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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Named for Pope John Paul II’s first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis (Redeemer of Man), the Shrine’s church invites its visitors to contemplate the mystery of God’s profound love for mankind, to worship Him, and...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington D.C., USA is a place of worship, religious formation, and cultural renewal to feed the minds and souls of its visitors. The Shrine’s chapel provides...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! This is a small chapel in The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, which is a large Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located in Washington, D.C., United States, on 400 Michigan...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! This is a small chapel in The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, which is a large Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located in Washington, D.C., United States, on 400 Michigan...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Altar of the church of St Felix, Torralba de Ribota, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The church, of mudéjar and late gothic style was built between 1367 and 1420. The church is a national heritage monument in...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a Catholic church dedicated to the patroness of our nation, is a place of worship, pilgrimage, evangelization, and reconciliation. Sacred art adorns each sacred space of...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a church, and will...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Cruets are special vessels for mass that hold the water and wine used for the Consecration, to wash the priests hands, and to sprinkle holy water. These are cruets from Saint Matthew's parish in...
This is a side-chapel—a chapel within a cathedral or larger church building—inside Saint Gregory the Great Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. The Eucharist is reserved in this tabernacle instead of on the altar, as is the custom in churches built before the Second Vatican Council. Free Downloads...
This parish is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and has a K-8 School attached (Saint Matthew's Catholic School) as well as one of the longest running perpetual adoration chapels (25 years) in the United States and the only perpetual adoration chapel in the Hampton Roads area. Free Downloads...
The fonts of many Christian denominations are for baptisms using a non-immersive method, such as aspersion (sprinkling) or affusion (pouring). The simplest of these fonts has a pedestal (about 5 feet (1.5 m) tall) with a holder for a basin of water. The materials vary greatly consisting of carved...
This church is dedicated to San Isidro, which is the Spanish name for Saint Isidore the Farm Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer (Spanish: San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – May 15, 1130). He was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the...
Ethiopia has close historical ties with all three of the world's major Abrahamic religions. In the 4th century, the Ethiopian empire was one of the first in the world to officially adopt Christianity as the state religion. As a result of the resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon,...
Narcissa Niblack Thorne (May 2, 1882 – June 25, 1966) was an American artist known for her extremely detailed miniature rooms. Her works depict historical interiors from Europe, Asia and North America from the late 13th to the early 20th century. The Thorne rooms are honored with dedicated exhibits in the...
A homily (όμλία) is a commentary that follows a reading of scripture, giving the "public explanation of a sacred doctrine" or text. The works of Origen and John Chrysostom (known as Paschal Homily) are considered exemplary examples of Christian homily. "In Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox...
The Last Gospel is the name given to the Prologue of St. John's Gospel (John 1:1–14) when read as part of the concluding rites in the Tridentine Mass. The Prologue speaks on Jesus Christ as the Logos and on the Incarnation. The Last Gospel began as...
The Tomb of Pope Julius II is a sculptural and architectural ensemble by Michelangelo and his assistants, originally commissioned in 1505 but not completed until 1545 on a much reduced scale. Originally intended for St. Peter's Basilica, the structure was instead placed in the church of San Pietro...
Peregrine Laziosi was born of a wealthy family at Forli, Italy, in 1260. As a youth he was active in politics as a member of the anti-papal party. During one uprising, which the Pope sent St. Philip Benizi to mediate, Philip was struck in the face by Peregrine. When Philip...
The parish of Christ the King was formally erected on May 15, 1984 The parish of Christ the King has a total land area of 1,831 hectares, and close to 30,000 population, 85 percent of which are Catholics. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antipolo. Source...
Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg, also known as Strasbourg Minster, is a Catholic cathedral in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Although considerable parts of it are still in Romanesque architecture, it is widely considered to be among the finest examples of Rayonnant Gothic architecture. Architect Erwin von...
Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg, also known as Strasbourg Minster, is a Catholic cathedral in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Although considerable parts of it are still in Romanesque architecture, it is widely considered to be among the finest examples of Rayonnant Gothic architecture. Source [https://en....
The Sanctuary of the Immaculate Conception on San Cristóbal Hill is one of the principal places of worship for the Catholic Church of Chile, as well as being an icon of Santiago, Chile. It is notable in particular for a large statue of the Immaculate Conception, which is located at...
A side-altar or bye-altar is an altar that is subordinate to the central or high altar in a church. The term is generally applied to altars that are situated in the bay or bays of the nave, transepts, etc. Side-altars may be recessed in a side-chapel, or against a main...
The world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue (IPVS) of Fatima was sculpted in 1947 by famous sculptor José Thedim. The image reflects the precise instructions of Sister Lucia (the surviving seer at Fatima). Her desire was that the pilgrim image represent Our Lady’s position when she revealed herself as the...
