Saturday, June 30, 2018

FULL MOON OVER IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHEDRAL

(Ed.'s Note: It was built by a French architect who became an Oblate priest (Peter Yves Keralum) with Mexican labor and local building materials, more than 250,000 clay bricks made for the church in the village of Santa Rosalia, 3 miles east of the old town site of Brownsville. Only a cemetery remains of that village.

The pulpit was built of native mesquite by a local cabinetmaker and a concealed spiral staircase provides access to the pulpit. Over the years, parishioners, including the likes of Charles Stillman and Mifflin Kenedy, and countless local Hispanic pioneer families, have contributed to the interior fixtures and decorations. And it has survived hurricanes and even firebombs. A rectory behind the church used to house priests fleeing anti-clerical revolutions in Mexico.

According to the lunar phase calendar, it is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. We thank Sabrina Gonzalez, the head waitress at George Ramirez's Half Moon for this excellent photo.)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That church is Brownsville's crown jewel.

Anonymous said...

If only this beautiful cite would help bring some peace and quite and unity in our country. We all need to see the light and face reality using our voice to speak up and make this world a better and safer place to live in. We don't need to hear that "our thoughts and prayers" are with the families who just lost a loved one to violence. We need to pray before it happens, not after. Who wants thoughts after it happens? May this moon shine over the white house also and over Congress.

Anonymous said...

1st church I ever remember being in. Probably because I went to kindergarten and 1st grade, across the street.
Elchuko.

Anonymous said...

If the moon shines over the white house "El Pendejo" will shot it down.

rita