[sitetest]

Dear maryz,

I recently went to Mass at the Basilica in Baltimore. It’s very beautiful. It isn’t especially ornate. I'd say it’s sort of understated. It’s also not a very large church. I’d guess it seats perhaps 500 - 600 folks, give or take.

But it is warm, beautiful and inviting.

It doesn’t have the grandeur of the much, much larger Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in the northeast section of Washington, DC. Nonetheless, it is a church that I will take the time to revisit.

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[maryz]

Thanks! I still don’t understand why they don’t have better pictures on their own website — the picture of the interior in the Wikipedia entry Frank linked is actually better. And an ornate interior would “clash” with the more classical exterior!