tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post4966102186725869665..comments2024-01-16T18:30:41.436-06:00Comments on The Badger Catholic: CreamCity: Timeless Old Saint MaryBadger Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-91926154518892355962014-06-29T15:14:19.131-05:002014-06-29T15:14:19.131-05:00OSM is my parish and my son is a cantor there. Of...OSM is my parish and my son is a cantor there. Of course I'm biased, but I'd say the music is wonderful and greatly enhances our prayers! Last Good Friday was amazing-the best I ever heard! They are currently trying to put together a strings ensemble.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06195528409761980551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-7730040067814556242014-06-27T14:20:32.996-05:002014-06-27T14:20:32.996-05:00I see your point, but I think your comment also co...I see your point, but I think your comment also contains the answer to your question: "Their tenacity to build with the little they had..." They wanted to import the same high culture of beauty from the old world to the new. And statues from that era were not "factory-made mass-produced" works. Today, that may be the case. If you examine them closely, many are hand-carved from wood, and hand painted by artisans. I'm not sure either about the assertion regarding the "questionable quality" of the altars, etc. These immigrants knew fine craftsmanship and again, upon close examination, the details are exquisite. <br /><br />So, are these churches built from marble? No. Do they represent the best of what "the immigrant communities at that time had to offer"? Yes. And that their gift to their children and their children's children, i.e., us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-45560586947672001762014-06-27T11:45:20.092-05:002014-06-27T11:45:20.092-05:00What's the music like?What's the music like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-9224548960985408692014-06-27T11:41:10.107-05:002014-06-27T11:41:10.107-05:00I like old churches; but a lot of these buildings ...I like old churches; but a lot of these buildings are decorated with cheap wood high-altars and factory-made mass produced statuary (this is an example, much like Holy Redeemer in Madison). I enjoy them for what they are, because it's what the immigrant communities of that time had to offer, but I'm curious what people view as making them treasures? Their tenacity to build with the little they had, or the art of questionable quality? The former is certainly the more inspiring to me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com