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In Christianity, consecration means "setting apart" a person, as well as a building or object, for God. Among some Christian denominations there is a complementary service of "deconsecration", to remove a consecrated place of its sacred character in preparation for either demolition or sale for secular use.
Consecration raises a church to the highest order, which may never be transferred for common or profane use. St. Brendan was one of only six churches in Los Angeles to reach that level. [1] As part of the consecration ceremony, a relic of the 6th century St. Brendan was taken in a procession through the church and then sealed into the altar. [1]
The Cathedral of Saint Vibiana (Spanish: Catedral de Santa Vibiana), often called St. Vibiana's, is a former Catholic cathedral for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Located in Downtown Los Angeles, the building opened in 1876 as the cathedral for what was then known as the Diocese of Monterey–Los Angeles, and remained the official cathedral of ...
Plans for the new church were approved in March 1926, and the cost was estimated at approximately $225,000. [1] The new church was dedicated in November 1927 with Bishop John Joseph Cantwell celebrating the dedication Mass. [2] In May 1943, St. Cecilia's was consecrated by Bishop Joseph T. McGucken, making it only the third church in Los ...
Paid for by local oilman Edward L. Doheny and thus is known colloquially as "the Church of Holy Oils." It was dedicated in 1925, it was located in what was then one of the wealthiest sections of the city, on land adjacent to the Stephen Dorsey mansion and Stimson House. It was the second Catholic church in Los Angeles to be consecrated.
For list of Roman Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, see: Our Lady of the Angels, for central and West Los Angeles; San Fernando, covering the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys. San Gabriel, for East Los Angeles the San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Valley. San Pedro, for Long Beach and southern Los Angeles County.
A Catholic priest blesses the Boston Marathon Bombing Memorials on Boylston Street. In the Catholic Church, a blessing is a rite consisting of a ceremony and prayers performed in the name and with the authority of the Church by a duly qualified minister by which persons or things are sanctified as dedicated to divine service or by which certain marks of divine favour are invoked upon them.
Whenever new Chrism is consecrated, it is added to the existing stock. The Eastern Church believes that the same Chrism consecrated by the Apostles is still in use today, having been added-to by all generations of the Church. The earliest mention of the use of Chrism is by Saint Hippolytus of Rome (†235).