St. Ann's Catholic Church

Was here this last weekend for a wedding. If you like "modern" church construction which is really just an amber-frozen snapshot of the worst of 1960s architecture, you will love this "worship space." Done in the round, which is an extreme innovation in Catholic architecture (but decidedly "normative" after Vatican II), St. Ann's doesn't really know which way it is facing. Such a dilemma was always obviated in the ancient tradition of "ad orientem" construction and architecture.St. Ann's is "too cool" for this millenia-old tradition and as such, will always be stuck in the 1960s. They mistook novelty for nobility and were left with banality. PS Sole saving grace may be the light profile from some of the stained glass windows.

Lovely done parish with beautiful wood and stained glass. The altar is at the west end, and there is seating behind and to the side of the sanctuary. This is one of the few parishes around that still has an altar rail with kneelers (unused), and if you do prefer ad orientem, you can sit behind the altar and face east with the celebrating priest.