This is a statue of Our Lady. Queen of Palestine. Geoffrey Gilbert is a Catholic man and a Knight of the Holy Seplucher and he is going on a Hike for the Holy Land. He's going to do a grueling walk to raise money and awareness for our Christian brothers and sisters in the Holy Land. I think it's shameful how Christians in America have forgotten these people. Life being caught between the Palestinians and the Israelis is miserable and getting worse. Much of the population has decided to get out.
If you would like to help Mr. Gilbert, donation information can be found here. If you can't spare money and a lot of us can't these days he and the largely foresaken people he's trying to help need your prayers and please pass his story on to others.
HT TLM-MD blog