Mother Angelica Museum unveils new monument to EWTN founder
The Mother Angelica Museum in Canton, Ohio, has unveiled a new monument honoring the founder of the Alabama-based EWTN Global Catholic Network.
“This is her hometown and we love her very much,” said Barbara Gaskell, director of the Mother Angelica Museum in Canton. “We want to keep her legacy alive.”
The monument was unveiled on April 24.
“It’s outdoors and it’s a stained-glass window that’s backlit in an arch with black granite,” Gaskell said.
Mother Angelica moved from Ohio to Alabama in 1961 to found Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Irondale. She founded Eternal Word Television Network at the monastery in 1981. It has since grown to be the largest religious network in the world and still has its headquarters in Irondale, but also has studios in Rome, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and broadcasts throughout the world.
Catholics in Mother Angelica’s hometown are optimistic that she will one day be named a saint of the Catholic Church. “We buried a time capsule with some items from the museum,” Gaskell said. “It will be opened when she’s canonized.”
Mother Angelica died on March 27, 2016. She was 92.
The museum in Canton is dedicated to honoring Mother Angelica and keeping her memory alive.
“Iit’s not a huge place, but people come from all over the country,” Gaskell said. “It’s just incredible how much people still love Mother Angelica.”