St. George - Linn, MO

St. George in Linn, MO

Special Report: Ste. Marie du Lac, Ironton MO

On Thursday, June 3, 2010, I went hiking with Jake and Mark.  While taking a short cut (I'm not convinced it was...) we ran across a church, Ste. Marie du Lac, which is St. Mary of the Lake.  So we stopped to look around.  Amazingly enough, the door was open!!!  



Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord...
These are the guard geese and ducks.  They made such a racket I was sure we were going to be noticed...



Our Lady in the Lake
With more of the guard geese



Main doorway.
This is the awesomest entry!



To Remember the Story of Noah and the Ark.
Detail on the Doorway



View From the Back Pew!



The Eighth Station: Jesus Meets the Holy Women
There was also what looked to be the Franciscan Crown on the walls.



Holy Spirit
I think the door might lead to a bapistry...



Shrine Area
Notice the Pieta in the Window



Our Lady of Guadalupe



Our Lady of Perpetual Help



I think this is St. Joseph.
Another window shows him carrying this staff, which could be lilies, his symbol.



I am the Immaculate Conception
It says so in the halo!



Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
I wasn't going to take a picture of this window, but
I really liked the multi-colored garb the priestguy is wearing.



Agony in the Garden
I'm not sure....



Assumption of Mary
Maybe it is the Queenship of Mary?



Pentecost



Mary Visits Elizabeth
I just like stars....


Links:
Pictures from Rome of the West

St. Meinrad Archabbey, Part 2

In Part 1, I had pictures of the Church at the St. Meinrad Archabbey posted.  In Part 2, I will focus on the windows.  And you get to play along as well!  I can't id all of the saints in the windows, so you can help me out!

According to the brochure, the windows were made in Munich, Germany and were installed in 1908.  The windows on the sides of the nave feature the Beatitudes.  The top portion depicts a Benedictine saint displaying that virtue with the bottom part depicting the corresponding scene from the Old Testament.  Then there are some words at the bottom, which are the full Beatitudes in Latin with the corresponding verse.

First the Rose Windows!

The Center is a hand with 3 fingers to represent the Trinity.

Going clockwise from the top:

St. Matthew, St. Mark. St. Luke, St. John

Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Jeremiah

Jesus, the Alpha and the Omega

Window above Main Doors:

Jesus, the Good Shepherd

For the following images, I've uploaded the full size images to flickr.  If you'd like to see them bigger, click on the picture and it will take you to flickr. 

Windows from the Nave:

Blessed Are They That Suffer;

Persecuted for Justice Sake

Top:  St. Gregory the VII

Bottom:  Daniel in the Lion's Den

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Top: ??  Has a coronet on.

Bottom:  Abraham takes Isaac to be sacrificed.

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

Top:  St. Peter (???)

Bottom:  Job 1:12 and Job 42:10-16

Blessed Are the Clean of Heart

Top: St. Going to Heaven...maybe St. Benedict

Bottom: Joseph meets Pharaoh

Genesis 42:41-42

Close Up of the Above Window

I like the rainbow around Jesus

Crucifixion of Jesus

Bottom: Adam and Eve being tossed out Garden of Eden

Blessed are the Merciful

Pope crashes the Last Supper

Bottom: Tobais 1:2

(St. Raphael!)

Blessed are the Meek

St. Barbus (??)

Bottom: Numbers 12:1-13

Blessed Are They That Mourn
St. H...(??)
Bottom: Lamentations and Jeremiah I-4



Blessed Are Those That Hunger and Thirst for Justice
3 Bishops
Bottom: Maccabees (??)

Windows found elsewhere:

St. Alphanaus (??, sp????)

Jesus is in a boat on the bottom.

St. Lawrence (left) standing on a grill.

St. Stephen (right) holding rocks.  

St. Bruno, St. ??, St. Francis, St. Dominic

St. Francisca Roma (?) and St. Bishop

St. Explorer (??) and St. Henry II of the Holy Roman Empire?

It's a Pope.

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St. Francis de Sales, St. Alphonsis Ligori, St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Vincent de Paul

St. Meinrad

St. Wolgang and St. B (??)

St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN Part 1

On May 15, 2010, I visited the St. Meinrad Archabbey in the middle of Indiana to meet some people.  I didn't get there in time for Vespers.  I did take many pictures!  I've broken the visit up into 3 posts:  this one with Church pictures, a second with the windows, and a third showing the Monte Cassino Shrine.

It was very beautiful and I didn't get to see everything.  Many thanks to Cheryl and Tom who showed me around!

Pictures:

The Archabbey Church

Construction on the Church was completed in 1907.

A Cloister Area

Mary

In a corner of the cloister above.

See the candle holders to the sides?

Celtic Cross

View from the Main Doors

The painting on the wall is Christ holding the book of Life.

Close Up of Altar.

This side of the altar features the Passion & Resurrection of Jesus.

View from the choir stalls.

Shrine of St. Meinrad

Scenes from his life.

Relic of St. Meinrad

The Black Madonna

It's from Switzerland!

Tabernacle

This is in a separate chapel, behind the Abbot's chair.

The Sacred Oils

 

HEY!!!! He was Archbishop in St. Louis!

His seal on the door to the room.

Links:
St. Meinrad Archabbey Website
Pictures from Rome of the West.