visiting this beautiful sacred space

stories within each brick, step, piece of wood, marble, and work of art

moving and powerful

 st. cecelia cathedral

 named for

the patron saint of musicians, composers, instrument makers, and poets in the middle ages.

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“a rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it,

bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”

-antoine de saint-exupery, author of the little price

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To find the extraordinary within the ordinary, you have to see it. And to see it, you have to look for it. And to look for it, you have to have your eyes open. You have to be open.  You have to believe that within every rock pile there is a cathedral. Or, at least, the possibility of one. Are you someone who sees rock piles, or do you see cathedrals?

Begun in 1905 and consecrated in 1959, St. Cecelia was designed by architect Thomas Rogers Kimball and is ranked among the ten largest cathedrals in the United States when it was completed. It is now ranked in the National Registry. The architectural style of the building is Spanish Renaissance Revival, rather than the European Gothic architecture popular in the early 20th century. Kimball justified his choice because of the early influence of Spain and Mexico on the region. (located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA)