A sudden, unprecedented explosion of news about the Shroud of Turin!  August 2024 will be remembered as the month that the Shroud of Turin was a secular news breakout star. Headlines screamed about how the Shroud could be authentic based on years-old existing studies and research that suddenly made national and global news. Aleteia ran a story about this phenomenal occurrence that extensively quoted two members of our team - Myra Kahn Adams and Nora Creech. Here is the headline of the report that was on Aleteia's most-read list for days.

Why did the Shroud suddenly become world news in August? There is only one possible explanation (Myra's opinion): "God wants you to know the Shroud of Turin is the authentic burial Shroud of Jesus Christ in whom you can place your faith, hope, trust, and belief in Him!" Here is only a sample of news headlines:

Fox News: "Researchers make new finding on Turin Shroud that many believe was Christ's burial cloth: 'Mysteries of God.'"

Yahoo News: "Shroud of Turin really is 2,000 years old, new study suggests."

NYPost.com: "Face of Jesus? AI recreates stunning likeness of Shroud of Turin image that many believe to be Christ."

Newsweek: "Turin Shroud Study Claims Controversial Cloth Does Date to Time of Jesus."

Al Jazeera: "What's the big mystery behind the Shroud of Turin?"

DailyMail UK: "New blood analysis of the Shroud of Turin' supports Biblical story about Jesus' crucifixion.'"

BarStoolSports: New Scientific Analysis of the Shroud of Turin Might Be Revealing the Greatest Discovery in Human History

MSN.com: 'Face of Jesus' unveiled by AI using Shroud of Turin after astonishing discovery."

DailyMail UK: "Atheist who set out to prove the Shroud of Turin was fake reveals why he's now 'convinced' it's the cloth Jesus was buried in."

Independent.co.uk: "Turin Shroud may be Jesus's burial cloth, new study suggests."

NYPost.com: "Controversial new Shroud of Turin evidence said to offer proof of Christ's crucifixion."

DailyMail UK: "Is this proof the Turin Shroud IS real? Scientists make startling discovery after analysing cloth 'Jesus was buried in.'"

Overwhelmed? Watch this short video featuring prominent Shroud expert Russ Breault, a member of our National Shroud of Turin Exhibit team. A Banner Week for Shroud of Turin News! (youtube.com)  This video helps you understand what could be considered "God's Hand" on the news cycle — literally out of nowhere in mid-August!

Let's pray that the Shroud stays in the news because untold millions of people around the world believe it is the burial Shroud of Jesus, because it is!

 

July 20, 2024 - Indianapolis, Indiana: The hard-working Shroud of Turin Exhibit team at the four-day National Eucharistic Congress with "The Chosen" actor Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus in the hit series. (Not all of the team was present when Jonathan visited.) Our exhibit had wait times of up to three hours. Lines never stopped for the entire Congress!  Approximately 60,000 people attended the Congress itself. Watch this video about the exhibit starring Fr. Andrew Dalton, produced by Shalom World TV.  Also read this headline story on Aleteia, an influential international Catholic news site.

Dr. Cheryl White explains the Ricci crucifix to Jonathan Roumie during his tour of the Shroud exhibit. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE PHOTOS.

Special thanks to Nora Creech, who produced this Othonia exhibit for the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit. More thanks to Pam McCue and Dr. Cheryl White, who co-produced. Thanks to Jason Pearson, who produced the video. Thanks to Matt Collins for his bronze life-sized sculpture of Jesus in the tomb. Thanks to Bill Lauto for his exhibit tours. Thanks to program speakers Fr. Andrew Dalton, Fr. Peter Mangum, Dr. Cheryl White, Fr. Kelby Tingle, Fr. Rafael Pascual, and Nan Balfour.

Thanks to Mary Botham for heading up the front desk. Many thanks to Marty Botham, Dennis Creech, David Adams, Peter Arenas, and Phillip Capehart for working on the difficult task of crowd control. Thanks to front desk helpers Annika Pearson, Belenna Lauto, and Alona Capehart.  General helpers Engie Lee, Martha May, Denise, and Jesse Montagnino. Junior helpers Dominic, Adelina, and Sofia Montagnino.  Myra Adams is exhausted just thanking everyone for their tireless efforts. The "Who is the Man of the Shroud" exhibit generated much media attention, always mentioning long lines.

