Catholic Word of the Day:THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, WASHINGTON, D.C.08-07-10

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THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION in WASHINGTON, D. C.

Church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, who was declared patroness of the United States by the Provincial Council of Baltimore in 1846. The project for the shrine was begun in 1914, after Pope St. Pius X approved the plans, which originated with Bishop Shahan, fourth rector of the Catholic University. Pope Benedict XV sent a mosaic of Murillo's Immaculate Conception in 1919, in time for the cornerstone laying by Cardinal Gibbons in 1920. Popes Pius XI and XII sent further favors to the shrine, visited by Cardinal Pacelli in 1936, before his elevation to the papacy. The main church was solemnly dedicated in 1959. More than fifty chapels have been installed since the dedication. The campanile houses a fifty-six-bell carillon. With a seating capacity of six thousand persons, the shrine is one of the largest religious buildings in the world. All the American dioceses and numerous religious communities and organizations have contributed to its erection. Over one million persons visit the shrine each year. Pope John Paul II addressed several thousand religious women at the shrine (October 7, 1979) to close his seven-day visit of the United States.

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If you have visited this Shrine, please post pictures, let us know about your visit there, etc.

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Catholic Word of the Day – links will be provided later by another FReeper.

 

Gift of Integrity	Nuncio	Epigonation
Virtue of Hope	Magic	End of the World
Apostasy (ecclesiastical)	Gerasenes	Spouse (Bride) of Christ
Funeral Rites	Infused Contemplation	Shalom
Sacramental	Miracles of Christ	Moral Theology
Eviternity	Sinai	Saul
La Divina Commedia	Saint-Anne-D-Beaupre	Royal Coronation
Bishop	Scandal of the Weak	Spiritual Rebirth
Biretta	The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

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Oops, I forgot the names!

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I have been to the Shrine on many occasions - my daughter's high school graduation was held there and I have sung there several times in choirs. Here's a pic, not from one of my visits but snagged off the net:



Lamh Foistenach Abu!

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Thanks! One of those beautiful Chuches!

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What a beautiful basilica. I spent a few hours after mass one Sunday just visiting all the holy spaces in it and still haven’t seen it all.

I have some beautiful photos I took of Christ Pantocrater and Our Lady of Aloising, Bavarian Madonna. It is built to remind one of heaven and it certainly is a heavenly place.
I’ll be very happy to return.

I don’t know how to post photos though.

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I’ve been to the Shrine twice. Once with my husband, and we went to Mass. Second time with my father, and we took “the tour.”

I could move in there and do nothing but pray until I starved to death. It is a wonderful church.