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

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Not fancy…but a beautiful church in Key West…

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St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York

On June 24, 2010, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn opened a canonical inquiry into the canonization cause of Msgr. Bernard J. Quinn (1888-1940)
who was the first pastor of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Brooklyn. This video is an amazing, beautiful little documentary about the history of the church.
 
The Chapel of St. Mark at the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine. (Obviously, it’s no longer in use.)
I think it’s beautiful, not aesthetically, But because of the history.
The Entrance to the Chapel from across the courtyard, the one directly in the centre.
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Facing the Rear:
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The Altar:
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One of the Original Holy Water Fonts.
 
I also love to visit old missions and church ruins. Here is one in San Antonio; click on the thumbnail it makes it a little bigger.
 
One of the Local Greek Orthodox Church.
Not exactly Catholic, but Close enough.
This was the Semi-annual Greek Festival and Grand Opening of the New Church Building.
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Pax_Vobiscum_57 said:
When we went to Montreal some years back, we went to Mass twice daily. Never at the same parish. It was breathtaking.

Here’s the interior of Notre Dame in Montreal:

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There are two things that I wanted to mention about this thread real quick.
  1. I know that I didn’t start this thread, but I’m thankful for all of the beautiful contributions that everyone has added here. There are some truly beautiful and awe inspiring pictures in here, and I am truly thankful for each and every one of them.
  2. Pax_Vobiscum_57, I just wanted you to know that I high jacked, stole, mmm eerr, I mean borrowed the picture that you posted of the interior of Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal, and its now the screen saver picture on my computer. 🙂 Thank you. I know if I’m ever in Montreal, the first place on my visiting/things to do list will be here. 🙂
 
This is the church where I attend the TLM: St. Patrick’s Church in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada 👍







They have wonderful stained glass windows… I’ll only post two though:



 
Um, hmm. Not exactly my idea of beautiful. More like creepy. However, when your Chruch spans 2000 and every culture, you do get some real variety in ideas of what is beautiful.,
 
Eliza10 said:
Um, hmm. Not exactly my idea of beautiful. More like creepy. However, when your Chruch spans 2000 and every culture, you do get some real variety in ideas of what is beautiful.,
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I studied anatomy and I find it fascinating to see how they used the different bones to create the designs.

From a Catholic perspective, those bones remind us that we are mortal; our time on Earth is temporary. Any riches or possessions we accumulate in this world will not follow us when we pass into the next.

Memento mori!
 
Wow.
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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http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/colombia/images/pilgrimage-church-01-500.jpg

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