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Offline Geremia

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« on: January 29, 2019, 06:24:45 PM »
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    Re: Showdown In Kentucky
    « Reply #1 on: January 30, 2019, 12:07:34 AM »
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  • In what sense is Covington a Catholic school?


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    Re: Showdown In Kentucky
    « Reply #2 on: January 30, 2019, 01:27:59 AM »
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  • Well, it's a Conciliar Catholic school now, but definitely "right" of Bp Foys and probably the SSPX.
    (I really doubt the SSPX Walton prior would allow their panty school boys to take such daring Catholic action?)

    Historically, the area is of German/Irish immigration, and probably one of the most Catholic river-town regions in the country (Cincinnati/Covington).

    On the same grounds of the school is the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, elevated to a Basilica by St. Pope Pius X.



    The stained glass works are from Germany prior to WWI.



    And hopefully, the Catholic "Resistance" will get this magnificent Basilica back in one piece...one day.

    "Some preachers will keep silence about the truth, and others will trample it underfoot and deny it. Sanctity of life will be held in derision even by those who outwardly profess it, for in those days Our Lord Jesus Christ will send them not a true Pastor but a destroyer."  St. Francis of Assisi

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    Re: Showdown In Kentucky
    « Reply #3 on: January 30, 2019, 04:12:33 AM »
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  • .
    Let's hope it would be too expensive to remodel.
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    There is a wonderful big church similar to this in South Central Los Angeles, built by the Doheneys of oil fame.
    St. Vincent de Paul's faces a main intersection and it's oriented at 45 degrees so traffic in the street sees its facade directly.
    The original design anticipated that it would become the L.A. cathedral, but that never happened.
    Same thing was planned for St. Basil's on Wilshire Blvd near Vermont, but Roger Mahony intervened and chose St. Vibiana's.
    Today, St. Vincent's and St. Basil's are still Catholic parish churches but St. Vibiana's is converted into a banquet hall.
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    St. Vincent's is not gothic, but more like baroque or Spanish renaissance style.
    It has carpentry details that are reminiscent of Spanish galleons of the 16th century.
    There are curved top relief carved doors 18" thick going from the sanctuary to the side hallways.
    The strike edge of the doors have built in bevel arcs that maintain a 3/32" margin over their entire 18" path.
    To build and hang such a door today would easily cost $5,000 to $8,000.
    The Novus Ordo liturgy is the only kind used but they've left the main high altar intact.
    The Newchurch "table" out near the congregation could be picked up and moved in 5 minutes.
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    Re: Showdown In Kentucky
    « Reply #4 on: January 30, 2019, 11:16:14 AM »
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  • Hmm... how many Basilicas does California have?

    Kentucky's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption... needs only a new altar, the removal of two menorahs on the side altar and a       necessary re-consecration, to be perfectly intact for the Mass of All Time.

    "Some preachers will keep silence about the truth, and others will trample it underfoot and deny it. Sanctity of life will be held in derision even by those who outwardly profess it, for in those days Our Lord Jesus Christ will send them not a true Pastor but a destroyer."  St. Francis of Assisi