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GILBERT R. LAVOIE, M.D. is a medical doctor, a specialist in internal medicine, occupational medicine, and public health. He has also pursued a forensic and scriptural study of the Shroud of Turin for more than 40 years. He has published books, a video,
and articles related to scriptural and medical forensic studies of the blood marks and image of the man of the shroud. His most recent book, The Shroud of Jesus and the Sign John Ingeniously Concealed was published in June 2023 by Sophia Institute
Press.
Dr. Lavoie, along with his colleague, Tom D’Muhala, digitized and organized some of the finest photographs of the Shroud of Turin done by Vernon Miller, who was the official
scientific photographer of the 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project. The Vernon Miller photo collection is now available worldwide on the internet at www.shroudphotos.com.
Quality images are available worldwide at no cost.
In the past several years Dr. Lavoie worked with the internationally known sculptor, Pablo Eduardo. Eduardo recently completed (2022) a bronze sculpture which is a three-dimensional replica of the image of the man of the Shroud of Turin. This was done
in exquisite detail, paying much attention to the anatomy of the figure. This sculpture named The Sign, reveals a whole new way of understanding the shroud image. The sculpture is now part of the Shroud of Jesus Exhibit located at Ave Maria University. Dr.
Lavoie’s work as well as the sculpture, The Sign is to be exhibited at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington DC for the Lenten Season of 2025.
Exhibits:
“LORD, YOU COULD NOT LOVE ME MORE!' SAINT JOHN PAUL II AND THE
SHROUD OF TURIN.”
St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington DC. 2025 (Lenten Season)
Shroud of Jesus Exhibit
Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, FL 2023 (permanent)
Books/Website/Video:
The Shroud of Jesus 2023
And the Sign John Ingeniously Concealed
Published by Sophia Institute Press
Website: The Site of Vernon D. Miller's 1978
Photographs of the Shroud of Turin.
Organized by Tom D'Muhala and. 2019
Gilbert Lavoie, MD
Resurrected (second edition of below) 2000
Published by Thomas More
Unlocking the Secrets of the Shroud 1998
Published by Thomas More
Documentary Video:
“Unlocking the Secrets of the Shroud” 1998
Produced by Dutch Television Current Affairs
Papers presented at International Conferences:
“Turin Shroud: A medical forensic study of its blood marks and image.” 2010
International Workshop on the Scientific Approach to Acheiropoietos
Images, ENEA Frascati, Italy
“A medical study of the Shroud of Turin that will present new 2005
information that will further illustrate the complexity of
image formation.”
International Shroud Symposium,
Dallas, Texas
“A Forensic Study of the Blood Marks on the Shroud of Turin,” 2001
International Shroud Symposium,
Dallas, Texas
“Blood on the Face,” Shroud of Turin Conference, 1999
Richmond, Virginia
“The Image of the Upright Man,” International Shroud Symposium, 1998
Turin, Italy
“The Origin of the Shroud,” International Shroud 1993
Symposium, Rome, Italy
“The Making of the Blood Marks and the Creation of the 1989
Image are Two Separate Events,” International Shroud
Symposium, Paris, France
Articles:
Lavoie, Gilbert. “Turin Shroud: A medical forensic study of its blood marks and image.”
The Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Scientific Approach to the
Acheiropoietos Images, ENEA Frascati, Italy. (May 2010)
http://www.acheiropoietos.info/proceedings/proceedings.php
Lavoie, Gilbert. “The Difference in the Length of the Arms is an Optical Illusion.”
Shroud Spectrum International. No.30 (March 1989) 3-7.
Lavoie, Lavoie, and Adler. “Blood on the Shroud of Turin: Part III, The Blood on the
Face.” Shroud Spectrum International. No. 20 (Sept. 1986) 3-6.
Lavoie, Lavoie, Donovan, and Ballas. “Blood on the Shroud of Turin. Part II.” Shroud
Spectrum International. No. 8 (Sept. 1983) 2-10.
Lavoie, Gilbert, Bonnie Lavoie, Rev. Vincent Donovan, and John Ballas. “Blood on the
Shroud of Turin Part I.” Shroud Spectrum International. No. 7 (June 1983) 15-20.
Lavoie, Lavoie, Klutstein, and Regan. “In Accordance with Jewish Burial Custom, The
Body of Jesus Was Not Washed.” Shroud Spectrum International. Vol. 1, No. 3 (June 1982) 8-17.
Lavoie, Lavoie, Klutstein, and Regan. “Jesus, the Turin Shroud, and Jewish Burial
Customs.” Biblical Archeologist. (Winter 1981) 5-6.
Lavoie. Gilbert, Bonnie Lavoie, Rev. Daniel Klutstein, and John Regan. “The Body of
Jesus was Not Washed According to the Jewish Burial Custom.” Sindon. Torino.
(December 1981) 19-29.