The High Altar,
Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna,
Photo: 26 June 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Rufus46
(Wikimedia Commons)
Christmas Mass 2014,
Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna,
Illustration: CATHOLIC NEWS
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Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna is a Church in Munich, Germany. It was commissioned in the 18th-Century by The Elector, Charles Albert (later, The Emperor Charles VII), and the cornerstone was laid in 1733.
A Monastery, in the legal form of a Chapter of Nuns, was set up. The architect was Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer, while the Asam brothers were responsible for the Interior. The Women's Collegiate Church was Consecrated in 1735.
All but the outer walls were destroyed in World War II. The Interior was restored from old photographs in 1980, but the murals are now painted in Black and White.
On 1 September 2014, Reinhard Cardinal Marx, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising, permanently entrusted the Church to The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP).
Since then, daily Mass has been exclusively offered in The Extraordinary Form.
The Web-Site of Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna can be found HERE
Extremely beautiful + such a stark contrast from the ugly novus ordo
ReplyDelete"church" I grew up in that resembled an office space.
God bless
Andrew
Thank You, Andrew. Again, I concur with you that the typical Novus Ordo “Church” has more in common with a warehouse than with a Divine Liturgical building. Whoever thinks that these Modern Churches are beautiful, and which contribute to The Divine Liturgy, is living in a Fools' Paradise.
DeleteI echo what Andrew observed, of course.
ReplyDeleteWhile reflecting on these lovely photographs organized by “Dom Zephyrinus”, I realized my eyes were unwittingly being drawn upward from the altar, inevitably, of course, to God.
Even though most of us are not likely soon to visit Munich and the Damienstiftskirche Sankt Anna, one can “attend” Mass, elevate one’s mind, and meditate on the good, the true, and the beautiful (Phil. 4:8) “here.” Thank, Dom Zephyrinus!
Dear Dante Peregrinus. Thank you for your most beautiful and erudite Comment.
DeleteI agree 100%.