Most Beautiful Church

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The most beautiful church to me is my church, Immaculate Conception in Jacksonville, Florida. It is so awesome that it takes your breath away. The Stations of the Cross, the Stained Glass Windows, the Beautiful Tabernacle, The Magnificant Altar, The Angels painted on the ceiling, it is truly a treasure to see. It is the way a Catholic Church should look like. I wish I had a picture to show you. If you are ever in Jacksonville, please stop by, we just celebrated 150 years (on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception).
 
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Orogeny:
My favorite outside the US is the Cathederal in Toledo, Spain. My favorite inside the US is the old cathederal in St. Louis.

Peace

Tim
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I was there and it is beautiful and the artwork is amazing. I also nominate the Cathedral in Florence, Italy and who can forget the Cathedral at Chartres, France–the all time most amazing and beautiful piece of Gothic architecture ever! I have been fortunate to see all of these and Notre Dame as well. But I thought Notre Dame was very scary. The flying buttresses outside were gorgeous, lacy and lovely.
 
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katolik:
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I love Jasna Gora. I went there around Christmas one year (wow! almost ten years ago - can’t believe that), and the way the snow and icicles hung on the life size statues of the stations of the cross that surrounde the monastery was so beautufl. Everything about the place.

So many beautiful churches in Poland. I love the St. Mary’s Church in the Rynek Glowy section of Krakow, which till palys the ymanl on the hour (went there for midnight mass). And the Cathderal where St. Stanlislaw was interred. And the Church of Peter and Paul. Every turn you make.

Even all the churches that had to be white washed in Warzawa due to the burning from the Nazi occupation. I can not even begin to make a list.
 
I love my little parish church of St John the Evangelist - seating capacity 200. 🙂 When/if I get a scanner I will post some pictures.
 
You are talking about St. Joseph’s Cathedral…my favorite in the south is St. Mary’s in Natchez, MS
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puzzleannie:
Our lady Queen of the Universe Shrine in Orlando

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh

St. Peter in Chains, Cincinnati

Cathedral in Baton Rouge (can’t remember name, we stop there on the drive down to TX)
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My list of a few good Churches:

St. Jean Baptiste sjbrcc.org/ Manhattan, it is down the street from St. Vincent Ferre

St. Agnes Manhattan, They have probably THE best Latin High Mass in the entire United States. Only a few other churches in the country could compete with it

St. Lucy’s Newark, NJ, This is an old Italian Church which was built by the immigrants who moved into the North Newark back at the turn of the century.

St. John’s Orange, NJ - This church is known for its gigantic old wooden High Altar. It is definitely a must see.
 
St. Agnes has a nice Latin High Mass, but I think the the 11 AM Latin High Mass at Our Saviour on Park & 38th is better is superior.
 
St. Agnes has a nice Latin High Mass, but I think the the 11 AM Latin High Mass at Our Saviour on Park & 38th is superior.
 
The most beautiful church I’ve ever seen in my life is Redemptorist Church at Linwood & Broadway in Kansas City. It still has the old High Altar, 4 side altars, stained glass windows, confessionals, Stations of the Cross, a life size crucifix, even a Communion Rail. 😃

The new altar, which of course sits below and in front of the High Altar, was constructed using part of the Communion Rail, so it looks like it belongs in the church, instead of like some 70’s era add-on.

But they do have the ubiquitous OCP Hymnals in the pews. I never said it was perfect…:rolleyes:
 
the Sisters of St. Francis in Tiffin, Ohio have a beautiful-Spirit-filled church. The glass doors have etchings of St. Francis and St. Clare. The water font is free formed. the adoration chapel-exquisite.
 
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My list of a few good Churches:

St. Agnes Manhattan, They have probably THE best Latin High Mass in the entire United States. Only a few other churches in the country could compete with it
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I don’t know if it can compete with the 10:00 Latin High Mass at St. Agnes in St. Paul, MN. Has full orchestra 30 (that’s three-zero) Sundays out of the year doing the works of Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart etc. Gregorian chant fills out the rest plus the propers. Orchestra comes from members of the Minnesota Orchestra and the soloists are paid, so they’re not a bunch of amateur hacks. Music schedule below. The church is fairly pretty, but not THE prettiest one I’ve seen. I’ll keep your other churches in mind as I’m moving up to NYC in June.

stagnes.net/church/Music.do?displayPage=schedule
 
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New Cathedral in St. Louis, MO
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I second this one. Technically it’s the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. While I’ve not been to the others listed, this church is the most beautiful human-built structure I’ve ever laid eyes on. The interior is decorated with MILLIONS of tile mosaics in THOUSANDS of colors floor to ceiling… marble floors, stone (not concrete) building… also note “new” is a relative term. It was built mid 1800’s, but the mosaics weren’t finished until the 1970’s. Just to get an idea of the enormity.

Here’s some pictures I took there in November of last year:

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The interior lighting was too low for my cheap digicam, so I scanned in a post-card pic of the interior. This barely grasps the beauty of this building. There are also 3 separate chapels with 3 completely unique decorative schemes within the building.

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I have more pictures and I plan to go back with my new 8.0 megapixel Minolta camera 🙂 BTW, I live in Texas. This Cathedral was worth my entire trip to MO. Forget about the gateway arch. Visit the Basilica.

-Michael
 
oat soda:
does anyone know if they use all of the side chapels at the national basilica? because if they did, they would face the altar. i imagine some “progressive” priests and bishops think side altars are too mideval. i surprised it’s such a traditional church unlike what mahony did in los angels. they even built a high altar too. but they probably don’t use that either.

if FSSP could run that church or the monks of clear creek, all of the side altars would be used.
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Hello, Oat soda,
As A matter of fact they do use the side chapels. A priest friend of mine said mass in one of them last year, He sent me A picture of his Mass. I was pleased to see that he was facing Ad Orientem. He told me that when A visiting priest says Mass, they use the side Chapels. According to Him it is A very common practice.

And speaking of beautiful Churches.
Here is the link to my Parish Church.
www.oldstpatricks.org
We have the tridentine mass every sunday at 9:30
Solemn High Mass first sunday of the Month.
 
A lot of attractive churches here in Pittsburgh.

St. Paul’s Cathedral

St. Augustine’s in Lawrenceville

East Liberty Presbyterian

Holy Rosary in Homewood

St. Stanislaus in the strip

Immaculate Heart in Polish Hill

Trinity Cathedral (episcopal) and the 1st Presbyterian next door

St. John the Baptist Ukrainian in Southside

Calvary United Methodist in Northside
 
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