1/29/2017

Sea-Tac (Seattle/Tacoma, Seattle, Washington)
International Airport

BOOKLET
SEA-TAC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
CHAPEL/MEDIATION ROOM

This booklet is a compilation of blog posts from "Churches On Sundays" at http://www.churchesonsundays.blogspot.com.  It includes photographs, history and a description of the meditation room at Sea-Tac International Airport, as well as additional chapels and meditation rooms at airports, on cruise ships, and at a train station.

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The Booklet "Sea-Tac Airport Chapel/Meditation Room" has been donated to Sea-Tac Airport.

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Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)

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Costa Pacifica Cruise Ship Chapel

Additional Chapels and Meditation Rooms

Chapels

Ships, Planes, and Trains

While travelling, no need to miss worshiping.  Look for a chapel or meditation room in the cruise ship, airport, or railway station you are travelling through.

Cruise Ships

Costa Pacifica Cruise Ship to Western Mediterranean, Malta Harbor, (Blog Post 1/8/17).

Norweigan Sun Princess Cruise Ship to Alaska, Chapel,  
Vancouver B.C. Harbor, (Blog Post 10/11/15).

Celebrity Millennium Cruise Ship to Panama Canal, San Diego, California, Harbor, (Blog Post 10/27/13).

Airports


Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, Washington Chapel,  
(Blog Post 2/10/13).


Vancouver International Airport Chapel, Vancouver, B.C.,  (Blog Post 4/14/13).

                  George Bush Intercontinental Airport

                  Interfaith Chapel, Houston, Texas,                                                   (Blog Post 10/20/13).

Railway Stations

       Bahnhof Kirche/Station Church/Chapelle de 
      Gare, Zurich Main Station,- Zurich, Switzerland,                             (Blog Post January 31, 2016).

Photos: Taken in 2013-2015 by SW and RW while travelling.

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Costa Pacifica Chapel

Additional Chapels and Meditation Rooms

Ships, Airports, and Train Stations

While travelling, no need to miss worshiping.  Look for a chapel or meditation room in the cruise ship, airport, or railway station you are travelling through.

Cruise Ships

Costa Pacifica Cruise Ship to Western Mediterranean, Malta Harbor, (Blog Post 1/8/17).

Norweigan Sun Princess Cruise Ship to Alaska, Chapel,  
Vancouver B.C. Harbor, (Blog Post 10/11/15).

Celebrity Millennium Cruise Ship to Panama Canal, San Diego, California, Harbor, (Blog Post 10/27/13).

Airports

Meditation Room, Sea-Tac Airport

Tacoma, Washington (Blog Post 2/10/13).

Vancouver International Airport Chapel, Vancouver, B.C.,  (Blog Post 4/14/13).

                  George Bush Intercontinental Airport

                  Interfaith Chapel, Houston, Texas,                                                   (Blog Post 10/20/13).

Railway Stations

       Bahnhof Kirche/Station Church/Chapelle de 
      Gare, Zurich Main Station,- Zurich, Switzerland,                             (Blog Post January 31, 2016).

Photos: Taken in 2013-2015 by SW and RW while travelling.

Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)

                                                                                                             January 8, 2017

Costa Pacifica at Malta Pier

Booklet
Costa Pacifica Cruise
Western Meditteranean
Churches

At Easter in 2010 to celebrate his 70th birthday my husband, Alan, and I sailed on the Costa Pacifica  for their Western Mediterranean Cruise .  At each port that we visited, I photographed at least one church in the area.  

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When we moored in Savona we took the tour to Monaco where I photographed  St. Nicholas Cathedral. In Barcelona, Spain I, of course, photographed Sagrada Familia.  In Palma, Mallorca I

photographed La Seu Cathedral.  In Tunis, Tunisia I photographed Cathedral of St. Louis.  In Valletta, Malta I photographed Our Lady of Victory Church. In Catania, Sicily I photographed  Cathedral of Catania.  I also photographed Trinita dei Monti  and St. Peters during the week we visited Rome before heading to Civitavecchia to board the Costa Pacifica  for our cruise.

