Up to our own times, it has been the constant concern of supreme pontiffs to ensure that the Church of Christ offers a worthy ritual to the Divine Majesty, 'to the praise and glory of His name,' and 'to the benefit of all His Holy Church - Pope Benedict XVI, Summorum Pontificum
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Lost but not Forgotten
Somtimes I weep when I think of what we have lost.
Sold to Baptists
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That is terribly, terribly, horribly sad. Where is this?
I know that the altar is in Pennsylvania somewhere. I know that the Church is now a baptist church. I know the altar no longer exists. I want to say that the church is in Pittsburg, but I'm not 100% on that.
As for the story of the picture, it's a picture that was shown to me as I was working in the Jubilee Museum in Columbus.
In Missouri, west of St. Louis, was a Jesuit Seminary tat was sold to an evangelical group to use as their seminary. A friend and i went out to visit it while it was still "Jesuit Museum". the main chapel's altar had been ripped out and replaced by a keyboard and drumset.
At first I lamented what the new owners had done to the chapel. Then I remembered it was a Jesuit seminary, so it may have been that way since the 60's.
Notice the Altar. Pointing to our Lord, our eyes are focused on eternity. Let us turn to the Lord in celebration for, once again, man approaches eternity and contemplates the heavenly. Let us pray for our Holy Father, the Pope, who discerned the will of God and discerned that this is good. Introibo ad altare Dei.
I am a conservitive, apple pie eating, American. I enjoy guns, good food, and church. I spent some time in seminary and consider myself a conservitave both politically and religiously.
A day will come when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God. In our churches, Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them. Like Mary Magdalene, weeping before the empty tomb, they will ask, "Where have they taken him?" -Pope Pius XII
5 comments:
That is terribly, terribly, horribly sad. Where is this?
Can you tell the story of that altar? Just a pic tells so few for many of your readers.
I know that the altar is in Pennsylvania somewhere. I know that the Church is now a baptist church. I know the altar no longer exists. I want to say that the church is in Pittsburg, but I'm not 100% on that.
As for the story of the picture, it's a picture that was shown to me as I was working in the Jubilee Museum in Columbus.
Other than that, I don't know much about it.
Sold to Baptists!?!
Growl!
In Missouri, west of St. Louis, was a Jesuit Seminary tat was sold to an evangelical group to use as their seminary. A friend and i went out to visit it while it was still "Jesuit Museum". the main chapel's altar had been ripped out and replaced by a keyboard and drumset.
At first I lamented what the new owners had done to the chapel. Then I remembered it was a Jesuit seminary, so it may have been that way since the 60's.
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