Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore, Maryland
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 07/29/2009 4:55:35 PM PDT by EDINVA
To celebrate the 175th birthday of Stateside Catholicism's home-grown "pontifex maximus," the 15th archbishop of Baltimore led a noontime Mass Thursday in the cathedral church where James Gibbons was baptized and said his first Mass, was made a bishop and installed as head of the nation's "Premier See," where he received the red hat and, after 44 years as the faith's "unchallenged" face and voice on these shores, was laid to rest.
This is about James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, celebrating his birth 175 years ago and his life as cardinal of Baltimore which then included Washington, DC. He was enormously influential, and spearheaded what is today Catholic University of America. I found it an interesting read, and hope you do, too.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
The interior of the basilica is understated, almost (but not quite) plain. It is also very beautiful and majestic.
My parents were married there over sixty years ago - it is indeed beautiful.
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