Experience the cathedral's sacred majesty from a modern prospective! After going to some churches throughout the states, I convinced my friend to take me to a Catholic mass in the cathedral of my home city: Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
Get Price Sent usMonsignor Rapp brought more than just air conditioning to Sacred Heart, though - more importantly, he acquired most of the statues, and saw to the redecoration of the entire church. Monsignor Rapp was a forward-thinker and he saw a greater role for Sacred Heart.
Get Price Sent usSacred Heart of Jesus statue - Il Cuore Spaventato di Christ Religious sculpture - Directly cast from a 19th-century original discovered in an Italian cathedral. Full of reverence and majesty, this amazingly detailed sculpt is cast in high-quality fiberglass resin and hand-painted in antique stone finish.
Get Price Sent usSubsequent to a decision in March, 1889 to build a new cathedral, Bishop Cosgrove recommended to the Holy See that it be named Sacred Heart Cathedral. This request was approved by Pope Leo XIII on December 23, 1889. Sacred Heart Cathedral would become the first cathedral in the United States dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Get Price Sent usThe four statues in the niches are: the Sacred Heart, to whom the diocese was consecrated by Bishop Wood on October 15, 1873; Mary, the Immaculate Conception, proclaimed patroness of the United States at the First Council of Baltimore in 1846; and Saints Peter and Paul, dauntless defenders of the faith, patrons of the Cathedral Basilica.
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