Christ Cathedral, Inside & Out

[ServusHumilis]

If you go back to the beginning of this thread, there is a map of the interior.

The tabernacle, cathedra, altar, and ambo are all in a line.

Unfortunately the map wouldn’t load for me.

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

Unfortunately the map wouldn’t load for me.

It looks like they’re having a problem. Maybe it will work tomorrow.

 

[ProVobis]

ocregister.com/articles/cathedral-636281-campus-million.html

I understand needing a place, I really do. This just seems so excessive.

I guess it was a good thing the Schuller ministries were only $43 million in debt.

OTOH if Chapman University hadn’t thrown their bid in for it, the cost might have been less than $113 million.

 

[CyrilSebastian]

I like the fact that the ambo will be slightly elevated so that the entire congregation will be able to easily hear and view the proclamation of the Word and preaching.

 

[7_Sorrows]

I hope they will have many lecture or speaker series as well as hold conferences there. With such a big campus they should be able to offer many ways for people to learn more about their faith. I see endless possibilities!

 

[janeway529]

ocregister.com/articles/cathedral-636281-campus-million.html

I understand needing a place, I really do. This just seems so excessive.

In the 1970s, those building the cathedral in San Francisco ran into the same problem with public opinion. Then, one day in 1976, Dorothy Day, cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement, came to visit the cathedral. There was a recital in progress. She watched the people arriving and leaving. These included an Amish group, a man in a yarmulke and a couple of homeless people. This caused Day to comment, “Our cathedrals are centers of hospitality that our parishes often are not.” And she continued, “Why is it that we think we only need to give the poor the basics when the poor also need beauty?”

Also, the Diocese of Orange never really had their own cathedral since the diocese was erected in 1976. They’ve been using one of the larger parishes for a cathedral, but it’s already much too small for the growing diocese of 1.5 million Catholics.

Oy… where do they plan to hide the tabernacle in this one I wonder?

It’s traditional for cathedrals to have the tabernacle located in a side chapel. St. Peter’s Basilica is but one example.

 

[TheConservative]

I hope they will have many lecture or speaker series as well as hold conferences there. With such a big campus they should be able to offer many ways for people to learn more about their faith. I see endless possibilities!

For sure. While I think the seating seems a bit wampejawed it seems like it would do great with that.

 

[7_Sorrows]

For sure. While I think the seating seems a bit wampejawed it seems like it would do great with that.

They have other buildings on the campus that could be used for that I hope without using the church I would hope. I am not sure. It sounds like there are other buildings anyway.