St. Mary's
Facade of St. Adalbert's. It started raining heavily just as I took this shot (you can see a blurry blob on the top right where a drop hit the lens), so I couldn't get a view of the three lovely domes on the other side.
The interior of St. Adalbert's (we got there just before the Saturday vigil started)
All three churches are within a mile of each other. Ah those old days of the ethnic immigrant church!
Interestingly, there's a lot of Vietnamese in the Grand Rapids area (it was one of the places for refugee settlement in the Vietnam war), and over 10% of the active Dicoesan clergy is of Vietnamese descent. In fact, it seems that Vietnamese Masses are a lot more common than Spanish ones!
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Those are all beautiful churches. Did you get a chance to go to the bascilica? I graduated from GR Catholic Central and St. Andrews was right next door. That was were our graduation Mass was held. Absolutely gorgeous.
Hey Jennifer ... thanks for all the comments. We were in the Basilica for a few minutes just before the Saturday vigil was about to start. Absolutely gorgeous, I agree!
Glad that my posts here brought back happy memories for you!
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