Finally, thanks to Joel Stepanek, VP of Programming and Admin for the National Eucharistic Congress, for providing ballroom space, exhibit hardware, and printing 50,000 Shroud of Turin diagram brochures for all the pilgrims who waited patiently in line and read the brochure to help pass the time. Congrats to everyone! Mission Accomplished!

Jonathan Roumie, visiting our exhibit, is looking at the Shroud bust of Jesus, which many people say looks like him. The bust, by Matt Collins, was displayed on the stage, where the speakers gave their daily programs to a standing-room-only crowd.

Sisterhood of the Shroud outside the exhibit on July 19, 2024. Left to right: Nora Creech, Lisa Rowan, Myra Adams, Dr. Cheryl White.

 

At the Eucharistic Congress, Nora Creech, the producer of the Shroud exhibit in the hallway with the endless waiting line.

One of the many times Fr. Andrew Dalton spoke to the pilgrims. We had to double the seating area and still needed more chairs!

The exhibit intro video played continuously from July 17-20, every 7 minutes, to about 50 people with standing room.

Nora Creech during an interview with EWTN. Over the four days, the Shroud exhibit had a parade of media people.  Below is a screenshot of the Aleteia headline story posted on July 26, 2024, that was "#1 most read" all day/night.

 

 

NationalEucharisticCongress.org

July 17-21, 2024 - Indianapolis, IN

Official Schedule for the National Eucharistic Congress 

 

 

Four-day exhibit with speakers in Wabash Ballroom 3 at Convention Center.

 

The 10th National Eucharistic Congress is a milestone moment within the three-year movement of Revival. Catholics will gather from around the nation in Indianapolis, where the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit will featured during the four-day Congress. Meditating on the Shroud and its relationship to the Real Presence in the Eucharist can lead to profound, personal renewal through the power of Christ's love.  On-site contact: Myra Kahn Adams at 703/795-8136 

 

 

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With sadness, we announce the passing of our esteemed colleague Barrie Schwortz, Shroud of Turin expert and founder of Shroud.com, the world's leading Shroud website. It is also the Shroud's "Library of Congress," with its volumes of research papers, documents, and news. Barrie's death was expected, but it is painful to accept that he is gone. Joe Marino is stepping in as editor of Shroud.com, and here is the official announcement. Also, see Barrie’s bio on our team page. For decades, Barrie was an important spokesperson for the Shroud. I jokingly called him "King of the Shroud," and he was. Those who knew and loved Barrie can hear the Lord saying, "Well done, good and faithful servant." Here is my 2020 Townhall.com interview with Barrie headlined:
Shroud of Turin: Interview with the World’s Leading Expert Who Happens To Be Jewish.

Rest in peace, Barrie! You were much loved, and your legacy lives on forever.

Above: April 26, 2023, at the opening of the Shroud exhibit at the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston, Texas. Nora Creech, left, was one of the exhibit producers. Barrie is in the middle, and Myra Adams is right. Below: On April 27, 2023, at the same event with Dr. Cheryl White.

 

NationalEucharisticCongress.org

July 17-21, 2024 Indianapolis, IN

Official Schedule for the National Eucharistic Congress 

 

 

The 10th National Eucharistic Congress is a milestone moment within the three-year movement of Revival. Catholics will gather from around the nation in Indianapolis, where the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit will featured during the four-day Congress. Meditating on the Shroud and its relationship to the Real Presence in the Eucharist can lead to profound, personal renewal through the power of Christ's love.

 

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"The Shroud shows what Jesus endured for our salvation"

Catholic World Report Shroud of Turin Interview with Nora Creech: “There is a complete harmony between the Shroud and the Scriptures,” says Nora Creech, an expert and lecturer on the Shroud of Turin. “We can see with our eyes what we hear with our ears when we read about Jesus’s Passion. And even more, the scientific study continues to support the supernatural nature of the Shroud image.”  Read more about this in-depth educational interview with one of the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit's nationally known Shroud experts.

