Posted on 02/09/2023 6:45:36 PM PST by marshmallow
North America’s largest Catholic parish church – St. Charles Borromeo with seating for 3,200 souls – was officially dedicated Thursday (Feb. 2) in front of a packed house that included bishops from throughout California.
The $21 million church in west Visalia may be sparkling new with its 48-by-53-foot mural on the wall behind the altar, dome murals and California mission style exterior but it has already garnered attention nationally.
St. Charles Borromeo, the new parish church of The Good Shepherd Catholic Parish in Visalia, is a template for the Catholic Church as it consolidates smaller and struggling parishes into one site.
A big deal
Fresno Diocese Bishop Joseph V. Brennan, who officiated the almost 3-hour long bilingual mass of dedication, called the parish “a big deal.” It was Brennan’s first dedication of a church. “We’re hoping that this becomes an example, if not a model, for the church in the States,” said Brennan.
A priest shortage hasn’t been as acute as in previous years, said Brennan. But an increase in the number of parishioners has required the Catholic Church to get innovative in its planning.
“That does take on national significance because every community of faith faces these same issues, as we do, in a different context and different areas of the country.” That means that any new church built in the Fresno Diocese, must hold at least 1,500 people.
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bkmk
A catholic mega church. Very unlikely that they don’t teach the Modern Pope version of Satanism.
Liking it until I read
“bilingual mass of dedication.”
I am quite sure that that particular church has a very very large percentage of Hispanics in its ranks. Hispanics are traditionally Catholic, and BTW, are quite conservative. I think this idea that the Dems will harvest millions of voters with the Hispanics is not exactly turning out that way.....
Nice church. It’s been planned since 1995, since the previous church used for ordinations in Fresno was tiny
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Catholic means universal. English is not the language of the Church. I know its hard for pea brained Americans to understand but there are other believers out there that don’t *gasp* speak English.
I wonder what the average age is of people on FR.
I live in the United States of America. Our language is English.
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