Title: Holy Redeemer Church Interior - 1913
Description: Interior view of the Holy Redeemer Church, also called the "German Catholic" church, decorated for Father Dreis's funeral.
What a tasteful and appropriate way to use "hangings"! Beautiful picture. May we return to a great sacrality and reverence for the place the Holy Sacrifice is offered!
That is indeed my parish church, our beloved Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Madison. I am not sure precisely when the high pulpit was removed, but it does appear to have been done to accomodate an extra exit and entrance. This was *probably* done because the original exits (all facing Johnson Street) may not have been adequate for the size of the crowd. That door opens onto an enclosed stair case which leads to the parking lot. At one point a chair left was added (I removed it some years ago, after we had a better vertical lift installed), but that probably would have been many years after the exit was added.
This same picture appeared in this book, page 87, written in 1971: St. Norbert Congregation, Roxbury : one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary, 1846-1971. Publisher: [Roxbury, Wis.], 1971. Description: 165 p. : illus., facsims., ports. ; 28 cm.
In that book, the picture was identified as "Church decorated for Father Heder's funeral". This would be Father Wendelin J. Heder, born 1915, died 1932.
In a August 12, 1971, letter of corrections made by Father Louis Scheuring (letter available at the Sauk City Library), he wrote the following correction for the photo appearing on page 87: "The picture of the Church decorated for Father's Heder's funeral is a picture of the old St. Alousius [Aloysius] Church in Sauk City, very likely decorated for Father Schauenberg's funeral in 1929."
Everyone here at this blog is saying this altar picture is of Holy Redeemer Church for Father Dreis' funeral in 1913.
I'm thinking the 1971 book incorrectly identified the altar picture, and the corrections letter is also wrong. Would anyone have a different altar picture of Holy Redeemer Church (not decorated for the funeral), that would prove the 1971 book is wrong?
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Although Holy Redeemer/Madison has been re-done, the resemblance is striking.
What a tasteful and appropriate way to use "hangings"!
Beautiful picture.
May we return to a great sacrality and reverence for the place the Holy Sacrifice is offered!
Confirmed: it's Madison.
Ambo removed to make way for a handicapped entry.
That is indeed my parish church, our beloved Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Madison. I am not sure precisely when the high pulpit was removed, but it does appear to have been done to accomodate an extra exit and entrance. This was *probably* done because the original exits (all facing Johnson Street) may not have been adequate for the size of the crowd. That door opens onto an enclosed stair case which leads to the parking lot. At one point a chair left was added (I removed it some years ago, after we had a better vertical lift installed), but that probably would have been many years after the exit was added.
This same picture appeared in this book, page 87, written in 1971: St. Norbert Congregation, Roxbury : one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary, 1846-1971. Publisher: [Roxbury, Wis.], 1971. Description: 165 p. : illus., facsims., ports. ; 28 cm.
In that book, the picture was identified as "Church decorated for Father Heder's funeral". This would be Father Wendelin J. Heder, born 1915, died 1932.
In a August 12, 1971, letter of corrections made by Father Louis Scheuring (letter available at the Sauk City Library), he wrote the following correction for the photo appearing on page 87: "The picture of the Church decorated for Father's Heder's funeral is a picture of the old St. Alousius [Aloysius] Church in Sauk City, very likely decorated for Father Schauenberg's funeral in 1929."
Everyone here at this blog is saying this altar picture is of Holy Redeemer Church for Father Dreis' funeral in 1913.
I'm thinking the 1971 book incorrectly identified the altar picture, and the corrections letter is also wrong. Would anyone have a different altar picture of Holy Redeemer Church (not decorated for the funeral), that would prove the 1971 book is wrong?
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