Pictures of our new church building and Inauguration mass

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After about 7 years of meeting a high school cafeteria, our building is UP!!

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The new church is beautiful! Thank you for sharing. May our dear Lord bless & keep you and the whole congregation. May He prosper you and His work that will happen in those lovely walls.
God Bless You,
Agatina
 
It is a beautiful church. I attended the consecration with several of our brothers. The statue of Bl. John XXIII is a real attention grabber. I had never seen a statue of the late Holy Father.

There are no pews, but you don’t want pews in Florida. Many churches in warm climates have pews. They are very uncomfortable when the temperature rises and require more air conditioning. The reason is the heat produced by the proximity of your neighbor next to you.

In the past, churches built in warmer climates, especially those constructed by the Spaniards in the Southern USA and Latin America, had high ceilings and some had very open areas that allowed for cross breeze. You could also open the windows. I know this from personal experience having served in missions in South America.

Today, most Churches do not have the high vaulted ceilings and the open windows

I really like the mix of modern and classic in this church.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
A lovely church and I think I saw kneelers on the rungs of the padded seats. 🙂 In my church we have pews and it’s cold in the winter and sticky hot in the summer. Anyone who lives in Ohio will know what I mean. We don’t have air conditioning in our church and we get steam heat in the winter which is usually proceeded by a symphony of bangs, hisses and rattles. Enjoy your new church and treasure it.

But I didn’t see a choir loft. I guess modern churches don’t have choir lofts anymore. I’m of the opinion that a choir should be out of view of the congregation as a choir in view is a distraction.
 
Don9of11 said:
A lovely church and I think I saw kneelers on the rungs of the padded seats. 🙂 In my church we have pews and it’s cold in the winter and sticky hot in the summer. Anyone who lives in Ohio will know what I mean. We don’t have air conditioning in our church and we get steam heat in the winter which is usually proceeded by a symphony of bangs, hisses and rattles. Enjoy your new church and treasure it.

But I didn’t see a choir loft. I guess modern churches don’t have choir lofts anymore. I’m of the opinion that a choir should be out of view of the congregation as a choir in view is a distraction.
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To build a choir loft you have to build high. That’s very expensive The community where this church is located is a working class community. They are very lucky to have a church building in 7 years. There are other parishes in this same area that have been saving money for 25 years.

The best option is to create an area to the side for the choir, which is what they have done. I was not distracted by them at all when I was there. I have to go back there again someday, when my superior allows it. 😛

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
 
I was pleased with the kneelers too. This is actually the multi purpose building. The real church is decades away. Only choir lofts I’ve seen are in the cathedral in downtown Miami. Here in south Florida we care about working AC with reverse cycle heat for the few cold days. I was surprised our conservative priest opted for the screens and no missals. I guess we’ve gone green
 
I love looking at different churches and styles. This one is modern, but very open and inviting… thanks
 
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To build a choir loft you have to build high. That’s very expensive The community where this church is located is a working class community. They are very lucky to have a church building in 7 years. There are other parishes in this same area that have been saving money for 25 years.

The best option is to create an area to the side for the choir, which is what they have done. I was not distracted by them at all when I was there. I have to go back there again someday, when my superior allows it. 😛

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF 🙂
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I don’t know Br. JR, the church seems to have a pretty high ceiling. I don’t think it would have been any more expensive to have built a choir loft then to have added pews.😉 But I think your are right when you say they need to build high. My church St.Mary’s was built around 1915 or so and the choir loft is set very high. 🙂
 
Love the entrance plaza and fountain. Nice to see the Knights of Columbus there, too. 🙂
 
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