Pictures of your Local Parish

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Kielbasi said:
St. Boniface is a disturbing church building. It was built as a parish church many years ago, yet except for a handful of houses, the parish has been razed and the neighborhood is a superhighway across the street.

I’m not sure what to make of it, architecture is supposed to take into account the environment and neighboring structures, which are a lot different now that what was intended when St. Boniface was built.

Seems like a ghost town today.
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I don’t find St Boniface a disturbing building at all, it is stately, traditional, and beautiful. It is in a very depressed area of town, but I am sure that part of town was quite different 150 years ago.

Should we blame the architect of yesteryear for the construction of a superhighway and a run down neighborhood?
 
arieh0310 said:
I don’t find St Boniface a disturbing building at all, it is stately, traditional, and beautiful. It is in a very depressed area of town, but I am sure that part of town was quite different 150 years ago.

Should we blame the architect of yesteryear for the construction of a superhighway and a run down neighborhood?
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St. Boniface isn’t really traditional from the exterior at all, its freestyle and eclectic, part Byzantine and part Romanesque. And it isn’t 150 years old, it was built in the 1920s.

I remember as a kid riding the streetcar past it, the neighborhood there was always poor, but now it isn’t “depressed” or “run down” now at all, The neighborhood is currently virtually non-existant.

I’m not slapping down the architect, just pointing out that St. Boniface is in a far different environment than it was when it was built, so the effect of his work is a lot different than his intention.
 
Kielbasi said:
St. Boniface isn’t really traditional from the exterior at all, its freestyle and eclectic, part Byzantine and part Romanesque. And it isn’t 150 years old, it was built in the 1920s.
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Sorry about the date, got that mixed up with St Peters. And I don’t happen to think that the building is freestyle and eclectic. It has Byzantine influences for sure but I don’t think it haphazard or bizarre:

http://www.wqed.org/erc/pghist/photos/PHLFarch/stboniface.jpg
Kielbasi said:
I remember as a kid riding the streetcar past it, the neighborhood there was always poor, but now it isn’t “depressed” or “run down” now at all, The neighborhood is currently virtually non-existant.
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I happen to think it is run down, I haven’t been too impressed in my drive through the area.
 
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Cavaille-Coll said:
In the left-hand window, is that a dragon? Could be a seahorse too. I’m not sure whether Lucas or Roddenbury gets the credit for this one. I can easily picture Captain Picard (too modern for Kirk) sitting in his techno-chair up in front, but I can also easily imagine Darth Vader presiding from the altar (“I find your lack of faith . . . disturbing”).
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arieh0310 said:
I happen to think it is run down, I haven’t been too impressed in my drive through the area.
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Thanks for posting the picture of St. Boniface’s exterior, so that people can decide for themselves how “traditional” the style of the building is.

As far as the neighborhood being “run down”, the entire neighborhood consists of a dozen or so frame houses, the church campus and lots and lots of trees. You may have a different opinion of what “run down” means, but St. Boniface isn’t in the 'hood , its basically by itself , a rural-like setting where there used to be a town , now a ghost town.
 
wynd said:
Um…

Were those pictures taken during Mass?
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Oh yes…we have come through with some real developments in liturgical dancing;) 😛 . (only joking of coooooourse)

No, it wasn’t, since we got the new building, the old one has been converted to be used for other purposes…not sure what that one picture was though.
 
DustinsDad said:
St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis, Missouri - also known as “The Cathedral of South St. Louis” - seen from the outside:

http://www.institute-christ-king.org/images/StFrSalesExt_001.JPG

And from the inside…

http://www.institute-christ-king.org/StLouis/images/Picture034.jpg

http://www.institute-christ-king.org/StLouis/images/IMG_3683.JPG

The inside images are from a Pontifical High Mass this past summer with Archbishop Raymond Burke.

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Alright, I’m going there someday…
 
I’d love to play this game but my parish doesn’t have any pictures of the church on the website. I can’t believe it. 😦
 
This isn’t my local church, but it is the one I plan on starting to attend.

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No pics but I was wondering if anyone has checked out the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in San Francico and The National Shrine of St. Francis of Asissi (sp?) right down the road, really nice.
 
