If you walk along Charing Cross Road from Tottenham Court Road you will come across an area called Trafalgar Square, which is a well-known public space and tourist attraction in Central London. The Square is situated in the city of Westminster and at its center is Nelson’s column, which is surrounded by four lion statues at its base. In the area there are a number of commemorative statues and sculptures within the Square. Just as you reach the square on the left is a church called St. Martin in the Fields. James Gibbs built the church from 1722-1724, in honor of Saint Martin of Tours. It directly faces Trafalgar Square and is separated from the square by Charing Cross Road. The church stands tall and is surrounded by several businesses, restaurants, and tourist attractions in the area. It is hard to get a good look at the entire building from the street because of its large scale and long width. Its portico is rather demanding because it is very large and is among one of the first things you notice as you approach the building. There is constant traffic up and down Charing Cross, which draws a lot of attention to the church. St. Martin-in-the-Fields plays a huge role in the importance of Trafalgar Square. The building gives off a very overpowering feeling as you walk up the steps to its entrance. In a demanding place like Trafalgar Square, St. Martin in the Fields church is able to stand on its own to draw attention of many to its doors.
The church originally stood in the fields and was given the name St. Martin-in-the-Fields as a way of distinguishing it from the number of churches in the City of London with the same dedication. The church was dedicated to Saint Martin who was England’s patron saint. He was born in Hungary in t...
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...eople that come there to not only see the church but to eat, tour, and work within its walls. St. Martin-in-the-Field’s church is the culmination of prolific church building. It remains one of the most complete and impressive statements of a Georgian church through its prominence, significance, and altruism.
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The church pleaded each farmer to transport a carload of bricks for six dollars and fifty cents a thousand. Also, the church asked each family to bring twelve loads of creek gravel. (“Schnellville 2” 14) The price tag of the new church would come out of a total of one thousand six hundred dollars; thereafter, Joseph Merkel took the position of the contractor. Construction of the new church began in 1874. (“Schnellville 1” 11-12) Schnellville had its first church when the laborers put what the townspeople called “weatherboards,” or made out of wood; later, white became the new color of the church (Welp 1). On May 4, 1876, Sacred Heart offered its first mass (“Schnellville 3” 12). Sadly on April 24, 1898; surprisingly, a fire occurred at the site of the church. The only things that survived included baptism, marriage, and death records because they found the records in a safe. Lightning may have caused the fire, but the truth of the source of the fire remains unknown. (Welp 1) Three hand carved angles and six stained glass windows, in fact, now located in the present church, came from the first church (Striegel 12). After the first fire occurred in 1898, the members of the church determined to build a new church sixteen years
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A central component of medieval religion that is evident in even the slightest dissection of the life of Margery Kempe or the directed discipline from the author advising contemplation is an unmistakable desire for religious experience. Even among married men and women who are occupied with family responsibilities, lay people during this time such as we see in the life of Margery herself are seeking more intense religious ways of living. Margery, as the example, lived with her husband with whom she had fourteen children. Growing up influenced by the church, her spirituality came to a heightened level when she and her Jesus began having actual communication with one another. While the church was catalyzing religious experience in medieval communities, upon the realization of direct mystical connection with Christ in the lives of people such as Margery, the desire for the inward search for spiritual satisfaction spread.
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Lichfield Cathedral was developed on the grounds of what was first a Saxon and next a Norman site, but which became Gothic in 1195, when the style was emerging in England. The particular allure of this cathedral is its interment of St. Chad of Mercia, for whom many pilgrims gathered, and apparently continued to gather, as according to the cathedral’s website, “the Cathedral was expanded by the addition of a Lady Chapel, and there were perhaps as many as twenty altars around the Cathedral by 1500.” As such, the Cathedral expanded to accommodate the masses, but even before they entered, it would treat them to its visual splendor and awe.
With the withdrawal of the Roman Empire on the city of London came also the extraction of the Roman gods faith. Medieval London was taken by people who prayed to saints asking them to intercede for them with God. London’s first cathedral built by the Anglo-Saxon was destroyed by fire in 1087. Following the fire the church is rebuilt again by the Normans, after 1241 recruits began almost immediately on extending the east end in the new gothic style (Museum of London). To show they were devout Christians, Londoners went on pilgrimages to distant shrines where the body of a saint or some other holy relic was preserved. Many of the saints were adopted from the religion in different countries, but London’s own saints were displayed in the common seal of the c...
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St. Anne’s Parish describes “who we are” in Detroit. Many people disagree with this belief because a place of religious worship cannot describe everyone in a city. The argument is reasonable, but St. Anne’s is more than a place of worship. St. Anne’s Catholic Church is a symbol that represents the positive and negative connotations of our city. We as a city seem to forget about our past, even though it continues to linger with us. St. Anne’s is a Catholic Church originally known as Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church. St. Anne’s was founded on July 26, 1701 and is the second oldest operating Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Father Gabriel Richard played a major role in St. Anne’s impact in the city. Father Gabriel Richard arrived in Detroit in 1796 and soon thereafter helped found a school which evolved into the University of Michigan. Father Gabriel Richard was an advocator of success and his part at St. Anne’s created a deep rooting in Detroit. (Farmer, 531-532)
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