Inside Saint Mary’s Basilica, Phoenix, Arizona
St. Mary’s Basilica, (231 N. 3rd Street Phoenix, AZ 85004) named The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin is the oldest Catholic parish in Phoenix and was the only Catholic parish in Phoenix until 1924. It holds a unique place in the history of the Church and in the diocese. On September 2, 1985, His Holiness Pope John Paul II solemnly proclaimed the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary to be a Minor Basilica. At that time, for historical, cultural, artistic, and spiritual reasons, St. Mary’s became the 32nd basilica in the United States. While on his American Visit, His Holiness John Paul II visited St. Mary’s knelt in prayer in the center aisle and then spoke to the crowd from the balcony on September 14, 1987.
The Pope in Arizona, September 14, 1987
God's love is mirrored in all life. May the love reflected in Pope John Paul II bring peace and joy to your hears as you relive his 1987 visit to Phoenix, Arizona.
In music, images and words, the Holy Father's day in Arizona is captured for posterity. Hear the joy of the crowd gathered in front of St. Mary's Basilica. Witness the shared blessings of the Holy Father and of the Native Americans in traditional Roman and Tribal rituals. See the faces of those who attended Mass at Sun Angel Stadium. Listen to the Pope's own words of challenge and encouragement.
In this 90-minute video, you can relive this exciting day the Holy Father spent in Arizona.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix was established Dec. 2, 1969, by Pope Paul VI. Led by the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, more than 1.1 million Catholics make this diverse, vibrant and faith-filled diocese their home.
Saint Mary's Basilica Phoenix USA
recorded on December 2, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
St. Mary's Basilica, Phoenix, Arizona As Shown by Pastor Rev. Vince Mesi
Saint Mary's Basilica, officially named The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, was founded in 1881 and staffed by the Franciscan Friars since 1895.
The church was completed in 1914, dedicated in 1915, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Mary's Church in 1978. The oldest Roman Catholic parish in the greater Phoenix, Arizona, area, it was the only Roman Catholic parish in Phoenix until 1924 and is home to Arizona's largest stained glass windows collection.
The church's Mission Revival—Spanish Colonial Revival structure supports four domes spanning the length of the Basilica. All the domes are compound design with the pendentives, following Roman architecture, transferring the weight of the roof to the pillars. The dome over the intercept point of the crossover, the nave center aisle and the apse, is topped with stained glass and features a lantern above the dome to emit light into the nave and sanctuary. The dome located over the altar is topped with a cupola designed to provide light to the altar.
Prior to Pope John Paul II's visit to Phoenix in 1987, the Holy Father elevated St. Mary's to a minor basilica. St. Mary's became the 32nd basilica in the United States and remains the only basilica in Arizona. The church, a Phoenix Points of Pride, is located at the northeast corner of North 3rd Street and Monroe in downtown Phoenix, a carillon of the burgeoning Copper Square. Mass is celebrated every day of the week.
Saint Mary's Basilica Phoenix USA
recorded on December 2, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
Saint Mary's Basilica Phoenix USA
recorded on December 2, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
The Catholic Mass for September 30, 2018 - Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix was established Dec. 2, 1969, by Pope Paul VI. Led by the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, more than 1.1 million Catholics make this diverse, vibrant and faith-filled diocese their home.
A New Church Building Project - Our Lady of Sorrows, Phoenix, AZ
-- In this video, we take you on site to the constructing of the new Church building of Our Lady of Sorrows in Phoenix, Arizona.
Our Lady of Sorrows was established in 1980 when a small group of traditionalists purchased the current church site from a Protestant denomination. Over the years, Sunday attendance has steadily grown to an average of 550 faithful.
The property is 10.8 acres. It is primarily comprised of the current Protestant-designed church, a growing K-12 Catholic school for 75 students, and a 34-room retreat house.
Retreatants come from across North America to attend one or more of fourteen retreats each year. Phoenix also annually hosts one of the two priests' retreats. More than 35 priests and usually a bishop are in attendance.
The site also has a priory, other living quarters, a large athletic field, and an orange grove. Four priests reside at Our Lady of Sorrows. They serve the parish as well as nearby missions.
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The Society of St. Pius X is an international priestly society of common life without vows, whose purpose is to train, support, and encourage holy priests so that they may effectively spread the Catholic faith throughout the world.
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Rev. Vince Mesi, Pastor, Saint Mary's Basilica, Phoenix, Provides Glimpse of New Organ
Saint Mary's Basilica, officially named The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, was founded in 1881 and staffed by the Franciscan Friars since 1895.
The church was completed in 1914, dedicated in 1915, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Mary's Church in 1978. The oldest Roman Catholic parish in the greater Phoenix, Arizona, area, it was the only Roman Catholic parish in Phoenix until 1924 and is home to Arizona's largest stained glass windows collection.
