I decided after last week’s snow storm it was the perfect time to go back and visit the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, which I featured most recently back almost exactly a year ago. And just like last year, just as I left the house early in the morning, a light snow began…

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. The decorative scheme seems to show the Stations of the Cross. I am not certain,…

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 great building, and is always deserted when I visit.

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 stage of the exterior facing shrine, and the architect made use with what he…

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 Hill in Rome centuries ago during the spring. Apparently the giant concrete spire above the…