The 1989 cast bronze sculpture of Saint Francis reaching toward the ground with the Angel of the 6th Seal behind him, sits on a mini-promontory at the edge of Swan Lake. It was created by Father David Kocka, currently the Diocesan Bishop and Pastor at the Sacred Cross Oratory in Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Kocka’s creative pilgrimage began in 1969 working under the tutelage of Paul T. Granlund. After studies at St. Louis University, The Pontifical Institute in Rome, and St. Bonaventure College in New York State, Kocka came to Indiana and created a studio and foundry in 1983. He draws no distinctions between art and spirituality, between the secular and the sacred, viewing the rituals of art, faith, and everyday life as inseparable.

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