UpdatedMon, Jan 25, 2021 at 2:01 pm ET
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Elizabeth Smolinski poses with the portrait of Blessed Michael J. McGivney that she painted (Our Lady of the Assumption Church photo)
WOODBRIDGE, CT - Elizabeth Smolinski, one of the cantors at Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, has more than a beautiful voice.
Liz (Ortoleva) Smolinski, a visual arts teacher at Amity High School, recently completed a portrait of Blessed Michael J. McGivney for veneration in OLOA's Center Road church. On Oct. 31, 2020, Father Michael J. McGivney was beatified and declared "Blessed" in a Mass and Beatification ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, moving one step closer to becoming a saint.