The church's Mission Revival—Spanish Colonial Revival structure supports four domes spanning the length of the Basilica. All the domes are compound design with the pendentives, following Roman architecture, transferring the weight of the roof to the pillars. The dome over the intercept point of the crossover, the nave center aisle and the apse, is topped with stained glass and features a lantern above the dome to emit light into the nave and sanctuary. The dome located over the altar is topped with a cupola designed to provide light to the altar.
Prior to Pope John Paul II's visit to Phoenix in 1987, the Holy Father elevated St. Mary's to a minor basilica. St. Mary's became the 32nd basilica in the United States and remains the only basilica in Arizona. The church, a Phoenix Points of Pride, is located at the northeast corner of North 3rd Street and Monroe in downtown Phoenix, a carillon of the burgeoning Copper Square. Mass is celebrated every day of the week.
'Iconic' Bristol Church - St Mary Redcliffe
St. Mary Redcliffe is an Anglican parish church located in the Redcliffe district of Bristol, England. The church is a short walk from Bristol Temple Meads. The church building was constructed from the 12th to the 15th centuries, and it has been a place of Christian worship for over 900 years. The church is renowned for the beauty of its Gothic architecture and is classed as a Grade I listed building by Historic England.[1][2] It was famously described by Queen Elizabeth I as the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England.[3][4]
Little remains of the earliest churches on the site although a little of the fabric has been dated to the 12th century. Much of the current building dates from the late 13th and 14th centuries when it was built and decorated by wealthy merchants of the city whose tomb and monuments decorate the church. The spire fell after being struck by lightning in 1446 and was not rebuilt until 1872. Little of the original stained glass remains following damage in the English Civil War with extensive new glass being added during the Victorian era. The tower contains 15 bells designed for full-circle English-Style change ringing. Other music in the church is provided by several choirs and the Harrison & Harrison organ.
Christian Church:
The Christian Church is an ecclesiological term generally used by Protestants to refer to the whole group of people belonging to the Christianity throughout history. In this understanding, the Christian Church does not refer to a particular Christian denomination but to the body of all believers. Some Christian traditions, however, believe that the term Christian Church or Church applies only to a specific historic Christian body or institution (e.g., the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, the Non-Chalcedonian Churches of Oriental Orthodoxy, or the Assyrian Church of the East). The Four Marks of the Church first expressed in the Nicene Creed are that the Church is One (a unified Body of Particular Churches in full Communion of doctrines and faith with each other), Holy (a sanctified and deified Body), Catholic (Universal and containing the fullness of Truth in itself), and Apostolic (its hierarchy, doctrines, and faith can be traced back to the Apostles).[1]
Thus, the majority of Christians globally (particularly of the apostolic churches listed above, as well as some Anglo-Catholics) consider the Christian Church as a visible and institutional societas perfecta enlivened with supernatural grace, while Protestants generally understand the Church to be an invisible reality not identifiable with any specific earthly institution, denomination, or network of affiliated churches.[citation needed] Others equate the Church with particular groups that share certain essential elements of doctrine and practice, though divided on other points of doctrine and government (such as the branch theory as taught by some Anglicans).
United States:
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America (/əˈmɛrɪkə/), is a federal republic[16][17] composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.[fn 6] Forty-eight states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.[19]
At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2)[20] and with over 324 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area,[fn 7] and the third-most populous. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city is New York City; twelve other major metropolitan areas—each with at least 4.5 million inhabitants—are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Riverside.
LOUD & PROUD - ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
What's the BEST high school in southern Colorado? How cool is your school? We visit ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL to see what makes them LOUD & PROUD.
Keep it in our Faith
When you contribute to Catholic Education Arizona you are telling the state how you want your state income tax liability spent! You have a choice, keep your state income taxes in our faith and help a needy student attend a Catholic school.
SSPX Our Lady of Sorrows - Church Building Promotional - The Time is Now
- The time is now. Our Lady of Sorrows building project is offering several opportunities to give in support of a specific need. Stained glass Windows, Side Altars, and Bronze Church Bells can be sponsored by individuals or groups. The community at Our Lady of Sorrows has outgrown its small parish church many years ago. It is necessary to offer numerous services in order for everyone to participate. Our new building has already gained recognition as a beautiful building and a great improvement to the South Mountain area. Please consider helping us build this much needed church. - Fr Frank Riccomini, Prior and Headmaster of Our Lady of Sorrows, a Society of St. Pius X congregation located in Phoenix, Arizona.
Our Lady of Sorrows has been a chapel of the Society of St. Pius X since the 1970's and has steadily multiplied in number of faithful. Exclusively offering the Latin Mass and the traditionally administering the sacraments, the work done at Our Lady of Sorrows has truly shown its fruit.