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, MO

http://www.kcgolddome.org/images/cathedral/openhouse/com2n.jpg

I can’t find any of the incredible stain glass and one taken from the front towards the altar. The tabernacle is to the right of the altar in a small chapel (here is a pic from the remodeling days)

http://www.kcgolddome.org/images/cathedral/openhouse/reschpl.JPG

wow those are really big pics. To the left of the altar is the Marian image, which is carved glass, very beautiful. The pic does not do it any justice (glass is hard to photograph)

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and Easter time,
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CatholicNerd said:
I’m half-expecting the Klingon ambassador to the United Federation of Planets to burst in and demand Admiral Kirk’s extradition… :eek:
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You just made me laugh so hard that I almost passed out!!!

But that sanctuary does look like a UFO is about to abduct the priest.

But seriously…although it is not my local parish, this is the chapel where I went to high school - St. James chapel of Archbishop Quigley prepatory seminary:

http://www.windows.org/images/QuigleyChapel.jpg
 
Kielbasi said:
Thanks for posting the picture of St. Boniface’s exterior, so that people can decide for themselves how “traditional” the style of the building is.

As far as the neighborhood being “run down”, the entire neighborhood consists of a dozen or so frame houses, the church campus and lots and lots of trees. You may have a different opinion of what “run down” means, but St. Boniface isn’t in the 'hood , its basically by itself , a rural-like setting where there used to be a town , now a ghost town.
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Kielbasi,
I happen to love St. Boniface and attend once a month. I guess part of the reason I enjoy it so much is that I’m tired of the hideous churches that have been built over the past 50 years. I’m in the North burbs and would love to find a nice chuch that isn’t progressive, so if you have any recommendations, I’d like to hear them.
 
Kevin42 said:
Oh yes…we have come through with some real developments in liturgical dancing;) 😛 . (only joking of coooooourse)

No, it wasn’t, since we got the new building, the old one has been converted to be used for other purposes…not sure what that one picture was though.
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Hey Kevin, I’m a proud member of St. Ann parish also! I remember mass in the old assembly room with the infamous stackable chairs that might or might not break on you right in the middle of mass. Nothing like kneeling on some cold linoleum or having to watch on closed circuit to make a person anxious to get the main church built.

I think we have one of the most beautiful of all of the newer parish churches that I’ve seen. I think we can brag because its not like we personally designed it. ; )

I think the clown photos were taken at a party a few years back for the elementary age children. However, it also could have been one event from the parish anniversary celebration. You know St. Ann, always lots of things going on simultaneously, but definitely no clowns during mass!
 
Anybody list Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church (Anglican Use), Houston, TX?

www.walsingham-church.org/photos.htm

Also, of course, my own church:

Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church

(Anglican Use)

San Antonio, TX

Finally,

Our Lady’s Maronite Catholic Church

Austin, TX

(I haven’t been here, but I have been to St. George’s Maronite Catholic Church, San Antonio, TX.)
 
jc-servant said:
Hey Kevin, I’m a proud member of St. Ann parish also! I remember mass in the old assembly room with the infamous stackable chairs that might or might not break on you right in the middle of mass. Nothing like kneeling on some cold linoleum or having to watch on closed circuit to make a person anxious to get the main church built.

I think we have one of the most beautiful of all of the newer parish churches that I’ve seen. I think we can brag because its not like we personally designed it. ; )

I think the clown photos were taken at a party a few years back for the elementary age children. However, it also could have been one event from the parish anniversary celebration. You know St. Ann, always lots of things going on simultaneously, but definitely no clowns during mass!
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How exciting to meet someone from my parish on the Forums!😃

I actually went up there just today and looked inside the old assembly room for old times’ sake. It wasn’t much, but the smaller church also has a nice feel (especially with Monsignor Broderick). Also, do you remember that old altar we used to use? My mother was an extraordinary eucharistic minister and she would complain that it scared here how unstable the altar was.

The new Church though is quite beautiful though, I have to agree. I also love the priest we have visiting from Africa. He is awesome.
 
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