Your favourite churches...show us!

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The Catholic National Shrine is today found at the Slipper Chapel a mile south of Walsingham. It has been established there since 1934.

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Pilgrims coming from the village to the Slipper Chapel

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Wow those are pretty churches! I love old churches, not just Catholic ones. We have some really neat ones in my town. Don’t have any pics. Maybe I will put that on my list to do.😉
 
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool , opened in 1967 , and known by many as “Paddy’s Wigwam” because of its design and the number of Catholics in Liverpool who are of Irish descent .

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Pope John Paul II arriving at the cathedral in 1982 to celebrate the Eucharist

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While it does look better inside, I was so depressed to see that after seeing the Anglican cathedral there and hearing that the Catholic one was supposed to look similar but then there was a cost issue and they rethought the whole plan. It looks like a space ship.

I did not see it up close, my tour guide pointed it out up the hill, from outside the hospital where John Lennon was born or something like that.

Edited to add, and here is what the Anglicans are doing with their Cathedral in Liverpool…having an arts market in it…
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Here is one of my current go-to churches, St. Agnes. This is actually 5 minutes from one of my houses. It has a very large congregation. (Yes, we still use those really old looking confessionals every weekend and there is always a line.)

Within a few blocks there are equally large, old and historic looking Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist churches and a former old historic synagogue that has been sold to some civic group while the congregation moved to a big modern building a few minutes away. (Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
 
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that’s all the problem and dilemna… Having a beatiful church, yes, but at what cost…
And for countries/church who are not “lucky” enough to be the propriety to the State, money is need at all costs…
 
You are an expert of church building architecture!

A lot of old churches in France have different styles, because they had been modified through the centuries.The word “heritage” had no sense, and his preservation too before the french Revolution.

Have you got a favourite european church? Have you seen it?
 
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One of the more unusual churches near me is St. Jerome’s. When it was built in 1966, we were impressed as we hadn’t seen anything like it.

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We called it the round church, although clearly it is an octagon 🙂

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Yes, I love church architecture! I’m a big fan of gothic, but I’ve only ever been to Rome (not much gothic there unfortunately). I have always wanted to see Chartres and Amiens; they are some of my favorite. Notre-Dame is/was nice, especially for their music, but it’s not my favorite architecturally.
 
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Sweetest Heart of Mary, Detroit, MI - now part of combined parish Mother of Divine Mercy.
 
I happy to see an amator for church heritage!

I have been to Chartres one time and was very impressed by the blue light/atmosphere created by the magnificient stained-windows!
 
Oh, speaking of magnificent stained glass, another favorite I’ve wanted to see is Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.
 
The Holy Name church in Manchester was once at the centre of a large working-class part of the city . It was and still is served by the Jesuits .

The demolition of poor housing brought a big fall in the number of parishioners .

Then students came on the scene . With all its higher education institutions combined, the city of Manchester has the largest student population in Europe .

So the Holy Name is back to being at the centre of a well-populated area of the city , and serves as part of the Catholic chaplaincy for the students .

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I only have two pictures from my church. The second one is from Pascha this year.

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I think this thread proves that both modern and traditional churches can be beautiful. It’s just a shame the older ones don’t continue to use those amazing high altars!
 
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