Saint Leo looks at Saint Leo Hall

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Statue of Pope Saint Leo the Great, Doctor of the Church. This picture was taken from Saint Leo Hall, the long four-story building in which we have the Oblate Sunday meetings. My guess as to the time of this picture is between 1910 and 1920.  If any informed person has better information, please post it the comment section.

Yes, it is you know who, watching over Saint Leo Hall.  A portion of Saint Leo Hall -- the stairway into the second floor is at the right edge of the picture.  If you stand today where the picture was taken you would be looking at the west side of the university library.  OK, time for another time guess ---1930 to 1940.

He's still there, but nearly hidden by a palm tree on the right side of the picture. You can see the shadow of Saint Leo Hall in the foreground. The procession is (most likely) of the Carmelite sisters from Mexico City who lived adjacent to Saint Leo Abbey in the Queen of Carmel Convent from 1952 until about 1964.  The sidewalk is taking the sisters back to their convent.  Date of picture is sometime when the Carmelites from Mexico City were in the convent. So the picture is no earlier than about 1952.

A helpful post on Facebook said, "That is an old statue of St. Leo the Great that used to stand on that pedestal outside St. Leo Hall, the old building of the Abbey. The pedestal is long gone. When I was a little boy, visiting in the 1950's, the statue was in the vestibule of the Abbey Church."  The latest date for the picture is maybe 1958 when the Great Pope Saint Leo was moved into the abbey church.

About the time the Carmelites returned to Mexico City (around 1964) the current abbot of Saint Leo Abbey, Abbot Isaac, was born ....  in Mexico City.
Thank you Saint Leo the Great for watching over your abbey.