Pictures

Photos of all eighteen original stained glass windows inside the St. Vincent de Paul Chapel, which is part of the Cardinal Rigali Center of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. The eighteen windows depict priestly scenes of the Old and New Testaments (the Cardinal Rigali Center used to be the major theological seminary of the Archdiocese). See more photos from the chapel.

All images shot with the Nikon D7000 (between 1200-3200 ISO), and the Nikon 180mm f/2.8 lens. These pictures were from the Professional Bull Riders' St. Louis Invitational, on Sunday, February 27, 2011.

Photos of the just-completed Maronite Pastoral Center and Heritage Museum in St. Louis, MO, adjacent to St. Raymond's Maronite Cathedral on 10th St. The Pastoral Center is a large complex with a meeting room, a library, a conference room, a full kitchen, and a large atrium/gathering area. Construction is just concluding, and books, computers, and other equipment are now being moved in.

Photos taken with a Nikon D3 and Canon 5D mark II - two or three of the photos (the ones taken from above) from an excellent fellow photographer, Lisa Johnston. Congratulations to all the newly ordained priests!

Photos from the Tenebrae liturgy at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, in 2007. For an explanation of the Tenebrae liturgy, read Tenebrae (an Explanation).

This gallery explores three of Rome's major basilicas - St. Maria Maggiore (Mary Major), St. John Lateran (both on ends of the Via Merulana), and St. Paul Outside the Walls. Also included are some pictures of a few other Roman/Italian sights, and a couple pictures from the Scala Sancta (Sacred Steps) near St. John Lateran's entrance.

Images from the inside of Christendom's most beautiful and ornate Church. The inside of the Church incorporates many of Bernini's best work, as well as hundreds of years of beautiful additions and refinements. It is a Church that cannot be encapsulated in photos (although I tried my best ;-).

Photos in and around the Roman Pantheon and the Piazza Navona (Navona Plaza). The Pantheon is the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome (and is, since the 7th century, a Roman Catholic Church!), and the Piazza Navona is one of the best evening spots in Rome, with Bernini's Four Rivers fountain as the centerpiece.