 

"Nora Creech is a lecturer on the history, science, and pastoral implications of the Shroud of Turin, which many believe to be the burial cloth of Christ.  Her educational background includes earning a Master of Arts degree in Faith and Culture from the University of St. Thomas in Houston and completing a year-long course in Shroud studies offered online by the Pontifical University, Regina Apostolorum in Rome. She has consulted with a variety of organizations to develop and expand Shroud exhibits, is on the board of directors of the Shroud Center of Southern California, is a founding member of the National Shroud Exhibit, and is the North American representative for Othonia, which promotes the Shroud around the globe."

"Is this the face of Jesus?" From "Christianity," The leading Christian magazine in the UK

"Interest in the Shroud of Turin continues to be insatiable. As the Church remembers Christ’s death and resurrection this Easter, a world-leading scholar in the study of the Shroud explains why he’s so confident this really is the burial cloth of Jesus." https://www.premierchristianity.com/interviews/is-this-the-face-of-jesus/17359.article

 

Also, check out this link: Comedy, Conversion & the Shroud of Turin | feat. Rob Schneider & Joe Marino. Recently, Joe was a guest, along with actor Rob Schneider, on Mike Creavey's highly regarded podcast. They discussed a potential movie "based on a true story" about the groundbreaking Shroud research that Joe and his late wife, M. Sue Benford was so passionately engaged - and Joe is still. 

February 8 was a banner day for the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit. First we had an information table at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., then hosted a press conference to announce the $1 Million Challenge to replicate the Shroud of Turin expanded to the USA.

Above, our booth at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. Below team members, left to right: Dr. Cheryl White, Nora Creech, Myra Kahn Adams and Lisa Rowan with a mini-Shroud replica that Nora brought from Turin.

                                                  

Below: David Rolfe, our special guest from the UK, is a legendary award-winning Shroud filmmaker. In 2022, in his film "Who Can He Be?" David challenged the British Museum to the first "$1 Million Challenge." It was the British Museum that managed the infamous 1988 C-14 dating concluding the Shroud was produced between 1260 - 1390 by a medieval artist. The Museum's botched testing has been globally criticized for decades to this day. Since the Museum never responded to the Challenge, the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit is promoting the expansion of David Rolfe's $1 Million Challenge to the United States.

Our news conference generated numerous articles in publications such as the Catholic Register- International Edition and Catholic Review and then widely reposted. On February 12, the Townhall.com Shroud Challenge article was picked up on RealClearReligion and reposted on RealClearPolitics.com. Then the piece remained on the RealClearReligion's "Most Read Last 7 Days" list for a week. 

Furthermore, the global distribution network for EWTN - Catholic News Agency - featured the "mothership" article about Catholic Breakfast headlined "National Catholic Prayer Breakfast speakers highlight joy and sacrifice of the Christian life" that was picked up around the nation and world. The National Shroud of Turin Exhibit was mentioned at the end and one of our team members Nora Creech was extensively quoted:

"Also present were several members of the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit, who held a press conference after the breakfast in which they announced plans to open a new permanent exhibit soon in Washington, D.C. Nora Creech, an expert on the Shroud of Turin, explained that their efforts to bring renewed attention to the Shroud of Turin are based on a desire to debunk a controversial radiocarbon study by the British Museum that alleged the relic was a medieval fraud. Creech said that by educating others on the authenticity of the shroud they hope to help people encounter Christ and the joy and wonder of the faith."

“We have two generations that haven’t heard about the shroud because of this radiocarbon dating,” she said. “When I go in parishes and give talks, young people come up to me and they have tears in their eyes, and they say: ‘Why has nobody ever told me this before? Why is it that the Gospel is revealed here in this linen cloth, and this is the first time I’m hearing about it?’” “So,” she went on, “we are all just passionate about sharing with this generation that they can come to know Jesus, they can know that the Gospels are true by studying his holy shroud.”

