HOUSTON - A colorful mural with swirls of red pouring from Christ on the cross into a chalice for all to partake is the latest to join Houston’s vibrant street art scene.
Daniel Cardinal DiNardo blessed the painting on May 31 located at the downtown intersection of Fannin and Jefferson, across from the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. He described the creation as a collaboration with area Catholic high school students and renowned street artist GONZO247, himself a former Catholic school student.
GONZO247 thanked the Cardinal and Archdiocese for allowing him to be part of this “team effort.” “How awesome it is to see the Church being a part of bringing art to the streets of Houston that people may see and give them hope.”
As part of commemorating the end of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston’s 175th anniversary, the students were asked to create a design of “what does being Catholic mean to you?”
The middle panel highlights the consecration of the Eucharist with a priest raising the bread up to the heavens as beams of light stream from it. The third panel completes the communion with five men and women in biblical robes giving reverence. They are all faceless so “everyone can see themselves,” the artists explained. Underneath the three panels, “I am the Bread of Life” is written, a line from the Gospel of St. John 6:35.
