On Saturday our new church was dedicated by the bishop! Our parish finally completed building the church in its 50-year history! Our children behaved beautifully for the three-hour Mass, causing even strangers to approach us and compliment John. Those of us who know how hard these last three years in Mass have been will be as stunned as am I.
The event began in the gymnasium from where the bishop and twelve Knights of Columbus led us in a procession.
Two first-class relics were installed in our new marble altar: one of a Saint (Pope) Pius X and one of Saint Rita--patroness of impossible causes!
John slept through much of the Mass . . . balanced on the kneeler!
After Mass there was a beautiful reception. Somehow had made a gingerbread house designed exactly like our church. Delightful!
This is the entrance of our new church. (This and following photos are taken from Sunday morning, not the Saturday Mass.)
Our ambo is an antique a couple of hundred years old. The communion rail was finished being installed at 3:00 a.m. Saturday, only seven hours before the dedication Mass!
We purchased antique stain glass windows from a parish across the country: each one is available for memorial dedication for $25,000. You can compare to the old stained glass windows below from when we lived in the "basement church."
We have a wonderful marble baptismal font--at the back of the church where it belongs. The following photos were taken by a fellow parishioner:
you are blessed with a beautiful church!!
ReplyDeleteThat ambo is unbelievable!
Have a blessed day!
I love John's construction hat that he's wearing in the picture of the four of you!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you that you have such a lovely church. I love that you have altar rails. Are they being used by everyone?
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