Press conference Feb. 8, 2024. From left to right: Myra Kahn Adams, David Rolfe, Russ Breault, Dr. Cheryl White and Nora Creech. Stay tuned, as the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit explores locations for what will be our future home. We trust that Jesus is leading our search and will find us major donors.

 

 

***NEWS RELEASE***

For Immediate Release: February 1, 2024

Press Conference on February 8th.

CONTACT: Myra Kahn Adams - National Shroud of Turin Exhibit.org  

[email protected]  

$1 Million Challenge to Replicate Shroud of Turin-Expanded to USA

Press conference: February 8, 2024, at 10 a.m. in Salon 15 at the Marriott Marquis, 901 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., after the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.

Who: David Rolfe, the well-known British award-winning Shroud of Turin film producer, and Myra Kahn Adams, Executive Director of The National Shroud of Turin Exhibit (NSTE), along with Shroud experts from the NSTE, will be present to announce a USA expansion of Rolfe’s $1 Million Challenge to replicate the Shroud of Turin. In 2022, Rolfe offered his initial $1 Million Challenge solely to the British Museum, which has yet to respond. Rolfe presented the Challenge in his 2022 film Who Can He Be? when the Challenge generated global media attention after the film’s initial release in the U.K.

What: The Shroud of Turin is a mysterious 14 ft. x 3 ft. linen burial cloth bearing an unexplained bloodstained image of a crucified man that millions believe is the biblically-mentioned linen that wrapped Jesus in the tomb. Consequently, the Shroud is the world's most analyzed and revered artifact. Based on recent exhibitions, films, podcasts, books, and articles, public interest in the Shroud is at an all-time high.

Background: David Rolfe’s $1 Million Challenge is rooted in 1988 when the British Museum supervised a carbon-14 dating of the Shroud of Turin. Then, with much fanfare, the Museum announced the Shroud as a fake produced between 1260 and 1390. Immediately, scientists criticized the methodology, which compromised the accuracy of the Museum’s conclusions. Furthermore, the Museum refused to release the raw data until 2017, when the results were reexamined and their dates found to be unreliable.

Why: The essence of Rolfe’s 2022 British Museum Challenge — now expanded to the USA — is an either-or proposition. In 1978, a highly respected examination by over 30 scientists concluded the Shroud “was not the product of an artist” and, therefore, could be authentic. Alternatively, the 1988 British Museum’s carbon-14 dating labs reported a medieval date, meaning the Shroud could not have wrapped Jesus and was therefore produced by human hands. If true, Challenge entrants should be able to replicate the Shroud’s image using only technology from the Middle Ages and win the $1 million prize.  

How: Starting February 8, any person, organization, or institution in America can apply to undertake Rolfe’s $1 Million Challenge to create the image of a crucified man that appears on the linen Shroud. The winning copy must comply with established measurable criteria based on extensive modern analysis. See full details about the USA Shroud $1 Million Challenge on the “Who Can He Be?”/Challenge site, where the 2022 film is available for streaming.

Myra Kahn Adams said, “Our team of national Shroud experts are honored to help promote David Rolfe’s $1 Million American Challenge to replicate the Shroud. This Challenge complements our forthcoming National Shroud of Turin exhibit, "World’s Greatest Mystery.” Our exhibit and David Rolfe’s Challenge ask the same questions: “Who Can He Be?” and “Who Do You Say I Am?”   

To interview David Rolfe or Myra Kahn Adams and Shroud experts from the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit team, contact Myra Kahn Adams at [email protected]    

National Shroud of Turin Exhibit’s Challenge Disclaimer:

Performco Ltd. underwrites this Challenge hosted by David Rolfe. The National Shroud of Turin Exhibit (NSTE) is not hosting, judging, funding, offering, or paying any proceeds to any person, organization, institution, or entity that enters the above Global Challenge by David Rolfe and Performco Ltd. The NSTE bears no responsibility whatsoever for any such functions and only promotes the above-expanded Challenge by Performco Ltd. in the United States. All decisions regarding the Challenge, the entrants, or their submissions are made by Performco’s independent judges and are final.