[Magdalen] VTS Chapel Consecration

[Grace Cangialosi]

Nope...there's also a very large one in the DC suburb of Silver Spring, MD, just off the DC Beltway--4 or 5 spires, one of which is topped by a golden statue of Moroni. I remember when it was built, and there was a period of time when the public could tour it before it was consecrated. The Sunday magazine did a photo spread on it, and I was so put off by the extravagance that I refused to go on the tour. I regretted it later.
At Christmas time the grounds have a spectacular display of white lights, and it's quite a draw.

> On Oct 14, 2015, at 8:51 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yup~! it *is* the Houston Area Temple.  It is the large version. There is also a one story version, still w/ a spire and Maroni - there's one in Bloomfield Hills just north of 16 mile / Big Beaver on Woodward Ave (west side) and an identical one in Lubbock TX... I suspect there are only these two versions, not including, of course, the mother Temple in Salt Lake City.
> 
> Lynn
> 
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
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> 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: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:55 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] VTS Chapel Consecration
> 
>> Sounds like a Temple, Lynn. They typically give an open house like that and
>> then it's open only to Mormons who either work there or have a permit to
>> enter for their wedding, sealing, or other ordinance. I'm guessing it's
>> called "Houston Texas Temple" if it it's indeed a Temple.
>>> On Oct 14, 2015 4:52 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ... I have a Maroni on a steeple just around the corner from me (near my
>>> Kroger) here in suburban Houston.... and the building looks like a
>>> cathedral, but it's just a warren of rooms on the inside (they gave 2 weeks
>>> of tours before it was consecrated).
>>> 
>>> 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: "P. Dan Brittain" <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 4:07 PM
>>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] VTS Chapel Consecration
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> In a message dated 10/14/2015 2:40:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> makes it  look as if it was designed by  Mormons.>>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mormons seem to eschew brick.  Besides, there's no Angel Moroni at  the
>>>>> tip of the steeple!     : )
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> St Fin Barre Cathedral in Cork City has a golden angel on the apse. I was
>>>> told there were originally two of them but one fell. It was related to me
>>>> that if the other one fell, the RC's would get the cathedral. I pointed
>>>> out
>>>> the similarity between that angel and Moroni. My host then said "Maybe the
>>>> tradition is wrong and someone else gets it."
>>>> 
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/nh45lu5
>>>> 
>>>> 
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