Back to a domestic church visit, today I went to the Saint William parish in the Mont Clare neighborhood of Chicago.
The church building is a 1959 building with a very mid-century modern aesthetic to it.
the tinterior, meanwhile, reflects the final days of pre-Vatican II architecture with side chapels and a sanctuary surrounded by an altar rail.
It’s hard to get much of a sense of a parish from a weekday mass. There was no music, although I did notice a drum kit to the side of the sanctuary, presumably used at one or more of the Sunday Masses. They also had a side chapel dedicated to Saint John Paul II.
For some reason, contemporary sculptors have not yet managed to do a decent job of capturing the essence of JP2. At Our Lady Mother of the Church, the Pope looked like he was taking off in flight. Here, he looks like he’s guarding a bridge only allowing those who can answer his riddle to pass.
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