Twin Cities area Catholics are getting involved in a project aimed at giving people more visual reminders of the Ten Commandments.
Granite monuments with the commandments engraved on them are being placed in front of places of worship and other religious sites across the U.S. as part of Project Moses.
The Catholic Spirit reports the initiative began in 2000, when the American Civil Liberties Union threatened a lawsuit unless a Kansas City courthouse removed a Ten Commandments monument from its lawn.
The first Project Moses monument in the Twin Cities archdiocese — a five-foot-tall, black granite tablet — was installed at St. Francis Xavier Church in Buffalo. A second one will be installed this April at St. Mary's Church in St. Paul. Both were funded by donor drives organized by the Knights of Columbus.
Price of the monuments varies according to the type of stone used. Red and black granite monuments are $4,750, according to the Project Moses website. The monuments made from the sand colored marble from Mt. Sinai and white granite are $5,000. Shipping charges for the large monuments are extra.
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