Purely by Accident

So while on Sunday while we were in Calgary we decided to go for a drive. As we were on our way to destination we happened to come across a couple of old buildings. So of course we had to go and take a closer look. One of them was this Catholic church, St Mary's Cathedral. I could not find a date stone on the building, however the building across the street which belonged to the church was built in 1904. So tomorrow we can take a look at the Parish Hall

[Nancy]

Nice shot...looks like a lovely church & a storm brewing:)!

[Kerri]

Beautiful shot

[David B]

Very nice find!

[Anita Campbell]

This is very pretty. I like the architecture of older buildings. Looks like a storm is a comin'.

[Janet Shaffer]

Great find.

[Pam Hawkes]

Nice capture of St Mary's. It is a beautiful church and well photographed. Had you gone inside there is so much beauty in it.

[Cathie]

Very pretty building, Brian!

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Beautiful building.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

It's an impressive looking church. Churches can have such beautiful architecture. Great shot.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Beautiful church!

[Mike Pittman]

Beautiful church!

[Tony]

Nicely captured structure.

[Kim]

It looks like a very large church. Can't wait to see the hall.

[Sandi]

It does seem like a very nice, welcoming shelter from the coming storm. A beautiful steeple. Nice eye!

[Darlene]

I love old churches and their architecture. What a great find, Brian. I would love to see the inside of this church.

[Pat Knowles]

A very large church ...hope they can fill it !!! A very impressive statue of the Virgin Mary over the door.

[Andrew Nelson]

Very nice building.

[Ivan]

Impressive building!

[Shirley Banford]

Very nice shot.

[Fisher Family]

Looks like a very great building, churches make lovely subjects because every one is different - Lucy

[Sian B]

remarkable find, wonderful.

[Néfertiti]

J'aime l'architercture de cette église. Belle photo

[Tineke]

I love to see this churches, nice captured

[Maaikel]

Great find!

[John]

Fab clouds

[Beth]

Lovely old church. Nice capture.

[Mrs. Smith]

I really like the sky behind it.

[Aurelie Jacquet]

What a nice architecture!!! Love it :-)

[❀ Lynn]

Lovely church...are they usually older than the parish hall?

[Maggiemae]

So interesting reading about it (google again!) It began as a sandstone church in1889 but in 1955 they demolished it for some reason. It was opened in 1957. Really impressive building!

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Thanks Tony

[bkb in the city]

@kimshots Looking forward to showing it

[bkb in the city]

@gratefulness Thanks Sandie

[bkb in the city]

@darsphotos Glad to share this one. I did not have the time to go inside. Maybe the next time I am in Calgary

[bkb in the city]

@happypat I did take a close up of the statue. I will post that one in a couple of days

[bkb in the city]

@andyn Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@ivan Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford Thanks Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@fishers That is very true Lucy

[bkb in the city]

@sianb Thanks Sian

[bkb in the city]

@montse Thank you and I am glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@tstb Thank you. Glad to share this one with you

[bkb in the city]

@maaikel Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@johnnyfrs It looked like a torm was coming but it never amounted to anything

[bkb in the city]

@vernabeth Thanks Beth

[bkb in the city]

@mrssmith203 The weather was starting to change while we were out but nothing came of it

[bkb in the city]

@mijade Glad you enjoy it

[bkb in the city]

@lynnb Yes they are In this case I just found out from Maggiemae @maggiemae that the congregation started in 1889 and this is the second church building they built

[bkb in the city]

@maggiemae I never even thought about looking it up Thanks for this information

[bkb in the city]

@nanderson Thanks Nancy. Nothing amounted from those clouds

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@dbp46016 I am glad we came across this

[bkb in the city]

@aglennc Glad you like this one. The storm never amounted to anything

[bkb in the city]

@janets Thanks Janet

[bkb in the city]

@pamfromcalgary Unfortunately Melody was starting to feel tired so I never had a chance to go inside

[bkb in the city]

@cathieg Glad you like it Cathie

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Thanks Marilyn. They do make wonderful subjects

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@c17ehse Glad you like it

[Darlene]

@bkbinthecity The one thing I have not been able to do is go inside a church and take photos. We do not have many here that are unique though I have not explored the Sacramento area. I hope to one day when my son or husband have time to take me.

[Linda]

Great old building.

[bkb in the city]

@grannysue Glad you like it

[Claire]

Nice view

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk Glad you like it