The beautiful church thread: please post photos / links to beautiful Catholic churches!

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the miraculous medal chapel in Paris! 🙂

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I’ve been to the last one… St Paul Basilica in Toronto
 
monica – how about letting us know where/what these churches/chapels are?
 
Lepanto said:
This is almost too beautiful to be true. Sensory overload! 😃

Las Lajas Cathedral

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Las Lajas, or the Las Lajas Cathedral [wiki] in Colombia, was built in 1916 on a site where, according to local legend, the Virgin Mary appeared. The story goes like this: an Indian woman named María Mueses de Quiñones was carrying her deaf-mute daughter Rosa on her back near Las Lajas (“The Rocks”). Weary of the climb, the María sat down on a rock when Rosa spoke (for the first time) about an apparition in a cave.

Later on, a mysterious painting of the Virgin Mary carrying a baby was discovered on the wall of the cave. Supposedly, studies of the painting showed no proof of paint or pigments on the rock - instead, when a core sample was taken, it was found that the colors were impregnated in the rock itself to a depth of several feet.

Whether true or not, the legend spurred the building of a gothic church worthy of a fairy tale.

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What and absolutely stunning church. Awesome!
 
Here’s a gem in Detroit that you just have to see to believe, St. Albertus. Closed in 1989 by the archdiocese due to dwindling membership, it’s considered the mother church of Detroit’s Polish population, which until 10 years ago was the largest outside of Warsaw. The church is now in the hands of a historical society, and Mass is held once a month.

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Sensory Overload!!!
All Of These Are Too Wonderful For Words!!!
Thank You!!!
 
HamtramckSteve said:
Here’s a gem in Detroit that you just have to see to believe, St. Albertus. Closed in 1989 by the archdiocese due to dwindling membership, it’s considered the mother church of Detroit’s Polish population, which until 10 years ago was the largest outside of Warsaw. The church is now in the hands of a historical society, and Mass is held once a month.

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Thank you for the post! It is a beautiful church and you said that, 'til about ten years ago, it was the largest Polish population parish outside Warsaw?

I went to the site and looked at a slide pres’n of the interior. I noticed that, in one shot, there were a few holy cards and brochures placed underneath a plaque and, happily, some of those holy cards were of the Divine Mercy! Very nice.

God bless,
Dan
 
danonwaveland said:
T…you said that, 'til about ten years ago, it was the largest Polish population parish outside Warsaw?
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The area around that church was known as “Poletown.” The neighborhood stretched north about 3 miles, ending at the edge of a city named Hamtramck, which at one time was 90% Polish. Hamtramck is still going strong, but Poletown has lost most of its residents.

St. Albertus isn’t the only grand church in Poletown. Earlier in the thread, somebody posted images of Sweetest Heart of Mary, which is another Polish parish. We’ve also got St. Josaphat, Sacred Heart, St. Hyacith’s and St. Elizabeth’s within nearly walking distance. Those four are still open parishes.
 
I grew up in the quintessential “Our Town,” across the tracks where each immigrant ghetto kept its own church…St Matthew’s and St. Gregory’s were territorial, but the rest were ethnic:

St Stanislaus’ - Polish
Immanual Lutheran - German
Saint Anne’s - French
St Joseph’s - Irish
St Anthony’s - Italian

Many of these churches had schools attached. I attended St. Anthony’s (I saw the Altar Rail removed in 1984, the second great overhaul / rededication of the building). Here are pictures as she stands now:

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Choir Loft:
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I miss it so much. Most of the churches here seem so barren.
 
esantimano said:
Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
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Our Lady of the Assumption, Phuket City, Thailand
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Church of St. Francis Xavier, Singapore
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Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Yangon, Myanmar
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Church of St Mary of the Angels, Singapore
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Don Bosco Panjim Church in Goa, India
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wow - those two in Singapore were really different. One had full sized statues of saints along the walls, and the other that very emaciated Jesus.
 
Love this post!
No picture to share, but-My wedding took place in a small church built in the 1800s with a really tall steeple. It was at the time of my wedding a Protestant church, a few months after my mother sent me an article with the history about it. The church was being refurbished as an historical site. It began as a Catholic church until the '50s.
The irony? My X refused to have anything to do with the Catholic Church & we had no idea about the history of this picturesque building! Now I am back home in the Catholic church! It was once called St Edward’s now it’s called the Rose of Sharon chapel & you can see the whole city from the top of the steeple.
Just thought I’d share. Keep those pictures coming.
 
seekdatruth said:
Wonderful pics, Katie!
Mine are on a disc somewhere, and didn’t come out half that good!
Did you do the 509 steps? :coolinoff: <—Just thinking about it! LOL!
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Yes and I was in my first trimester of pregnancy at the time! I felt miserable! So I don’t remember that part too fondly >.<
 
Has anybody been to the Church of the Gesu in Rome, the Jesuit HQ? I have no pictures of it, but the ones on Wikipedia make it look like the most beautiful church I’ve ever laid my eyes upon.
 
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