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The next year, 2011, I started my Blog "Churches On Sundays" at http://www.churchesonsundays.blogspot.com.  The churches I photographed during our Costa Pacifica Western Mediterranean Cruise became the basis for posts on my Blog published 2011, 2012, or 2013.  These blog posts are presented in this booklet.

Map of Cruise Route

Thank you to Costa Cruise Ships for the wonderful and memorable cruise of the Western Mediterranean on the Costa Pacifica.  Thank  you to Scott Knutson, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, North America, Costa Cruise Lines Inc.

for accepting this booklet "Costa Pacifica Western Mediterranean Cruise Churches"  and placing it on board the Costa Pacifica.   Prayer God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)

                                                                                                                                January 1, 2017

Propositura di San Niccolò, Catholic Church
Piazza Della Chiesa 4

Propositura di San Niccolò, Catholic Church/St. Nicholas Center
Radda, Chianti, Tuscany,Italy

"Radda in Chianti is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35 kilometres (22 miles) southeast of Florence and about 15 km (9 miles) north of Siena."(Link 3.)

Detail above front door

"Roman Catholic Radda in Chianti, Tuscany Italy The church was first mentioned in 1260. Damage was so extensive in World War II that only past reports and inventories provided information for restoration. The last reordering took place in 1969 to reorient the main altar in accord with the Second Vatican Council changes. The rectory is inside the church on the left; the Chapel of the Society of St. Gregory the Great and St. Mary of Graces is adjacent on the right of the facade." (Link 1.)

Altar

"...a church of Romanesque origins that houses a venerated wooden Crucifix of the 15 C."  (Link 2.)

Lectern and Statue

Statue


Rose Window seen on outside front of church

Photos: Taken in Radda, Italy on iPhone by RW while  at the 2016

                 L'Eroica  Classic Bike Race in Tuscany, Italy.

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Link 1: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/galleries/gazetteer/5254/
Link 2: http://www.radda.org/
Link 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radda_in_Chianti

Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)

                                                                                                                December 25, 2016

Sampler

  Annual Index

2016

Canada

-Burnaby, B.C.-Burnaby Village Church, 7/24/16.

                                           France

-Paris-Sacre Coeur, 9/25/16.

-Saint Louis-Saint Louis Catholic Church, 2/7/16.

Germany

-Markt-St. Nikolaus-Kirche/Evangelische  Kircchengemeide,    10/16/16.

-Kalterherberg, Monschau-St. Lambertus Church, 9/18/16.

Italy

-Florence-Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore/  "Cathedral of Saint Mary 

 of the Flowers"/Il Duomo di Firenze, 11/27/16.

-Florence-Bapisterey of Saint John, 11/13/16.

-Florence-Chiesa di San Salvatore al Monte/Catholic Church, 11/6/16

-Florence- San Miniato al Monte Church, 11/20/16.

-Gaiole, Chianti-Chiesa di San Sigismondo/Gaiole in Chianti/Church

  of St.          Sigismund, 12/18/16.

-Siena-Carthusia Pontiniani ,12/4/16.

-Milan- Santa Maria Del Carmina, 10/30/16.
-Milan-Santa Maria Della Vittoria Church

 Biserica Ortodoxa Romana/Chiesa Ortodossa Romena, 10/23/16.
-Lasnigo, Lombardy-Sant'Alessandro Church, 7/3/16.

Poland

-Modern Churches of Poland, 5/29/16.

Sicily

-Palermo, Cappella Palatine ,8/7/16. 

                                           Spain

-Cathedral of Santa Maria Saville, Spain, 4/3/16.

Switzerland

-Zurich- Frauminster/Church of Our Lady, 10/9/16.
-South of Zurich-Kloster Einsiedeln, 10/2/16.
-Eisiedeln-Eisiedeln Church and Monastery , 9/11/16.

-Basel-Evangelisch Methodistische Kirche/Tamil Christian Fellowship,

  9/4/16.

-Vevey-Swiss Reform Church, Saint Martin's, 8/14/16.

-Basel-Heiliggeistkirche, 7/17/16.

