Photos of 2015 Compassionate St. Augustine Obelisk by Wendy Mandel McDaniel Roses of Compassion Obelisk at Motherhouse Five years ago, during the big 450th anniversary celebration of the City of St. Augustine, Compassionate St. Augustine, a local not-for-profit organization, chose the grounds of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine Motherhouse as a location for one of the 25 obelisks to be displayed around the city incorporating the themes of Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights, and Compassion. The obelisk, which is eight and a half feet tall, is modeled on the larger obelisk in the Plaza in downtown St. Augustine that was a gift from Spain. Wendy Mandel McDaniel, a local multi-media artist, was the designer of this obelisk that had as its theme, "Roses of Compassion." After the exhibition was concluded, the obelisk was given to the Sisters of St. Joseph by Wendy and her husband Philip and Mike and Kelly Diaz. Philip and Mike are co-owners of the St. Augustine Distillery
A blog written by and about the Catholic consecrated women religious known as the Sisters of St, Joseph of St, Augustine, Florida, centered on the Motherhouse in St. Augustine.