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Posted: 3/27/2017 6:18:33 PM EDT

Here are some pictures of the church where I serve as interim pastor. Post some cool pictures of your own

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Posted: 3/27/2017 6:29:19 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/27/2017 6:43:25 PM EDT

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this was posted yesterday on my churches facebook. Founded on September 1, 1775

Posted: 3/27/2017 7:18:29 PM EDT

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That's cool. My church was built in 1908

Posted: 3/27/2017 7:55:06 PM EDT

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Not mine but I've been there.

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Posted: 3/28/2017 9:46:19 PM EDT

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Wow! Where is that?

Posted: 3/28/2017 10:14:24 PM EDT

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Vienna.

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Posted: 3/28/2017 10:22:46 PM EDT

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Here is another in Salzburg.

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Posted: 3/30/2017 6:08:35 AM EDT

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Wow. I will have to put that on the list of places to visit

Posted: 4/28/2017 10:46:36 AM EDT

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Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal. My wife and I were there in 2011. Sadly at the time we were not regular Churchgoers so we didn't go to a Mass there.

This is the Cathedral at which my wife and I were married:

The Basilica where my wife and I normally attend Mass:

Posted: 4/28/2017 12:20:54 PM EDT

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The Novus Ordo "tables" really ruin the otherwise beautiful architecture.....

Posted: 4/28/2017 12:38:32 PM EDT

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Agreed.

The Basilica in the last 2 pics at least still has the altar rail, though you can't see it in that pic. We go to the Latin Mass there.

But yeah if you get closer to the altar in the Cathedral, you can see where they ripped out the altar rail and the first few rows of pews and extended the sanctuary outward to accommodate the table. The old altar is there but the stairs up to it have been removed. It's weird. And, of course, no tabernacle to be seen.

Posted: 4/28/2017 4:28:22 PM EDT

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Some cool pics! Thanks y'all!

Posted: 4/28/2017 10:08:11 PM EDT

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The history is even more cool. The one in Vienna is 700 years old and has over 18000 people buried in the bottom including the Emperor and his family.

Posted: 4/28/2017 10:09:38 PM EDT

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Wow. 18000. Just wow

Posted: 4/28/2017 10:20:41 PM EDT

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Our "Cathedral on the Plains".

Posted: 4/28/2017 10:40:17 PM EDT

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Some pics and a link to an article about the church our family attended when I was a kid.

Built in the mid 1930s.

St Mary's

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Posted: 4/28/2017 10:46:10 PM EDT

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Beautiful

Posted: 4/29/2017 7:00:39 AM EDT

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Wow awesome pictures, our church building is a KTM motorcycle warehouse, i'd love to visit ones like in the pictures

Posted: 4/30/2017 5:34:40 PM EDT

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Just incredible.
Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful places.
The architecture always tells a story.

Posted: 4/30/2017 5:50:05 PM EDT

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception - Washington D.C.

was there a few times for services. was always awed by its splendor.

Posted: 4/30/2017 6:03:40 PM EDT

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a way bit off topic, but I can't resist! especially you asking about churches.

want to see a very unique church? it's La Sagrada Familia, started in 1882 in Barcelona, Spain, and is still not through building yet! at first I was aghast--appalled really--but the more I look at it, the more I'm impressed by it. before I leave my pilgrim journey here and return home, I've got to visit it!

form your own opinion!

La Sagrada Familia

Posted: 4/30/2017 7:41:03 PM EDT

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a way bit off topic, but I can't resist! especially you asking about churches.

want to see a very unique church? it's La Sagrada Familia, started in 1882 in Barcelona, Spain, and is still not through building yet! at first I was aghast--appalled really--but the more I look at it, the more I'm impressed by it. before I leave my pilgrim journey here and return home, I've got to visit it!

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Very cool.

Posted: 4/30/2017 7:49:04 PM EDT

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Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom), Germany (Deutschland) - 25th August, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1vfPpvhzsI

Posted: 5/4/2017 10:28:52 PM EDT

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Been inside the Cathedral in Bonn (Cologne), Germany. Sorry no pics. Amazing to still see evidence of WWII bombing on the outside. Thanks for posting the Basilica in Montreal too, never made it inside but great part of the city to walk around if you ever get the chance.

Posted: 5/6/2017 9:41:54 AM EDT

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Thanks, Lead-slinger! Amazing Cologne Cathedral.

Posted: 5/6/2017 6:55:46 PM EDT

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Those are beautiful.

Posted: 5/6/2017 11:41:36 PM EDT

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Bells of St. Stephan Cathedral in Vienna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgKWEGsqE5E

Vienna Austria, Stephansdom Interior HD Video Tour - St. Stephen's Cathedral, Wien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvu5-jd_8fs

Posted: 5/7/2017 6:53:24 AM EDT

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Here's one I took near the Shenandoah National Park. It's a little country church tucked back in one of the mountain communities. Some of the window panes are still the original wavy glass from back in the day.

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Posted: 5/7/2017 7:33:45 AM EDT

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DSC_3033 by Zack, on Flickr

San Agustin Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila

DSC_3041 by Zack, on Flickr

I was unable to go inside as there was a service going on.

That said, here's the info sign from out front

DSC_3036 by Zack, on Flickr

And some interesting art outside guarding the doors

DSC_3055 by Zack, on Flickr

Posted: 6/4/2017 12:20:37 AM EDT

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Some of the most beautiful architecture on this planet are the churches. I'm always fascinated by the talent that the builders possessed. It is humbling to realize the skill that those artisans possessed, hundreds of years ago, in many cases.

Posted: 6/6/2017 4:50:04 PM EDT

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I'll contribute. Church of Our Lady in Krakow, Poland. Construction started 1100 AD.

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Posted: 6/6/2017 5:53:01 PM EDT

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That's cool! What's in the glass box?

Posted: 6/6/2017 6:19:12 PM EDT

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Some relic. Sign was in Polish.

Posted: 6/6/2017 6:52:23 PM EDT

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The Basilica at the University of Notre Dame

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Posted: 6/6/2017 7:26:46 PM EDT

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I'm partial to the Church of St. Mary, Sainte-Mère-Église.

Kinda of fits in today, 6 June.

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Posted: 6/6/2017 7:44:54 PM EDT

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My 9 year old son loves old churches, missions,etc. He studies them on Google Earth and builds them in Minecraft. Sagrada Famila, Sceplica,etc. I like it as well. One dayI will be able to take him on a tour maybe.

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