Random Catholicism & Lost (& Found): St. Leo

This morning, I went to Shaw's Garden to see the DinoQuest exhibit.  While wandering around the Temperate House looking for dinosaurs, I noticed a portico with sign on it.  

I've been to Shaw's Garden hundreds of times and it never clicked that the portico was from a Catholic school.  Amazing what you find and what you miss if you aren't paying attention.

Link to the Information from the Archdiocesan Archives.

I did look at satellite maps of the area...St. Leo is in an area of the city that is almost totally deserted. It is just vacant lots where the buildings used to be.

Random Catholicism: St. Francis of Assisi in Forest Park

This is by the Jewel Box in Forest Park.

Random Catholicism: At UMSL

Medal Image on the Provincial House

Miraculous Medal on the Provincial House

Time for Mass!

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Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

Hi.  In a bid to win Crescat's Blog Awards (I'm in Best Visual Treat...You can vote once a day until 5/14.), I'm drawing out all the stops and taking lots of pictures!

I have finally found the Seminary!  I knew where it was, and I've seen the tower from all sorts of angles but could never find the entrance.  Found!

Cardinal Glennon

That's a bird on his biretta BTW

I'm still working on a plan to get inside....

Links:
Kenrick-Glennon Seminary Website
Photo from Rome of the West

Random Catholicism: Rooftop Views

Hello all!
The other night I was on the roof of the Moonrise Hotel in the University City Loop.  I took some pictures I thought you'd like to see.

Looking East

The green dome is the Cathedral.

Looking North

I thought this was St. Elizabeth, Mother of St. John the Baptist, 

but the tower doesn't match. After some guessing, it is

St. Augustine

Looking South/Southwest?

St. Roch

I thought I might have seen a Church from South City, most likely St. Francis de Sales, but it was windy and I didn't have the zoom to get.