-Basel-Evangelical Reform Church,Uitikon,  7/17/16.

-Muttenz-Fortified Church of St. Arborgast, 6/26/16.
-Chiasso-Oratory of Our Lady of Fatima,  5/22/16.
-Gelterkinden, Basel-Gelterkinden Roman Catholic Church,  4/17/16.
-Basel-St. Clara's Church, 3/20/16.
-Olten-Roman Catholic Church St. Martinskirche,  3/13/16.
-Muri, Sins-Roman Catholic Church, Nativity of Mary, 3/6/16.
-Bern-Bern Muenster, 2/28/16.
-Basel-Paulus Church, 2/21/16.
-Zurich-Bahnhof Kirche/Station Church/Chapelle de Gare Zurich Main    Station, 1/31/16.
-Brunnen, Schwyz-Reformierte Kirche/Evangelische Remormierte
 Kirchemeinde,  1/24/16.
-Lugano-The Cathedral of Saint Lawrence/(Italian: Cattedrale di San Lorenzo),
  1/17/16.

United States

-Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Welch Church, 6/19/16.
-Milwaukee, Wisconsin -St. Lukes Episcopal Church, 6/12/16.
-Oakland, California-Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, 5/15/16.
-Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Bay View Baptist Church (demolished),  3/27/16.
-Milwaukee, Wisconsin-St. Lucas Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2/14/16.

Booklets

-Churches of Norwegian Sun Cruise Alaska Inside Passage, 8/28/16. 

-Downey, California Area Churches, 8/21/16.
- Vancouver Island Churches, B.C. Canada, 7/31/16.
-Courtenay Churches Churches of Tofino and Ucluelet British Columbia, 
 Canada, 6/5/16.
-Churches of Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 4/10/16.
-Spokane Washington Churches, 5/8/16.
-Blaine Washington Churches, 5/1/16.
-Palm Springs Area Churches, 4/24/16.

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Note: Photo is of one of 35 samplers in Suzanne Wilson's collection.
Photos: for blog posts in 2016 provided by Richard Wilson, son of Suzanne Wilson:  18 in Switzerland, 1 in Spain, 10 in Italy, 2 in Germany and 2 in France. He is living and working in Basel, Switzerland which is near the border of France and Germany.

Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)

                                                                                                 December 18, 2016

Chiesa di San Sigismondo

Chiesa di San Sigismondo/Gaiole in Chianti/Church of St. Sigismund

Gaiole, Chianti, Italy

History

"The church, a neo-gothic building consecrated in 1959, is flanked on the left by the bell tower. The facade, devoid of sandstone finish that characterizes the rest of the exterior, prelude, in tripartite form, the internal layout of three naves separated by pillars, vaulted cross and apses.Among the furnishings of the building stands the altar frontal in scagliola depicting the center the Virgin of the Rosary. The church comes a panel depicting the Crucifixion with mourners and St. Francis, painted by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini." (Link 1.)

Front Doors

"The St. Sigismund church is the main church of Gaiole in Chianti ....The facade , devoid of the coating instone that characterizes the rest of the exterior, prelude, in tripartite form, the internal arrangement of the three naves separated by pillars ,vaulted cross and apses .

"Among the furnishings of the building, mostly works of twentieth-century inspired by the Middle Ages , stands on the main altar the frontal in scagliola depicting the center the Virgin of the Rosary (1699 ). The church comes a panel depicting the Crucifixion with mourners and St. Francis , performed to the 1390 - 1395by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini , currently preserved at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena . " (Link 2.)

Nave 

Altar

Sanctuary

Kneeler and Statue

Stained Glass Window
above Kneeler

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Photos: Taken in Siena, Italy on iPhone by RW while  at the 2016

                 L'Eroica  Classic Bike Race in Tuscany, Italy.
Link 1:  http://www.chiantisenese.com/en/gaiole-in-chianti/chiesa-di-san-
                 sigismondo-p-9_vis_4_605.html (translation)
Link2:  https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Sigismondo_(Gaiole_in                _Chian   ti) (translation)

Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)