Your favourite churches...show us!

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One pastor, two churches on two continents, with a Lithuanian connection. Rev. Monsignor Julius Maciejauskas founded St. Jacob Apostle Catholic Church in Sveksna, in his native Lithuania, in 1899:

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Due to the coming of World War II and the Communist takeover, he came to Los Angeles, California in 1938 and founded St. Casimir Lithuanian Catholic Church in 1941:

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Monsignor Maciejauskas died in Los Angeles in 1947, and was buried here. In 1993, his remains were returned to his homeland in Lithuania and reinterred at St. Jacob Apostle Churchyard in Sveksna, where he had served for 38 years.
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In the early 1960s I was on a retreat given by a Jesuit priest who was a refugee from Lithuania .

Two of his sayings I still remember : In the East they are hard and cruel and in the West they are soft and lewd . The more you have , the more you want and the less it gives .
 
All Saints in Vilnius in Lithuania

A WOW church !!! 😃

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Brussels Basilica of the Sacred Heart

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Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Vilnius in Lithuania

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St. Michael the Archangel Church in Kaunas in Lithuania

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These few are in or around Cincinnati, OH. The first is the Cathedral in Covington, Kentucky. The other two are some older ones in Cincinnati. I forget their names.
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This is the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Its absolutely stunning.
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Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady Brno Czech republic

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Church of St. Casimir in Vilnius Old Town in Litrhuania

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St. George the Martyr Church, Kaunas in Lithuania

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Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius in Lithuania

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Rob2 said:
St Olaf’s church in Jyväskylä, in Finland

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Do they like warm hugs at this church?
 
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