The carnival of lost souls spins on, this time taking us to the Lawncrest section of Northeast Philadelphia:
#6: St. William
Why They're Here:
Because few church experiences were more disappointing, that's why. St. William is an old parish--founded 1920--but due to numerous reasons, they didn't get their act together and finish the damn church until 1963, by which time we were left with a spartan monstrosity. Bland, modern and generally uninspired upper and lower churches. The Project wants results, not excuses, and they failed on almost every front.
Their inability to get the job done is strike one; the results once they did are strike two; and my disappointment upon seeing it (contrary to the glowing things I'd heard) is strike three; they're out.
Why They're Not Lower:
The size and scope aren't bad, and the Italian-Renaissance-ish exterior is fairly impressive. Not much to write home about, but still better than what's to follow.
From Wikipedia:
ReplyDelete"One normally does not enter a school to find comic strips hanging all over, but St. William Parish is home to many special gifts from a former Student and Parishioner (Class of 1936), William (Bil) Keane, the Creator of the widely syndicated comic strip, "Family Circus." Bil, in recognition of the parishes 75th anniversary in 1995, not only paid a special visit to the parish that year, but also created several one-of-a-kind posters related to parish life that can be found throughout the school buildings. There are even been some recent additions gifted within the last year."