The Faithful Traveler in the United States: East Coast Shrines
East Coast Shrines: St Alphonsus Catholic Church
Episode 9 • 30m
St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church, also known as Baltimore’s Powerhouse of Prayer, is where not one, but two holy men lived as rectors: St. John Neumann and Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos. The architecture of this amazing Southern German Gothic masterpiece is explored, and Monsignor Arthur W. Bastress, the pastor, discusses the lives of his two holy predecessors.
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