Christ Our Hope Catholic Church in downtown Seattle. This is the waiting area in our parish office. The totem poles depict Seattle’s ties to a rich Catholic history. Totem pole on the left from top to bottom: 1) Raven creation 2) Wheat grapes 3) Bear holding baby Jesus - Native Star Child 4) Princess Angeline (Kikisoblu) 5) Orca whales with Spirit face in shared blow hole 6) Fr. Francis Xavier Prefontaine. Totem pole on the right from top to bottom: 1) Eagle Dove 2) Pope Francis 3) Wolf with feather 4) Mother Joseph 5) Two salmon with Swinomish dog figure in one eye 6) Chief Sealth. The totem poles were completed in 2016.
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Church of S. Giovanni Battista in Racconigi (Italy)
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Marble Church, Copenhagen
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you have died to the law so to belong to another (Romans 7:4)
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Catholic churches are so cool and pretty. It sucks that they're filled with catholics. They need to make cathedrals that just exist for cool people to hang out and be gay inside of.
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St. Matthew the Evangelist Catholic Church, Olsztyn, Poland by Kamil Piotrowski
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