US EditionPublished • loading... • Updated
News We Love: Nuns Are Gifted a Miracle by Florida Jeweler
Mark Loren restored water-damaged reliquaries for cloistered nuns after Hurricane Ian flooded their church, providing a valuable community service in October.
- This October, Mark Loren repaired and restored water-damaged reliquaries and jewelry salvaged from the Church of the Ascension, Fort Myers Beach, returning them to the cloistered nuns.
- Hurricane Ian destroyed the Church of the Ascension, Fort Myers Beach, and floodwaters rose over the nuns' enclosure wall, submerging relics and forcing the sisters to salvage what they could.
- A longtime Fort Myers jeweler said, `They were a mess; they really looked like garbage,` Sister Mary said, and he noted, `We saw the water rise until it was over the wall, over our enclosure wall, which is 8 feet high.`
- The nuns said they were humbled by the restorations and described the return as meaningful, while Mark Loren called the timing timely and said the work was uplifting.
- The community responded with Loren's restoration work, which locals described as humble and meaningful after Hurricane Ian, as reported by Gulf Coast News.
Insights by Ground AI
25 Articles
25 Articles
Coverage Details
Total News Sources25
Leaning Left0Leaning Right1Center23Last UpdatedBias Distribution96% Center
Bias Distribution
- 96% of the sources are Center
96% Center
C 96%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
