Old and beautiful Churches

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Mark121359 said:
Yes. Whitewashed would be a good description of it. I’m torn on it. The old interior was a subdued grayish color. The floors were a dark marble. The pews were dark wood stain. Surprisingly, I cannot locate many pictures of the old interior. Here’s a few.
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The new exterior vs. the old;

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Why would anyone get rid of the words of the Magnificat in a shrine dedicated to Our Lady?

I’m sure someday someone will rectify this mistake and return the interior to its former condition.

We ought to just be grateful that, as I already said, a bulldozer didn’t raze these gems.
 
Lormar, OTOH, the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori has never changed. It literally looks the same way that my dad remembered it when he was a boy. And he was born in 1927! I’ve been going there since I was young. And it is completely unchanged.
 
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another beautiful landmark. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was blessed and opened on May 31, 1821
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Watch your p’s and q’s going to the Baltimore Basilica. Its in a bit of sketchy area, someone got shot on the steps of the church several years ago.
 
Augustinian said:
Watch your p’s and q’s going to the Baltimore Basilica. Its in a bit of sketchy area, someone got shot on the steps of the church several years ago.
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Well, you’ve got me stumped on that one. I did a quick google search and it turned up nothing. I’ve been going to both St. Alphonsus, and the Basilica for decades without any issues. Of course, being that they’re located in the heart of downtown Baltimore, like with any big city, one must always be vigilant of your surroundings.
 
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Mark121359 said:
Lormar, OTOH, the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori has never changed. It literally looks the same way that my dad remembered it when he was a boy. And he was born in 1927! I’ve been going there since I was young. And it is completely unchanged.
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Mark, it’s a beauty. The next time you go there, would you be so kind as to light a candle for me and my intentions? I love St. Alphonsus. I even have a 1st Class Relic of him that I got when I was in high school, back in the stone age. 😉
 
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Ciborium of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome - breathtaking!
 
Lormar , you bet I will! Consider it done. In fact, I will be going there Monday. And I promise I won’t forget you!
 
Two more from Los Angeles. For the old, here’s my photo of one of the oldest here, La Placita, Our Lady Queen of Angeles Church, built in 1790

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And for the beautiful, a photo I found online of St. Vincent de Paul Church, located just a few miles south from La Placita, built in 1925

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Our group had Mass in the Borghesi Chapel, just to the left of that photo on March 10.
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Later in the week, a side chapel at Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
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One of my favorites (not that old, from the 1920s) is Blessed Sacrament in Springfield, Illinois:
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  1. The beautiful parish church of St. Diogo in a small village in Goa, India… founded in 1604.
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The inside of the church is beautiful and the photo below, of the main altar, cannot do it adequate justice.

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  1. The historic Basilica of Bom Jesus or Borea Jezuchi Bajilika (Portuguese: Basílica do Bom Jesus) which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Old Goa. Construction was started in 1594. The basilica holds the incorrupt body of St. Francis Xavier and is visited by hundreds of pilgrims and tourists everyday.
Here’s its beautiful main altar :
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More information in Wikipedia –

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The Basilica in Lourdes will always be my favourite church because I love Lourdes so much.

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Eric, the next time you go there. drop in on St. Catherine of Siena and beg her to help me. She’s one of my oldest and dearest friends.
 
Mark121359 said:
Literally two short blocks around the corner of the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, a less than 4 minute walk, is another beautiful landmark. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was blessed and opened on May 31, 1821. I frequent there as well. When the 32-month restoration project was completed in 2006, the Basilica’s crypt and undercroft was made accessible to the public for the first time in it’s history. Nine of the fourteen deceased Archbishops of Baltimore have been laid to rest in the undercroft and you can visit their tombs! There’s a little Chapel down there, and one can get lost for hours just sitting before the Blessed Tabernacle. There’s something very special in the atmosphere in the undercroft of the Basilica. It’s like you’re in the catacombs! You’ll find me there often!

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And then there’s the undercroft (crypt area)

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History – Basilica of the Assumption
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Silly, but I feel a connection to the Basilica though I’ve yet to visit. On my journey to Catholicism I of course had to go to Mass. I went on YouTube to refresh my memory on “how to behave” because I didn’t want to walk in cold (my dad was Catholic but it had been years since I’d set foot in a Catholic Church). The National Basilica’s were the videos I found.
 
Can I add a “new and beautiful” church?

This is the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center at the University of Nebraska, dedicated in 2015.

The 125-year-old altars were purchased from an old church out-of-state (Ohio, if memory seves me correctly) that was closing.

The stained glass window behind the altar is new (7,200 pieces, crafted by Franz Meyer in Munich) and is said to be the largest stained glass window installed in the U.S. in the past 100 years.

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Can I add a “new and beautiful” church?

This is the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center at the University of Nebraska, dedicated in 2015.

The 125-year-old altars were purchased from an old church out-of-state (Ohio, if memory seves me correctly) that was closing.

The stained glass window behind the altar is new (7,200 pieces, crafted by Franz Meyer in Munich) and is said to be the largest stained glass window installed in the U.S. in the past 100 years.

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My goodness. That’s a Newman Center? Like my old Franciscan spiritual director (God rest his soul) used to always say to me, “There’s all the hope in the world!”

It’s beautiful. Love the pews too.
 
She’s the patron of my home parish… an amazing woman.

Although, how an Italian woman got named the patron of a predominantly Polish, German, and Irish suburban area is beyond me
 
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