Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
by Joan Carroll
Title
Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
The Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe (Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas. It sits on busy Ross Avenue in the Arts District and so is difficult to photograph without cars in the foreground whizzing past, or stopped at the light on the corner off the left side of the photo. I had to keep watch to both sides for approaching traffic while watching through the viewfinder for a clear view. It took many light changes to be happy that I had captured a set of exposures that I could use! The church oversees the second largest Catholic church membership in the United States. Its average Sunday attendance is 11,200. In 1869, Dallas's first Catholic parish, Sacred Heart Church, was established by the Bishop of Galveston. The church was built a few years later. In 1890, Dallas was established as a diocese, and Sacred Heart became the diocesan cathedral of Dallas. The parish soon outgrew its church building, and the need for a new cathedral arose. The cornerstone for the Cathedral was laid June 17, 1898 and the church was formally dedicated on October 26, 1902. As Dallas and its suburbs grew, other diocesan parishes were built. By the 1960s, attendance at the Cathedral dwindled. A neighboring parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe, which had served Mexican immigrants since 1914, had outgrown its facilities. Bishop Thomas Tschoepe invited the parish to merge with Sacred Heart's. In 1975, the old Guadalupe church was closed. On December 12, 1977, Sacred Heart Cathedral was renamed Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe , the Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is one of two cathedrals in the United States to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas. The Cathedral recently underwent a major multi-phase renovation project. As part of the project, a US$20 million 224' bell tower housing a 49-bell carillon was constructed in 2005. The bell tower was planned by the original architect, was never built. The interior is also quite beautiful and worth a visit if you are in Dallas. Photography of the interior is by permission only.
FEATURED PHOTO, The Road To Self Promotion group, 2/15/15
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February 15th, 2015
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