[Magdalen] Central Aisle?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I note this is some kind of shrine.  Is there some kind of mystical stuff
happening at the altar that people are going to want to be close to it, no
matter what the angle?

I have no idea what sort of stuff they're doing here, so maybe they want
the maximum number of people to be as close to the altar as possible.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> re churches in the round:
> 'The Shrine of the Little Flower" (St. Theresa),  in Royal Oak, Michigan
> has had an altar in the round since it was built back in the '30s by the
> famous Fr. Coughlin, a priest made famous by his radio hour during the
> depression. It is now a national shrine for the RC... Roger, if you will be
> in the Detroit area be sure to check it out (Woodward Avenue and 12 mile
> road - Woodward begins in Detroit city at the river and goes all the way to
> Pontiac about 30 miles north) and also go to Greenfield Village and Henry
> Ford museum for an interesting take on Americans at the beginning of the
> 20th century (the Railroad men, the early Automobile 'men', Steel company
> founders, Thomas Edison  - all friends at that time - a thumbnail look at
> these men:
> http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-men-who-built-america
> ) .
>
> Lynn
>
>
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 6:15 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Central Aisle?
>
>
> On 06/08/2015 22:25, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, if they go all the way around, and those I am familiar with don't do
>>> that.  They just make a partial circle so the folks to the extreme left
>>> and right aren't just looking forward at the nothing.
>>>
>>
>> Granted it's not Anglican but the full circle church I am most familiar
>> with is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool but even
>> there the congregation extends little more than a semi-circle around the
>> altar.  Other churches I know which have the same principle do not have the
>> congregation behind the presiding priest.
>>
>> Roger
>>
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