Author Topic: In Memory of a Seminary in Pictures (Read 5170 times)

RomanCatholic1953 · « **on:** June 14, 2012, 12:33:42 AM »

Consecration and Dedication by Cardinal Albert Meyer on 9/17/1962.

I thought that I want to share these photos to show how the Church
was growing in American on the eve of Vatican 2 that was 6 weeks
away when these photos were taken.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 14, 2012, 10:26:16 AM »

The Procession started at the Cathedral.

sedetrad · « **Reply #2 on:** June 14, 2012, 11:39:30 AM »

Thanks for the fine pictures.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #3 on:** June 14, 2012, 04:03:09 PM »

Unfortunately the architectural plans of that seminary were in accord with the Vatican II religion and Teilhardism.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 14, 2012, 04:58:54 PM »

Cardinal Albert Meyer was known to be an anti liberal and was quoted
"That a Catholic could not be a Liberal." He died of an heart attacked
at the age of 63 in April 1965, 8 months before the end of Vatican 2
Council.

Sigismund · « **Reply #5 on:** June 16, 2012, 08:52:46 AM »

Interesting pictures.

The Chapel is really ugly.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2012, 10:19:03 AM »

Quote from: Sigismund

Interesting pictures.

The Chapel is really ugly.

I afraid that was the spirit of the times. Just sample the ugly architectures
of the 1950's-1960's that was previewing something for the future.
Apostasy from the True Faith
The times from the mid 1960's to the present in 2012 and perhaps
the foreseeable future.
These architectures should have been rejected and perhaps not
built in favor of rehabilitating an older building.
The best answer is that Vatican 2 should never have happened,
and that the Constantinian Church with all its rigid disciplines,
and the perfect society been left intact.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2012, 10:22:28 AM »

Quote from: RomanCatholic1953

the Constantinian Church

Don't fall into the trap of using such words. The Catholic Church survived the persecutions, even those of Diocletian, and was victorious.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #8 on:** June 16, 2012, 08:47:56 PM »

Quote from: Sigismund

Interesting pictures.

The Chapel is really ugly.

It sure was!!! My eyes were drawn to the hideous ceiling.

JohnGrey · « **Reply #9 on:** June 23, 2012, 06:55:44 PM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

Unfortunately the architectural plans of that seminary were in accord with the Vatican II religion and Teilhardism.

I agree completely, Tele. There is something about that period of post-modern design that is patently sinister. Mathematically, everything seems innocuous but you can take one look at it and know viscerally that something is entirely wrong with it, as though it were the embodiment of an alien and non-Christian knowledge gleefully put on display.

Same with the building itself; with the Futurist bas relief and the general shape, it looks like an Egyptian pylon.

Pylon at Karnak