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

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reggieM said:
That is a beautiful sanctuary. Is Sunday Mass celebrated at the high altar?
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Yes, the Parish practices ad orientum worship. The Alar rail is in now and communion can be recieved there if one likes. 🙂
 
CHRISTINE77 said:
This is so sad about these inner city churches closing. I understand why, but it’s too bad that the cities can’t have some sort of revival, as most of the historic architecture is contained in them, not just churches. It’s like we are losing our history when we abandon them.

I am sorry to hear about St. Mary’s. It is a beautiful church.
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Yes very sad. Not sure I understand it though.
 
CHRISTINE77 said:
This is so sad about these inner city churches closing. I understand why, but it’s too bad that the cities can’t have some sort of revival, as most of the historic architecture is contained in them, not just churches. It’s like we are losing our history when we abandon them.

I am sorry to hear about St. Mary’s. It is a beautiful church.
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It is so sad. We are seeing the same things happening in our city. A priest we know told us that many of them (his other fellow priests) wishes that they can just pick up and move the buildings out to the suburbs because most of the newer church buildings out there just don’t have the same beauty as these older churches mainly because of money and/or lack of patience in taking the time and saving the money to build a beautiful church.
 
centurionguard said:
WOW…Love the Pics

Nice to see a High Alter Backdrop with a Tabernacle in the Center where it belongs.
I assume this Church Style is Gothic?
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Yes it is,
A whole photo stream can be found here:
St Joseph Winsted

One of the finest examples of High Gothic Feminine is found at the Shrine of St Anne in Waterbury.
http://www.shrineofsaintanne.org/images/sanctuarycanning.jpg

http://www.shrineofsaintanne.org/images/stanne2.jpg

And from the Outside:

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I was organist at Blessed Sacrament in Waterbury at the time which was a small Church with a beautiful renovation. My Pastor at the time was assigned double duty to restore the Shrine to its original beauty. So I got to play there as well. It was wonderful watching the restoration people uncover the original colors and art work under the “years” and tell us of High Gothic architecture with a completely feminine style.

Lourdes and the grotto is two blocks away from the Shrine of St Anne…

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Right down the street a few more blocks is another Magnificent Basilica. The Immaculate Conception Church is downtown on the green.

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St Patrick’s Church is about a mile away and is the most massive of all the ones I’ve linked. The Organ loft is truly in the nose bleed range. I have pictures I took from the organ bench somewhere that I’ll have to post. But here is the exterior:

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If you want to see some beautiful churches within short walking distance, I highly recommend a trip/pilgrimage to Waterbury, CT When the Archdiocese of Hartford diocese began to grow in the past Waterbury assumed they were to become another so these magnificent Churches were built. The Diocese ultimately went to Bridgeport and Norwalk, but Waterbury has these magnificent churches. The Immaculate is a Pilgrimage stop.

Head South from St Anne and you come to St Francis Xavier

http://www.pascomav.com/magicgallery/27A.jpg

Joe B
 
JButky said:
Yes it is,
A whole photo stream can be found here:
St Joseph Winsted

One of the finest examples of High Gothic Feminine is found at the Shrine of St Anne in Waterbury.
http://www.shrineofsaintanne.org/images/sanctuarycanning.jpg

http://www.shrineofsaintanne.org/images/stanne2.jpg

And from the Outside:

http://www.ditota.com/Pics/waterbury_08.jpg

I was organist at Blessed Sacrament in Waterbury at the time which was a small Church with a beautiful renovation. My Pastor at the time was assigned double duty to restore the Shrine to its original beauty. So I got to play there as well. It was wonderful watching the restoration people uncover the original colors and art work under the “years” and tell us of High Gothic architecture with a completely feminine style.

Lourdes and the grotto is two blocks away from the Shrine of St Anne…

http://www.ditota.com/Pics/waterbury_12.jpg

Right down the street a few more blocks is another Magnificent Basilica. The Immaculate Conception Church is downtown on the green.

http://www.ditota.com/Pics/waterbury_05.jpg

St Patrick’s Church is about a mile away and is the most massive of all the ones I’ve linked. The Organ loft is truly in the nose bleed range. I have pictures I took from the organ bench somewhere that I’ll have to post. But here is the exterior:

http://www.ditota.com/Pics/waterbury_09.jpg

If you want to see some beautiful churches within short walking distance, I highly recommend a trip/pilgrimage to Waterbury, CT When the Archdiocese of Hartford diocese began to grow in the past Waterbury assumed they were to become another so these magnificent Churches were built. The Diocese ultimately went to Bridgeport and Norwalk, but Waterbury has these magnificent churches. The Immaculate is a Pilgrimage stop.

Head South from St Anne and you come to St Francis Xavier

http://www.pascomav.com/magicgallery/27A.jpg

Joe B
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Wow these are wonderful, How did Waterbury end up with so many beautiful Catholic churches? What time in history were they built?
 
