Tonight I had the pleasure of visiting the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception downtown. It serves as the "Mother" church of the Catholic family of Northern Colorado, and is absolutely gorgeous, my pictures do not do justice! (I did not take the top picture, that was taken from a website but I wanted to show a full shot of the Sanctuary.) I got to meet Denver's Archbishop, Most Reverend Charles Chaput as part of our Rite of Election. Basically, the Rite of Election is a graduation for those that are converting to Catholicism as they go from Catechumens to 'Elect', and for those that are already baptised it is a reflection of its importance. The church was full and they called every person by name to come up and meet the Archbishop so it was quite the process. But it was worth it, it was a very nice ceremony! My other exciting news for the week is that I had some of my eyelids ripped off from a horrible waxing experience. It may be a while before I try that one again.
The church IS beautiful! My dad got to put the carpet in just before the pope walked on it!! How exciting and Congratulations! I'm sorry about your eye lashes...Ouch!
ReplyDeletewow, that is spectacular. How cool!
ReplyDeleteYou took wonderful pics. Hope your eyes feel better soon. Soon you will have made it through your journey , We are so proud of you.
ReplyDeleteWowza... the waxing experience sounds HORRIFYING. Like the hair removal is not painful enough, they decide to lose some skin too, huh?
ReplyDeleteThe Catholics have always done a marvelous job of glorifying God through architecture. Have you been to Europe ever? You would LOVE, love, love the cathedrals there. Churches are among my favorite works of art and the Denver diocese has done an excellent job, gorgeous!