration work,& he said.The
Father told the chief minister that the Christian community was also contributing to meet reaming expenditures
The chief minister said that Christian community has contributed a lot in the development of the country, particularly in Sindh
&Your contribution in education sector is worth mentioning here,& he said and added he himself received education in St Patrick school
Murad Ali Shah said that the standard of education in public sector has dropped down, at this stage the provincial government was in dire
Patrick type of dedicated and devoted teachers
At this father Mario said that they were also facing short of highly qualified and dedicated teachers as they used to be some 10 to 20 years
ago.In the meeting, it was decided to work together for improvement of education system in the province.TheIndianSubcontinent has not
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