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Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows

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Our Lady of the Snows, Mosaics

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

I’ve looked at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows over in Belleville twice over the years, first in 2014, when I looked at the Mary Chapel, and then again in 2015, when I looked at the Christ the… Continue Reading →

Afield, Metro East Belleville, Churches, Italy, Modernism, Rome, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
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Christ the King Chapel, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Chris Naffziger

Update: See more of the mosaics in this post from February of 2021. The Christ the King Chapel sits one floor below the Mary Chapel, and since the shrine is built into a natural amphitheater, opens onto a back parking lot.… Continue Reading →

Metro East Belleville, Churches, Illinois, Modernism, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
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Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Revisited

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Chris Naffziger

Update: See more of the mosaics in this post from February of 2021. I was in the neighborhood, so I stopped by the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, without snow like the last time I was there. It’s a… Continue Reading →

Metro East Belleville, Churches, Illinois, Modernism, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
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Mary Chapel, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Chris Naffziger

Update: See more of the mosaics in this post from February of 2021. The Mary Chapel at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows is easily one of the most unique interiors I have entered.  It really is the back… Continue Reading →

Metro East Belleville, Churches, Illinois, Modernism, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
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Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, in the Snow

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Chris Naffziger

Update: See more of the mosaics in this post from February of 2021. What better time to go out to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville?  It is dedicated to a snowstorm that hit the Esquiline… Continue Reading →

Metro East Belleville, Churches, Illinois, Modernism, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows

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