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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 those really stand out as anything special.
This post was edited on 9/16/26 at 12:55 pm
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.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 12:49 pm to John Casey
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I was surprised to see that OLDP Parish is still hanging on, after the closure of the attached school.
From what I heard (rumors only obviously) it was the absolute last bubble parish to survive the most recent round of cuts. We will see what happens in the future. That area of Metairie has declined.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 12:58 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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That area of Metairie has declined
The area just doesn’t have the families anymore that used to keep everything going.
OLDP and St. Mary Magdalen both shut down and Delta playground shut down all of its youth sports programs.
Crazy how much things can change in a span of 30 years.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 1:01 pm to GentleJackJones
Why do people want to spend so much time, money, and effort into building such beautiful buildings to worship a God who doesn't exist?
Posted on 9/16/26 at 1:05 pm to GentleJackJones
Cool topic. St John the Baptist in Folsom always has a special place in my heart. I was a parishioner there if we didn't go to mass at St Christopher in Metairie.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 1:15 pm to GentleJackJones
I’ve always loved Immaculate Conception. Reminds me of when I was a kid and we had to go to Da City to attend someone’s wedding
Posted on 9/16/26 at 1:31 pm to Obi Wan Ryobi
I know this will probably get some hate, but Jesuit High has perhaps one of the most impressive chapels for a school...
Posted on 9/16/26 at 1:43 pm to Jim Rockford
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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.
Dom Gregory de Wit had quite the sense of humor. He added a salt shaker on the last supper mural. He also painted a controversial scene above the confessional in Sacred Heart of Jesus in BR. I believe Mary Magdeline showing alot of leg and some under/side boob. It caused quite an uproar in the 1940's. He has an impressive wikipedia page about his life and paintings. Nice to see so much knowledge on local religious art on the OT lounge of all places.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 1:55 pm to Fun Bunch
When I was in school at LSU HSC in Nola I lived on campus and would go to their 8:30 pm mass every Sunday after I was done studying. Beautiful church inside and out.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 2:09 pm to randybobandy
As I said in my other post, my late SO was a great friend of the Abbey. She's one of the few women ever invited to eat with the monks in their private dining room. Pretty common for them to have male guests. Females, very rare.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 2:33 pm to GentleJackJones
Im impartial to St Joseph's Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux.
There's also a little Episcopal Church in Morgan City near the board-walk that I think is beautifully quaint.
There's also a little Episcopal Church in Morgan City near the board-walk that I think is beautifully quaint.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 2:39 pm to GentleJackJones
Holy Rosary on Esplanade and St Anthony on Canal
St Alphonsus was beautiful too
St John the Baptist has beautiful stained glass windows
Most of the older Catholic Churches in NOLA are beautiful
St Alphonsus was beautiful too
St John the Baptist has beautiful stained glass windows
Most of the older Catholic Churches in NOLA are beautiful
Posted on 9/16/26 at 4:53 pm to John Casey
quote:St. Francis Xavier's new church (built in the late 2000s, IIRC) though new is pretty traditional:
Outside of St. Catherine of Siena, are any of the Metairie Catholic Churches built all that nicely/traditionally?
As is the smaller (& shorter) St. Louis King of France in Bucktown:
After that, though, most of the churches in Metairie are rather ugly, not only built in that 60s/70s time frame and decorative style, but in unusual non-"church" shapes and configurations.
The real dogs:
St. Ann on Transcontinental:
St. Clement of Rome on W. Esplanade. WEIRD quarter circle/rounded square with an offset peak/steeple:
St. Edward the Confessor on W. Metairie-- "it's my church in a box!"
St. Mary Magdalene, also on W. Metairie. Another church in a box:
St. Philip Neri on Kawanee. Hey, Brasilia called, they want their church design back...
But the worst church of all goes to St. Angela Merici, just off of Vets near Bonnabel, a.k..a "the stealth church". You can't even SEE the church, it is literally UNDER the 2nd floor of the structure; under the church elementary school.
This post was edited on 9/16/26 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:29 pm to GentleJackJones
Who owns the most expensive real estate in every town? Churches and Banks…..both a firm of control and bondage over man.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:35 pm to Cleathecat
Sacred Heart of Jesus is a nice church. The building is not/was not my issue. It is the LARGE painting of Jesus on the church's dome that scared the crap out of me. Even at approximately age 50.
From a Baptist guy, that painting gives off a "if you don't confess your sins to the priest, Jesus is gonna get you" vibe.
Catholics, I mean no offense.
From a Baptist guy, that painting gives off a "if you don't confess your sins to the priest, Jesus is gonna get you" vibe.
Catholics, I mean no offense.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 11:23 pm to Metrybaw
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