Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame
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The Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Notre Dame, Indiana, is a Catholic Church on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, also serving as the mother church of the Congregation of Holy Cross in the United States. The neo-gothic church features 44 large stained glass windows and murals completed over a 17 year period by Vatican painter Luigi Gregori. The basilica bell tower stands 218 feet (66 m) high.
[edit] History
The current edifice was preceded by a smaller structure erected in 1848 by Father Edward Sorin, CSC, the founder of the University of Notre Dame. The current neo-gothic church was begun in 1870 and consecrated by Bishop Joseph Dwenger on August 15, 1888. In 1968, the church was renovated with the intention of bringing it to line with the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council. The church again received a renovation 20 years later executed by Conrad Schmitt Studios. The conservation and restoration of the historic stained glass windows, created in LeMans, France, was one of the studio’s largest single projects, with 116 windows and over 1200 panels of glass. On January 17, 1992, Pope John Paul II raised the Church of the Sacred Heart to the status of Basilica. This status helps make it a popular destination for pilgrims and tourists to the site, who number around 50,000 per year.
The basilica is a popular place for weddings of Notre Dame alumni, and hosts several weddings each Saturday that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish do not have a home football game. The basilica has also been the site of ordination Masses for the priesthood and the diaconate for the Congregation of the Holy Cross and for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and surrounding areas. Many of these clergy were graduates and alumni of Notre Dame and many of them serve the Notre Dame area community.
At one time, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, was rector of the basilica, before he became head of the religious community there and later auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the diocese. Under his tenure, many strides and revisions were made and the church was elevated to a basilica.
[edit] Mass Broadcasts
Since 2002, Sunday masses from the Basilica have been broadcast nationwide. Special care is taken to ensure that broadcasting equipment captures the beauty of the Mass without impacting the rite.
Currently, 10:00 am Mass is broadcast on DirectTV channel 103. The 7:00 am (ET/PT) Mass was formerly broadcast on the Hallmark Channel.
[edit] External links
- http://basilica.nd.edu/ – Official web site
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