Arizona - November 2016
Tour of Southern Arizona. Had a professional meeting to attend in Phoenix so added a few days before and after the meeting to stretch it into a vacation. Arrived in Phoenix mid morning and went directly to Tonto National Monument, the first of 7 National Park sites we would visit.
Spent Day 2 of the Arizona trip visiting 2 very nice museums. Headed first to Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright's studio and final home and then spent the afternoon in the Musical Instrument Museum, an unbelievably extensive collection of the world's instruments. (Got a bit carried away with the number of photos I took). Finished a great day with dinner at our first brew pub of the trip.
Spent Day 3 with Annie and visited her top pick, The Butterfly Wonderland. Not many photos though. I overdid it the day before and it was too hot and uncomfortable in the facility, so we didn't stay long. Finished the day with dinner at another good brew pub.
Day 5. Spent the morning with Annie then headed to the Wrigley Mansion which was closed for a private event. Drove by the adjacent Biltmore Hotel and the spent the rest of the day at Desert Botanical Garden admiring their very large collection of cacti and succulents.
Moved to the Hotel San Carlos for 3 nights to attend the Soil Science Society of America annual meeting. Program was pretty weak this year so was able to squeeze in a number of tourist attractions while there. First we visited the small, but entertaining Wells Fargo History Museum, then caught the Light Rail to the American Indian Heard Museum, followed by a quick tour through St. Mary's Basilica and finally the disappointing Arizona Science Center.
Left Phoenix for Tucson and hit our second National Park site of the trip, Saguaro National Park - Rincon Mountain District where we took a nice hike to see petroglyphs. After that we visited the Arizona-Sonoma Desert Museum before heading to our dude ranch stay on the east side of Tucson.
Stayed at a dude ranch, Tanque Verde Ranch, adjacent to Saguaro National Park - Tucson Mountain District for three nights. Didn't take advantage of the activities available, but used it as our base to visit the area National Park sites. First day we hiked in Saguaro National Park and then drove south to Tumacácori National Historical Park and Tubac Presidio State Historic Park.
Second day based in Tucson and we visited 2 more National Park sites. Fort Bowie National Historic Site which was the most challenging site to date to visit and Chiricahua National Monument which was our favorite park site of the trip.
Visited park site number 7 for the trip, Coronado National Memorial where we hiked to the top of Coronado Mountain and to the Coronado Cave and then finished with a tacky but enjoyable visit to Tombstone, AZ and took in a reenactment of the gunfight at O.K. Corral.
Final day of the trip spent at park site number 249, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Stayed until past sunset which gave us views of the Supermoon and led to an encounter with a Border Patrol agent. Exciting end to a successful trip.
Our Lady of Sorrows, Phoenix, Arizona - SSPX
-- In this video, we take you on into the classrooms and throughout a day in the life of a student at Our Lady of Sorrows Academy, a privately owned Catholic school in Phoenix, Arizona.
Our Lady of Sorrows Parish was established in 1980 when a small group of traditionalists purchased a church site from a Protestant denomination. Over the years, Sunday attendance steadily grew to an average of 550 faithful. Our Lady of Sorrows Academy began roughly 10 years ago with only 7 students. Today, it has grown to almost 80 students.
What is unique about the Parish and School in Phoenix is that it also hosts a Retreat House on the property. Retreatants come from across North America to attend one or more of fourteen retreats each year. Phoenix also annually hosts one of the two priests' retreats. More than 35 priests and usually a bishop are in attendance. The site also has a priory, other living quarters, a large athletic field, and an orange grove. Four priests reside at Our Lady of Sorrows. They serve the parish as well as nearby missions.
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The Society of St. Pius X is an international priestly society of common life without vows, whose purpose is to train, support, and encourage holy priests so that they may effectively spread the Catholic faith throughout the world.
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For more information, visit ourladyofsorrows.org and sspx.org
This video has been created by Visual Contrast Media © 2013. All rights reserved. visualcontrastmedia.com
A Gothic Christian Masterpiece - St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, England
St. Mary Redcliffe is an Anglican parish church located in the Redcliffe district of Bristol, England. The church is a short walk from Bristol Temple Meads. The church building was constructed from the 12th to the 15th centuries, and it has been a place of Christian worship for over 900 years. The church is renowned for the beauty of its Gothic architecture and is classed as a Grade I listed building by Historic England.[1][2] It was famously described by Queen Elizabeth I as the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England.[3][4]
Little remains of the earliest churches on the site although a little of the fabric has been dated to the 12th century. Much of the current building dates from the late 13th and 14th centuries when it was built and decorated by wealthy merchants of the city whose tomb and monuments decorate the church. The spire fell after being struck by lightning in 1446 and was not rebuilt until 1872. Little of the original stained glass remains following damage in the English Civil War with extensive new glass being added during the Victorian era. The tower contains 15 bells designed for full-circle English-Style change ringing. Other music in the church is provided by several choirs and the Harrison & Harrison organ.
