Posted on 02/27/2010 7:31:39 PM PST by marshmallow
The seminary chapel under construction
The glorious rehabilitation of the traditional Latin Mass at the highest level of the Church will be illustrated on Wednesday when Cardinal William Levada, the Pope’s successor as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, will preach at the consecration of the first traditionalist seminary chapel built in America for 40 years – at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Nebraska run by the Priestly Society of St Peter (FSSP).
Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska, will celebrate Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary From – of course – in a ceremony to be broadcast by EWTN. The entire procedings will last five hours, I gather, so in the unlikely event of the Tablet’s Bobbie Mickens attending he’ll need a maxi-pack of tissues to soak up the tears of rage.
Many congratulations to the FSSP, which commissioned architect Thomas Gordon Smith to build something a little more uplifting than recent Catholic architectural triumphs, such as the Los Angeles “cathedral” or indeed the chapel at Hinsley Hall, HQ of the massively indebted Diocese of Leeds. Talking of which, shield your eyes now if you don’t share Uncle Arthur’s vision of “inspiring furnishing”:
The delightful Scientology-influenced chapel at Hinsley Hall, Leeds
Sorry about that. Anyway, according to the FSSP, “the [Nebraska] seminary chapel reflects a contemporary rebirth in the rich tradition of classical Catholic architecture. Upon entering through its mahogany doors, the visitor will be immersed in the chapel’s beauty and grandeur which include an elevated main altar, emphasized by a 31-foot marble canopy or baldachino, the chapel’s seven side altars and liturgical choir stalls which seat 92 seminarians and priests.”
You may be wondering: what is to stop the building of an equally beautiful chapel in England, or indeed the ...............
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NICE!
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