Monday, September 30, 2024

Church In A Dome

 In 1986 a Catholic Church mission in Bush, LA, opened its new building, a geodesic dome. It had been a vision by the Priest Rev. Francis Sander, pastor of the St. Jane de Chantal Catholic Church in Abita Springs. Here are some photographs of the unique structure and news articles printed at the time. 



Article from Dixie Roto Magazine
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A 1987 article in the Times Picayune

Five years earlier, in 1982, the mission church was housed in a rectangular metal building built with the help of volunteers.