History:
The first church on this site was built in Saxon times, as the Port of Bristol first began.[5] In medieval times, St. Mary Redcliffe, sitting on a red cliff above the River Avon, was a sign to seafarers, who would pray in it at their departure, and give thanks there upon their return. The church was built and beautified by Bristol's wealthy merchants, who paid to have masses sung for their souls and many of whom are commemorated there.[6]
An etching of St Mary Redcliffe from the North West c. 1850.
Parts of the church date from the beginning of the 12th century. Although its plan dates from an earlier period, much of the church as it now stands was built between 1292 and 1370, with the south aisle and transept in the Decorated Gothic of the 13th century and the greater part of the building in the late 14th century Perpendicular. The patrons included Simon de Burton, Mayor of Bristol, and William I Canynges, merchant, five times Mayor of Bristol and three times MP. In the 15th century Canynges' grandson, the great merchant William II Canynges, also five times Mayor and three times MP, assumed responsibility for bringing the work of the interior to completion and filling the windows with stained glass. In 1446 much of this work was damaged when the spire was struck by lightning, and fell, causing damage to the interior; however the angle of the falling masonry and the extent of the damage is unclear.[7] Although the spire was to remain damaged for the next 400 years, Canynges continued in his commitment to restore and beautify the church. He took Holy Orders after the death of his wife, and is buried in the church.[8] Other families associated with St Mary Redcliffe include the Penns, the Cabots, the Jays, the Ameryks and the Medes.[6]......
United States:
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America (/əˈmɛrɪkə/), is a federal republic[16][17] composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.[fn 6] Forty-eight states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.[19]
At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2)[20] and with over 324 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area,[fn 7] and the third-most populous. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city is New York City; twelve other major metropolitan areas—each with at least 4.5 million inhabitants—are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Riverside.
St Mary's Catholic Church Tour by Father Jared Johnson
Father Jared Johnson, the Pastor of the Church of St. Mary's, Bismarck, ND, presented this program to the Bismarck Historical Society on September 12, 2018.
Cathedral Christian Center, Phoenix AZ
The church that sponsored and helped my family to come here to United States of America. Thank you Pastor Donald Price for your vision to help the Filipino people.
Desert Botanical Garden Celebrates 80 Years
Discover the tranquil vibrancy of 50,000 desert plants nestled amid the red rocks of the Papago Buttes at Desert Botanical Garden. An Arizona icon celebrating 80 years in the Valley, the Garden has grown into a compelling attraction and desert conservation pioneer, offering worldly plants, vibrant trails, world-class exhibitions, festive events, fascinating classes and so much more.
A glimpse inside St Mary Redcliffe Church (over 800 years old) - Bristol, UK
This parish church has stood for over 800 years. The skills, talents and attention to detail of craftsmen and craftswomen, and the faithfulness and care of a multitude of generations of Christians - is what makes this Church so magnificent.
History of Bristol:
Bristol is a city with a population of nearly half a million people in south west England, situated between Somerset and Gloucestershire on the tidal River Avon. It has been among the country's largest and most economically and culturally important cities for eight centuries. The Bristol area has been settled since the Stone Age and there is evidence of Roman occupation. A mint was established in the Saxon burgh of Brycgstow by the 10th century and the town rose to prominence in the Norman era, gaining a charter and county status in 1373. The change in the form of the name 'Bristol' is due to the local pronunciation of 'ow' as 'ol'.
Maritime connections to Wales, Ireland, Iceland, western France, Spain and Portugal brought a steady increase in trade in wool, fish, wine and grain during the Middle Ages. Bristol became a city in 1542 and trade across the Atlantic developed. The city was captured by Royalist troops and then recaptured for Parliament during the English Civil War. During the 17th and 18th centuries the transatlantic slave trade and the Industrial Revolution brought further prosperity. Edmund Burke, MP for Bristol, supported the American Revolution and free trade. Prominent reformers such as Mary Carpenter and Hannah More campaigned against the slave trade.
The late 18th and early 19th centuries saw the construction of a floating harbour, advances in shipbuilding and further industrialisation with the growth of the glass, paper, soap and chemical industries aided by the establishment of Bristol as the terminus of the Great Western Railway by I. K. Brunel. In the early 20th century, Bristol was in the forefront of aircraft manufacture and the city had become an important financial centre and high technology hub by the beginning of the 21st century.
United States:
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America (/əˈmɛrɪkə/), is a federal republic[16][17] composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.[fn 6] Forty-eight states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.[19]
At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2)[20] and with over 324 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area,[fn 7] and the third-most populous. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city is New York City; twelve other major metropolitan areas—each with at least 4.5 million inhabitants—are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Riverside.