CHRISTINE77 said:
Wow these are wonderful, How did Waterbury end up with so many beautiful Catholic churches? What time in history were they built?
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You might have missed it in between the pictures:
If you want to see some beautiful churches within short walking distance, I highly recommend a trip/pilgrimage to Waterbury, CT When the Archdiocese of Hartford diocese began to grow in the past Waterbury assumed they were to become another so these magnificent Churches were built. The Dioceses ultimately went to Bridgeport and Norwalk, but Waterbury has these magnificent churches built in the hopes of becoming its own diocese. The Immaculate (Now a minor basilica) is a Pilgrimage stop.
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Most of the cornerstones are dated @ the turn of the 20th century

Joe B
 
My church:
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20014.htm
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20016.htm
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20021.htm
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20003.htm
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20011.htm

Also, these are statues found in my church, tell me if you like them!
flickr.com/photos/elston/2842927825/

This is looking on the left side of the church, and you can see the reflection in the Holy Water font!

flickr.com/photos/sorakirei/2815891734/

This is looking on the altar, this depiction of the Last Supper is beneath the altar. Also, you can see to the right a statue of Our Lady of Grace which our Pastor received as a gift to our church back in October of 2007.

flickr.com/photos/sorakirei/2815041025/

This is viewing a statue of Our Lady in the cry room. You can see the reflection of the stained glass windows.

flickr.com/photos/elston/2830007351/

This is a picture overlooking the chapel area with the stained glass.

images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DGood%2BSamaritan%2BAmbridge%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501&w=500&h=375&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F3169%2F2815891270_cd2c966bf1.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fsorakirei%2F2815891270%2F&size=51k&name=stained+glass&p=Good+Samaritan+Ambridge&oid=82a7d810b8615026&fr2=&fusr=sorakirei&lic=1&no=14&tt=18&sigr=11i36rsmq&sigi=11g8l363l&sigb=12seebsgh

This is overlooking the church from outside when it was called “Saint Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church.” Now named “Good Samaritan Roman Catholic Church” when all our 4 churches got merged together.

diopitt.org/archives/images/Good_Samaritan_St._Veronica_Exterior.jpg

Tell me what you think!

P.S. Does anyone know how to just post the image instead of links?
 
CatholicZ09 said:
My church:
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20014.htm
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20016.htm
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20021.htm
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20003.htm
goodsamaritanrcchurch.org/12.22.04%20011.htm

Also, these are statues found in my church, tell me if you like them!
flickr.com/photos/elston/2842927825/

This is looking on the left side of the church, and you can see the reflection in the Holy Water font!

flickr.com/photos/sorakirei/2815891734/

This is looking on the altar, this depiction of the Last Supper is beneath the altar. Also, you can see to the right a statue of Our Lady of Grace which our Pastor received as a gift to our church back in October of 2007.

flickr.com/photos/sorakirei/2815041025/

This is viewing a statue of Our Lady in the cry room. You can see the reflection of the stained glass windows.

flickr.com/photos/elston/2830007351/

This is a picture overlooking the chapel area with the stained glass.

images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DGood%2BSamaritan%2BAmbridge%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501&w=500&h=375&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F3169%2F2815891270_cd2c966bf1.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fsorakirei%2F2815891270%2F&size=51k&name=stained+glass&p=Good+Samaritan+Ambridge&oid=82a7d810b8615026&fr2=&fusr=sorakirei&lic=1&no=14&tt=18&sigr=11i36rsmq&sigi=11g8l363l&sigb=12seebsgh

This is overlooking the church from outside when it was called “Saint Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church.” Now named “Good Samaritan Roman Catholic Church” when all our 4 churches got merged together.

diopitt.org/archives/images/Good_Samaritan_St._Veronica_Exterior.jpg

Tell me what you think!

P.S. Does anyone know how to just post the image instead of links?
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This is a very unusual church! I like the statues. When was this church built?
 
CHRISTINE77 said:
This is a very unusual church! I like the statues. When was this church built?
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Thanks! When the building was known as “Saint Veronica’s” it was built first in the 1920’s I think, with a completely different structure - basically a whole different looking building. In the 1960’s, it was then built to what it looks like in the picture of the exterior, however, the woman you see on the far right of the building was removed, and replace with a statue of Christ the King, and the “SAINT VERONICA CHURCH” lettering was removed. In 2004, it was then renovated when our parish was told to merge the churches together (Christ the King, St. Stanislaus, and Holy Trinity). The building currently has the same exterior. Statues from each of the churches were brought to combine them together. The interior though, is what is shown in the pictures. It truly is a beautiful church, and the people are so friendly. I’ve been there for 12 years, and the whole parish has been here for only 15 years. A very young community. Thanks for the comments!
 
I happen to think we have a beautiful church. We recently completed a renovation with some remodel late
in 2008. But some final touches took a little more time. We just dedicated our new pro-life shrine to
the Holy Innocents. More pictures can be viewed on the YouTube video. Click here
 
zab said:
I happen to think we have a beautiful church. We recently completed a renovation with some remodel late
in 2008. But some final touches took a little more time. We just dedicated our new pro-life shrine to
the Holy Innocents. More pictures can be viewed on the YouTube video. Click here
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What city is this church in?
 
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