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Only the Pope has the authority to designate a church building a "basilica." This is an honorary title given to churches with especially noteworthy architecture, and Our Lady of Sorrows is only one of two churches in Chicago with such an esteemed degree. The Renaissance building was completed in 1900 after ten years of construction. Inside, an absolutely magnificent barrel-vaulted ceiling wraps...
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Posted by wcities
on January 20, 2008
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My parents married there. Their children were baptized there. My godmother was a nun there before the convent had to be destroyed for reasons I'd rather not discuss here. The place is a true architectural beauty. I hope it stays in place forever
I was baptized (convert) at this church in 1954, went to school there until 1956. I never went back until this Sunday(7/17/05) The church has not lost its awe inspiriting quality but what is most important is the community this parish has formed. From the greeters to the choir to the reader of the gospel ---they represented God's wonderful gift...
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Posted by mcmaps
on July 16, 2005
This is a huge, beautiful church, dating to around 1905. The ceiling is elaborately molded plaster, in squares and rosettes, giving an almost op-art effect. There are multiple side-chapels, each one different. One chapel contains a full-size white marble replica of Michaelangelo's Pieta. Particularly interesting is the multicolored altar of the Blessed Virgin appearing to the seven founders...
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