It was a very beautiful night, complete with fog cover and, a full moon.
Just the right touch to end my magical evening.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
One of the few places I visited on my first day in New Orleans was the St.Louis Cathedral in the middle of Jackson Square in the French Quarter. This church is a very important in terms of U.S. religious history: The site it sits on has never been without a church since 1817, making it is the oldest religious site in the United states. 
It's a very beautiful cathedral, moderately ornate on the outside and exquisitely grandiose on the inside. I had the great fortune of attending a very moving Christmas Mass there and, I have to say that, the entire place reminded me so closely of the interior of Mary Queen of the World Cathedral here, in Montreal. It had soaringly, high ceilings, dark wooden pews, a sculpted pulpit, and a choir loft at the back of the church, a feature I didn't see until I was walking out of the church long after the mass was over.
They sounded amazing, that choir did. Like actual angels from on high.
Sadly, I have no pictures of the interior of St. Louis because I had forgotten my camera back at my hotel. But, this turned out to be a good thing, as this gave me the only opportunity to actually see and regard my surroundings as a true tourist. Not taking any pictures, just walking around and looking... at everything around me and taking it all in.
It was a very beautiful night, complete with fog cover and, a full moon.
Just the right touch to end my magical evening.
It was a very beautiful night, complete with fog cover and, a full moon.
Just the right touch to end my magical evening.
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Hey Loretta,
Love reading about your trip. Would like to hear about what it was like to actually attend the mass in the St. Louis Cathedral. What did it feel like being there? Did you get to meet any of the people who were there and talk to them? It must have been magical. Love the photos and I know what you mean about being a real tourist. Sometimes I get so involved in my picture-taking that it's as though I'm missing all kinds of moments around me that I should be seeing. I'll get so involved in trying to get a shot that there are all kinds of things all around me that I'm not even seeing.
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