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re: New Orleans (and surrounding areas) prettiest churches?
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:57 am to Cleathecat
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:57 am to Cleathecat
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I'm not Catholic but you can't say they don't build beautiful churches.
It's where Heaven and Earth meet.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:13 am to Tmcgin
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St Josephs Abbey outside Covington the prettiest church with grounds
Paintings there were all done by the same artist (a Benedictine monk from Belgium) who did all the murals at Sacred Heart in BR pictured above. He may have done the most interesting liturgical art in the US. He painted at a few other places in the country during the middle part of the 20th century.
His painting in the dining hall at the Abbey is spectacular.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:57 am to Cold Cous Cous
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then who could forget Our Lady of Divine Providence on West Metairie (originally built as school cafeteria).
I was surprised to see that OLDP Parish is still hanging on, after the closure of the attached school.
Outside of St. Catherine of Siena, are any of the Metairie Catholic Churches built all that nicely/traditionally?
As a kid, I remember going to Masses at OLDP, St. Mary Magdalen, and St. Edward and none of this really stand out as anything special.
This post was edited on 9/16/26 at 11:13 am
Posted on 9/16/26 at 11:00 am to John Casey
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Outside of St. Catherine of Siena, are any of that Metairie Catholic Churches built all that nicely/traditionally?
St. Agnes on Jefferson Hwy, but I guess that might be considered more Old Jefferson than Metairie.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 11:33 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Paintings there were all done by the same artist (a Benedictine monk from Belgium) who did all the murals at Sacred Heart in BR pictured above. He may have done the most interesting liturgical art in the US. He painted at a few other places in the country during the middle part of the 20th century.
His painting in the dining hall at the Abbey is spectacular.
Another church commissioned him to do their artwork. While he was over here WWII started and he was stranded. He lived at the Abbey for three years and painted the church and some other areas. The monks' dining hall has an elaborate mural of the Last Supper.
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