If you live near or ever drive through the city of Waterbury, Connecticut, give yourself a treat and visit the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. It’s quite near Rte. 84 so it’s easy to swing by on your way through town. It’s truly a beautiful church. I stopped there yesterday on the way back from a funeral I presided in northeastern CT, and I am very glad I did. The Blessed Sacrament was exposed for adoration, so I took advantage of the opportunity to pray some of my Liturgy of the Hours. They also offer confession at various times every day all week. The full schedule for Mass and confession is here. Their web page has good information, although the presentation is of the style Web 0.1.
I hope to visit again soon, bringing my camera and tripod so I can post some photos of this marvelous work of art and architecture. In the meantime, here is a nice photo I found in Russ Glasson’s photostream on Flickr.
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About Fr Matthew Green
Currently parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish, on Cape Ann (serving the churches of St. Ann, St. Joachim, and St. Anthony). I moved to the area in early August '11, and am very happy to be in such a welcoming community and beautiful location!
One of my hobbies is photography. You can see my photos
on Flickr and buy prints of some of them
on Fine Art America.
I am a daily contributor to
GoodMorningGloucester (GMG for short), a blog by and about the community of Gloucester specifically and Cape Ann in general. The content is diverse, ranging from the beautiful and sublime to the earthy and occasionally offensive. I hope my contributions are of the former kind, not the latter. So, while I cannot endorse all the content that is posted there, I am grateful to Joey (the founder and admin of the blog) for giving me space to make my contribution.
I also have my own blog,
Perpetual Learner, which mostly includes my homilies and some re-posts from GMG, but also sometimes has other content, such as my personal reflections, videos I like, etc.
Glory be to God, what a beautiful church! Would that we had more churches like that built today! The transcendence, the beauty, even the mystery of the Mass are very well displayed in such a stunning structure. Thanks for calling this to our attention!