ok, just one -- the other beautiful one, the blue mosque is a rip off of that great Christian Church, the Hagia Sophia.
And of course, what goes on INSIDE is evil.
Posted on 07/25/2011 3:08:56 PM PDT by NYer
Maybe they could put in some glass saints?
Considering it only took the better part of 600 years to finish most of the work on that one, that’s a lot of playing bingo.
I live near the Crystal Cathedral. I read an article this weekend that said Bishop Brown is offering the money in cash! It’s very cold and brittle looking, in my opinion.
I think it’s horrible to expend that amount of money for any cathedral in this age of economic struggle. We don’t need it. We all have our very nice parishes; why do we need a giant cathedral? It’s self-aggrandizing. It’s bad enough that Phony Mahoney built that monstrosity in L.A.
While the Bishop talks of spending a fortune in cash, he’s closed two Catholic grade schools in Anaheim— one had been open for 75 years!
You got that right. May have to go into a partnership with the native American type folks and open up some casinos. Or, apply for some stimulus money... :-)
SoCal ping!
I’m Catholic and I wish I could agree with you about the Catholic Church’s desire to preserve old church buildings.
In Europe, that’s true. But in America ever since Vatican II in 1962, we have been plagued by what traditional minded Catholics call “wreckovaters”, these are IMO fiends who either tear down priceless old churches built for the most part with contributions from working class immigrants and replace them with soulless boxes you refer to, or just gut the original interiors and richly appointed altars for stark interior emptiness.
It’s part of an agenda. Go to www.thewanderer.com to learn more. And thank you for your interest.
It would get a new name I am sure.
How about
Christos Cathedral — Greek
Christus Cathedral — Latin
Christo (not sure about the spelling) Spanish
Christ Cathedral — English
Interesting, thanks
Cristo Cathedral — Spanish
ok, just one -- the other beautiful one, the blue mosque is a rip off of that great Christian Church, the Hagia Sophia.
And of course, what goes on INSIDE is evil.
Or what about “Christ The King or Christ The Risen King” Cathedral?
It was built back in the 30s, when Catholics were rare birds in the South.
Today it is much too small. Capacity 700. Our parish church holds 850, and some of the suburban parishes are even larger.
It's a neat building, a merger of Romanesque and Deco/Moderne. I hope it's preserved, whatever they decide to do.
The Cathedral in the Diocese of Orange was given a name several years ago when property was purchased to build it upon. Its name is Christ our Savior.
Amazing! No wonder Bishop Tod Brown wants to purchase the chrystal Cathedral.
Can you imagine it being called “Christ the Savior Cathedral?”
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crystal
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Christ Our Savior
Yes, Orange County, CA gets lots of sunshine. No, the Chrystal Cathedral is not a greenhouse. That matter was thought through when the church was designed. I have been inside on several occasions on sunny days. It is quite comfortable inside, and it does not cost a fortune to maintain comfortable temperatures.
It is a beautiful house of worship with a spectacular pipe organ. Obviously, it will require the design and building of an altar. Also, the addition of kneelers, although it would be nice if they could do so while keeping the existing pew seats which are quite comfortable.
In my opinion as a former resident of the Diocese of Orange, every diocese should have a beautiful and functional cathedral as a focal point of community worship. The Chrystal Cathedral would meet the needs of the diocese at a significantly lower cost than building a new facility from scratch.
We not live in the Diocese of San Bernardino which includes the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside. As I recall, SB is the largest county in terms of square miles in the US. Riverside is about 4 times the size of Connecticut. The diocese was spun off from San Diego. Our cathedral is an old attractive but relatively small former parish church. Numerous diocesan services have to be moved to relatively new and much larger parish churches.
The Catholic Church in Southern California is vibrant and growing. Our Sunday Masses are full to standing room only in many parishes. We need more churches but we have a tremendous shortage of priests. Nearly all parishes in our diocese have only one priest.
Two months ago, I attended Sunday morning Mass in my former high school parish in New Rochelle, NY. A church that was chock full of worshipers 50 years ago was only 20% full for the 9AM Mass. Yet, the parish had three active priests and one retired priest in residence. It would be nice if my present California parish could “borrow” one of those priests.
Pray for Vocations!
Prayer For Vocations
Lord, Jesus Christ, You are the Saviour of the world.
Please manifest in Your church, the Spirit whom You also abundantly bestowed on Your apostles.
Call many to the priesthood and religious life.
May zeal for Your glory and for the salvation of the world inflame those You have chosen.
May they be saints in Your likeness. May Your Holy Spirit strengthen them. May they be priests and religious according to Your own Heart.
Amen
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