St Raymond Nonnatus Analysis

The Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus Almost every Sunday during my youth was spent at church with the family. On many occasions, we were simply up the road at the local Catholic Church but the most memorable moments that I can recall are the ones spent with family at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus. I had always wondered why it looked the way it did until my continuing education later in life. This a very structurally beautiful building and it acts the part of worship and school all together. I can never forget the smell of the incense burned by the deacons and priest prior to the ceremony. When we are children, I think we remember things more vividly and have more distinct pictures painted in out memory lobe of either haunting or …show more content…
I spent most of my youth there on the weekends, if I wasn 't at a sporting event. The city of Joliet is full of early 19th century architecture, but most of the buildings downtown are very rugged and in needing for structural attention. There are other structures, such as the train station (which is very cool), draw bridges, and fire stations. The Victorians in Joliet come second to none when it comes to sheer beauty and elegance. Although the Victorians were very tempting to write a paper on, I thought that the Cathedral would portray the view of Joliet much better as a whole, instead of focusing on one family and one house. Rather, I will be taking the route of explaining a bigger house, with many members and many people calling this establishment home. The information about the fabrication of this building, I will do my best to try and answer the key …show more content…
Raymond, but it is clear who funded it and who watched over the project. The diocese of Joliet provided the funds to construct this building, and from what I have learned the architects were mostly volunteers, and engineers. Also, the Parish of St. Raymond had been around since 1917, and had been operating the school and ceremonies out of a much smaller establishment. I wasn 't until 1948 that Joliet was seen as a Parish by the Pope at the time, Pope Pius XII. The old St. Raymond 's was not fit for its new title, as the Diocese of Joliet, so plans were made to build a new structure to house the new tomorrow for Joliet Catholic patrons. After having the knowledge of two of my grandfather 's having a helping hand in the project, those are the only people that I can honestly say that I know who were a part of the