As you enter Sacred Heart Church, you will notice the work of David Morones. According to a December 19, 2002 article in Westword, David walked into Sacred Heart asking then pastor, Father Marcus Medrano, if he would baptize his children. Father Medrano said. "David walked in one day, wanted to know if I could baptize his kids," Medrano remembers. "Apparently he went somewhere else and they gave him a hard time, so I said sure. In my office, he saw a drawing, and he said he could do that. It was lucky." Medrano had been looking for someone to paint the Ascension of Mary on a wall high above the altar, but couldn't afford an established religious artist. Morones, who lost a leg in an industrial accident and had an ill-fitting prosthesis, hadn't been able to find work and was willing to paint for very little money. Morones spent the next six months on a scaffold near the church ceiling, creating his portrait of Mary. Morones also painted scenes from Christ childhood that grace the entryway - the Virgin baking bread, Jesus learning carpentry skills from Joseph.
Father Medrano has retired from Sacred Heart but the paintings recall his special relationship with a gifted artist.
