Catholic Churches Notebook

I love churches and liturgy and am learning all I can about this very big topic. This notebook should not be considered definitive or complete in any way, but rather a place to gather what I’m learning, illustrated with family photos from churches that we’ve visited. Please click on individual photos to see the complete photo in greater detail.

Note: ALL CAPS indicates a sub-menu.

Altars

Ambos

Ambrys and Holy Oils

Animals

APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS

Baldacchinos

Baptismal Fonts

Bells

CANDLES

Cathedras (Bishops’ Thrones)

Ceilings

Crucifixes

Doors

JESUS

MARY

Monstrances

OLD TESTAMENT FIGURES

PARTS OF A CHURCH

SACRAMENTS

SACRED VESSELS

SACRED VESTMENTS

Saint Joseph

SAINTS AND ANGELS

Stations of the Cross – the 12th Station

Symbols of a Basilica (ombrellino and tintinnabulum)

Tabernacles

Thuribles

Trinity

Appendices:

List of Catholic Churches in this Album
(with links to albums for each Church)

Bibliography

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I’m fascinated by contrasts and have long enjoyed the concept of smallness, perhaps especially in the context of the wonder that comes from gazing up into the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica or enjoying the vastness of a starry sky.

I’m a Catholic, deacon-candidate-wife, mom/mom-in-law to 7; retired homeschool mom & parish DRE; ADHD, Celiac, HSP; I love learning and writing.

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