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The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù, pronounced [ˈkjɛːza del dʒeˈzu]), officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù [1] [a] (English: Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus), is a church located at Piazza del Gesù in the Pigna rione of Rome, Italy. It is the mother church of the Society of Jesus (best known as Jesuits).
The Church of the Gesú is a Roman Catholic chapel and former parish church located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1868 by Burchard Villiger , the church was the center of several Jesuit educational institutions, including St. Joseph's Preparatory School , St. Joseph's University , and the Gesú School.
For scores of people who got married or baptized or held funerals there over the years, Gesu is "part of the fabric of the city," the pastor said. Church of the Gesu at Marquette will close main ...
Professed house church in Paris Novitiate of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, Rome College church (St. Mariä Himmelfahrt), Cologne Ruins of Saint Paul's Church, Macau University Church, Vienna College church, Puebla College church, Minsk Professed house church, Vilnius Professed house in Malá Strana, Prague Church of the Gesù, Brussels
Gesu Church is a Jesuit parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a Milwaukee Landmark in 1975.
The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù, pronounced [ˈkjɛːza del dʒeˈzu]), known also as the Saint Mary of Jesus (Santa Maria di Gesù) or the Casa Professa, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church established under the patronage of the Jesuit order, and located at Piazza Casa Professa 21 in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.
The church was designed by Jose Pedro Recio and Carmelo Casas. The edifice's massive triangular structure symbolizes the Holy Trinity , as well as the three-fold mission and vision of the school. Its shape and design are also meant to suggest the outstretched arms of the Sacred Heart , and the traditional Filipino bahay kubo (nipa hut).
The Jesuits relied heavily on the acoustics of the church; they wanted their faithful to clearly hear the words of the sermon. [2] This is why the church was constructed with a single nave, and a dome at the nave, transept intersection. [2] One of Gaulli's best innovations is the dramatic breaking of the three-dimensional frame.