[Magdalen] Central Aisle?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

nope... just a regular RC church built a long time ago by a unique and 
rather ego driven priest who wanted a showpiece, which it has always been
L

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

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From: "James Oppenheimer-Crawford" <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 8:13 PM
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Central Aisle?

> 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
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> 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
>>
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>> 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
>>>
>>
>>