One Archbishop for the Birds. Steals childish Anglican idea.

Dove invasion in Perchtoldsdorf Parish Church as an ecumenical community project

Pentecost in Perchtoldsdorf

From Pentecost onwards, well over a thousand doves will hang in the sky of Perchtoldsdorf Parish Church. As a sign of the Holy Spirit, they are a symbol of peace and reconciliation.

The installation was realized in a similar form in Salisbury Cathedral in southern England and has now been adapted for Perchtoldsdorf by Pastor Josef Grünwidl.

A flock of over a thousand doves has vigorously invaded the parish church in Perchtoldsdorf, and now the church's ceiling is filled with doves.

These are folded paper doves. What makes this project special is that it is a collaborative effort, crafted by many members of our parishes, both Catholic and Protestant, school classes, adult groups, and many individuals.

All of them folded the countless doves and, in some cases, sent them into the church's ceiling with personal messages. And so, the idea of ​​an Anglican cathedral has evolved into an ecumenical community project in Perchtoldsdorf, which can be admired until the fall. The sight is overwhelming!

The doves, according to  Father Grünwidl, are a "sign of the Spirit of God, who gives life," and he hopes that "as many as possible will engage with the topic of peace." Peace, as the saying goes, begins within and with ourselves.

The doves, as symbols of peace in a changing world, are intended to remind everyone who enters the church of this. “We should,” says Grünwidl encouragingly, “open ourselves to the message of peace and reconciliation that moves many hearts, both large and small

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