Artist Tour of Church of The Immaculata, San Diego, CA
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Artist, Kevin Pawlowski of Paradise Found Studio, takes you through a self-guided tour of the Church of The Immaculata, at the University of San Diego, CA.
The church of The Immaculata, which was dedicated on May 5, 1959, owes its beginning to the Most Reverend Charles Francis Buddy, founding bishop of the Diocese of San Diego. The church was originally designed to serve as the main chapel of the University of San Diego and of the Immaculate Heart Seminary. Today, it has become a separate parish encompassing Alcalá Park and the surrounding community.
Spanish styling is dominant in the exterior architecture of the church with its mosaic dome and red Cordova tile roof. The following basic statistics reflect the tremendous effort and dedication of many workers and donors:
Exterior
The church is cruciform in shape. It is 200 feet in length and 148 feet in width through the transept.
The bell tower is topped by a 300 pound cross, which is the highest point of the church. Its height, measuring from the ground to the top of the cross, is 167 feet.
The statue of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, mounted atop the dome, stands 10 feet 8 inches high and weighs approximately 8500 pounds.
The door at the front entrance to the church is built of solid bronze.
Interior
Inside the church, there are 20 side chapels. The Stations of the Cross, which are located above the chapels, were imported from Italy. The hand-carved crucifix on the north wall of the church was constructed in Oberammergau, Germany.
The barrel-vaulted ceiling is 50 feet high through the nave and transept areas, increasing the total height to 105 feet atop the sanctuary dome.
Throughout the church, a mixture of marble and marble aggregate was used for the pillars and floor. The main altar is one slab of marble. It is constructed in a way so Mass can be offered with the priest facing in either direction.
A baldachino is over the altar.
Seating capacity of the church is approximately 900.
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Nice tour. Married at the Immaculata in 2007. What a beautiful day it was. Happily married going on thirteen years, with our now seven and ten years old daughter's.
That's wonderful! Thanks for sharing. It certainly is a beautiful church. I can only imagine the wedding shots overlooking San Diego at the back of the church.
Built by Bishop Charles Buddy of Blessed Memory
Missed the amazing nativity scene in all its glory i italian tile!
What a beautiful church I didn't believe you could find a church with such design and detail in the United States
Any time I visit a new city or country, I always make sure to visit the churches. Every place has its own spectacular sacred spaces. I'll need to do a video on that sometime. Thanks for commenting!
Correction: Mary did not ascend into heaven, she was assumed in body, but her spirit was actually taken into heaven separately by Jesus himself. It's called the Dimonition of Mary. In the Eastern Rite tradition Mary chose to die a natural human death and when that occurred, Christ received her soul and then later, after her body was buried, she was assumed into heaven by St. Michael the Archangel and other heavenly hosts. Thanks for the Video. To see the Immaculata now being constructed in St. Mary's Kansas by the SSPX - Google the Immaculata SSPX. It will be the largest SSPX Church in the world. Ave Maria. Amen.
Correction!!! Wrong! What Bible are you reading?? So sad to see misinformation of the kind you’re spreading! Good thing, we cradle Catholics know better!
Thanks for correcting my terminology and the further explanation.