Cathedral St Paul
By Three Crazy Dogs | February 25, 2010
Last Sunday was the first time I stepped into one of the two cathedrals in Minnesota, the Catheral St Paul.
Picture taken while still inside the bus….
The Cathedral sits up on much higher grounds across the state Capitol….you can see a column with a green man in the middle of the picture….that man is Archbishop John Ireland…the founder of the Cathedral St Paul at the current site. (Prior to this huge cathedral, there were 3 others, very much smaller. You can read the history if you are interested.)
The trip was part of the RCIA program I’m in now. The trip is for the celebration of Rite of Election. I was so pumped coz I got to go to the cathedral and meeting the Archbishop face to face for the first time.
Archbishop Harry Flynn (retired) and me
The entire mass and rite was beautiful.. But my whole attention was mainly checking out the inside of the cathedral. Damn, it was just beautiful…especially the dome above the Sanctuary….the dove…the Holy Spirit.
The stain glass windows…
The many statues of Saints and Apostles…
…St. John
The old fashion pews..
The Sanctuary…
And the one that really caught me deep in my heart is this……the Pieta..it got me choked up. It’s a replica of the original Peita in St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. This replica was put into this Cathedral during the Lenten season.
The Pieta sits right infront of the Chapel of the Sacred Heart…
The Bishop’s chair…
And here is me, trying to take a picture of myself…crappy picture indeed.
Another shot of the Sanctuary…not a good shot either…
The main dome…
And confession boxes like this one line up on each end of the cathedral…
The first time I actually see a confession box….the name of the priest place outside the door to the box. It’s dark inside like you see them in movies….it’s kinda creepy, honestly.
These are some of the pictures that turned out good with my archaic camera. The cathedral’s website has a photo album if you want to see better pictures.
6 Comments
Che-Cheh on February 26, 2010 at 11:29 pm.
The dome… so beautiful.
You look like a teenage kid… standing with Archbishop Harry Flynn. Hehe
jam on February 27, 2010 at 9:16 pm.
Since when you were starting to give us a church tour, hehe…
.-= jam´s last blog ..Where to Stay in Guilin, Yangshuo & Xingping =-.
sy on March 1, 2010 at 9:04 am.
akcerli, you look nice in the camwhore pic (as usual!), but becoz of the lighting.. it can be quite scary especially if view in the late of the nite or really really dark. lucky it’s only 10pm here and the whole home here is lit up.
Three Crazy Dogs on March 2, 2010 at 9:27 am.
Hey, Jam, I might do it from now on….never know!
Three Crazy Dogs on March 2, 2010 at 9:34 am.
Must be my height lah….short change, petite folks always look younger!
*run away fast, fast*
Three Crazy Dogs on March 2, 2010 at 9:37 am.
lucky you didnt “shee-shee”in your pants….! hehehehe