Just another small town church, this one in Faverolles-sur-Cher. It, too, was locked so we didn't get to see inside, but the outside was interesting enough. These small churches are built on simple plans and seem to have been added to, patched, and renovated over time.
Often the chairs or pews inside these churches have nameplates on them, dedicated (and likely paid for) by local families that date back generations. The churches are used for weddings and funerals, and depending on if there is a church official in town, the celebration of mass.
Of course, all the big Catholic holidays are covered, like Easter, Christmas, and a few others. But often these small churches don't have someone to do a weekly mass. I understand that some church officials rotate from town to town during the year so that there is a regular if not frequent service in the small towns for the older people who can't get around easily.
These churches are also used occasionally for concerts and other cultural events. I've been to a couple of classical music concerts in a very small church up on the Loire River in past years.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
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Imagine the physical dexterity
ReplyDelete...and courage...it took to
build that roof originally.
Something tells me that the
Senator Paul who did win may
turn out to be just as news
worthy as Ru would have been.
He seems determined to take
DC by storm.
I love church architecture, so grand, so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHow about hyperdimensionize?
ReplyDeleteLove the antiquity.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, there is something wrong with your hearing. Ru Paul would certainly be a better senator than the other Paul, that teabagger who was elected. A sad day for Kentucky and for the rest of the US.
ReplyDeletehow Catholic really is France? I get the impression not many French are devote.
ReplyDeletesheila, like all the others, he will be assimilated.
ReplyDeleterick, :)
bill, good one!
starman, I wish I knew how old it is.
chm, I agree.
michael, not very. France is a secular state, but the majority of its citizens are catholic. Mostly because that's what their ancestors were.