[Magdalen] VTS Chapel Consecration

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I googled Mormon temples and chose images on google... was amazed at how 
very different they are and there are seemingly endless images.

Regarding the tour, it was very interesting, especially if you know a bit 
about their binding/marriage rituals.  The one here in Houston is quite 
large and although one might expect a large cavernous nave, it is all small 
rooms occupying several floors and the room with the largest, longest 
windows is actually a 'heavenly room' for thinking about the next life and 
the one here looked like a very opulent funeral home's 'parlor'... mirrors, 
crystal chandeliers and extravagant furniture and other appointments. All 
very interesting.  The EFM group I was mentoring that year went on a 'field 
trip' there.

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: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 9:44 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] VTS Chapel Consecration

> 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
>>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> P. Dan Brittain
>>>>> Harrison, Arkansas
>>>>>
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