Father Manning's social media updates day-by-day
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
The next time you’re driving by Holy Cross Church in Rumson, give yourself a break and slow down.
If the vision that meets your eyes inspires you and you want to know more, pull into the parking lot, walk the campus – maybe even sit a while. Go to http://holycrossrumson.typepad.com/ on your smartphone, click on Diary of a Country Priest to open up Father Michael Manning’s blog and tweets and settle in for a self-guided tour of the new church and its surrounds.
Father Manning has been keeping a running diary rich in visuals and insight since the building process at the campus began with Phase I of a two-phase project on the school and the church. It has invited parishioners to follow what’s new every working day since the project began.
Among the many following the posts has been Jerri Keefe who says that the blog posts not only kept people engaged and involved in the process but encouraged parishioners to show their own preferences on details, such as the colors some areas would be painted.
Interested parishioners were able to follow the permitting process, experience the vision of the architects and watch as Father Manning and staff sought out remarkable artistic treasures that once graced churches from Philadelphia to Iowa, Italy to the Netherlands.
Included among them, 14 spectacular stained glass windows from St. Francis Church in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia which Father Manning saw shortly before it was decommissioned. The windows, reconfigured by Beyer Studios to fit the window space, are of 14 saints, some well known and some less so. A common thread uniting them seems to be Irish heritage or a link to the Franciscan order.
Other treasures include an antique angel carved from wood from the Black Forest in Germany in the 1850s which will call faithful to worship from the turret known as the belvedere. It was rescued from a church in the Netherlands.
The baptismal font, in Celtic design of green marble, was used for many years in St. Mary Church, Clinton, Iowa. The now demolished church was approximately the same age as Holy Cross. It’s been restored to a shine and glory it may not have seen since it was new.
Visitors to the blog are able to follow the evolution of new inspirational pieces including a large statue of “Jesus Calming the Seas” which many see as a reflection of the prayers of those who endured Hurricane Sandy.
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The next time you’re driving by Holy Cross Church in Rumson, give yourself a break and slow down.
If the vision that meets your eyes inspires you and you want to know more, pull into the parking lot, walk the campus – maybe even sit a while. Go to http://holycrossrumson.typepad.com/ on your smartphone, click on Diary of a Country Priest to open up Father Michael Manning’s blog and tweets and settle in for a self-guided tour of the new church and its surrounds.
Father Manning has been keeping a running diary rich in visuals and insight since the building process at the campus began with Phase I of a two-phase project on the school and the church. It has invited parishioners to follow what’s new every working day since the project began.
Among the many following the posts has been Jerri Keefe who says that the blog posts not only kept people engaged and involved in the process but encouraged parishioners to show their own preferences on details, such as the colors some areas would be painted.
Interested parishioners were able to follow the permitting process, experience the vision of the architects and watch as Father Manning and staff sought out remarkable artistic treasures that once graced churches from Philadelphia to Iowa, Italy to the Netherlands.
Included among them, 14 spectacular stained glass windows from St. Francis Church in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia which Father Manning saw shortly before it was decommissioned. The windows, reconfigured by Beyer Studios to fit the window space, are of 14 saints, some well known and some less so. A common thread uniting them seems to be Irish heritage or a link to the Franciscan order.
Other treasures include an antique angel carved from wood from the Black Forest in Germany in the 1850s which will call faithful to worship from the turret known as the belvedere. It was rescued from a church in the Netherlands.
The baptismal font, in Celtic design of green marble, was used for many years in St. Mary Church, Clinton, Iowa. The now demolished church was approximately the same age as Holy Cross. It’s been restored to a shine and glory it may not have seen since it was new.
Visitors to the blog are able to follow the evolution of new inspirational pieces including a large statue of “Jesus Calming the Seas” which many see as a reflection of the prayers of those who endured Hurricane Sandy.
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