20th-Century Roman Catholic Church Buildings - Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, Basilique Du Sacre-C Ur, Paris, St. Vitus Cathedral (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, Basilique du Sacre-C ur, Paris, St. Vitus Cathedral, St. Florian Church, St. James Cathedral in Seattle, St. Hedwig's in Chicago, St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph's in Chicago, Christ's Resurrection Church, Kaunas, Church of the Sacred Heart, Singapore, Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church, St. Dominic Church in San Francisco, Saint Joseph's Church, Singapore, St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, Kiev, Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church, Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica, St. Anthony of Padua Church in Istanbul, St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai, Oxford Oratory, St. Paul Church, St. Mary Cathedral, Holy Name of Jesus Church in San Francisco, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Wotruba Church, St. Patrick's Church, Torreciudad, Rio de Janeiro Cathedral, St. Vincent de Paul Church in San Francisco, Holy Family Cathedral, Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann. Excerpt: The Church of St. Vincent Ferrer is a Roman Catholic parish in Manhattan, New York City. The 1918 church building, at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street on the Upper East Side, has been called "one of New York's greatest architectural adornments." It was built by the Dominicans; the attached priory serves as the headquarters of the Eastern United States Province of the order. Its architecture has some unusual features. Above the front entrance is one of the few statues of the Crucifixion on the exterior of an American Catholic church. Inside, the Stations of the Cross depict Christ with oil paintings instead of statuary or carvings. It has two Schantz pipe organs. The church is under the patronage of Saint Vincent Ferrer, a Dominican preacher. It was designated a New York City landmark in 1967. Seventeen years later, in 1984, the church and priory, ...