Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, Wisconsin
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| Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe | |
| Designer | Interior Design: Duncan G. Stroik Architect LLC |
| Location | La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA |
| Date | Summer 2005 to Summer 2008 |
| Building Type | Church |
| Climate | Warm Temperate |
| Context | Hill or Cliffside |
| Architectural Style | Neo-Classical |
| Builder | Fowler & Hammer, Inc. |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Exterior Design and Architect of Record: River Architects |
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The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is the vision of His Excellency Raymond L. Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura. It is meant to be a place for the faithful to come on pilgrimage and to foster devotion to the Blessed Virgin under her title of Patroness of the Americas. In the tradition of pilgrimage churches, the Shrine is located high upon a hill outside of the city with a campanile and dome which are visible from afar. The interior of the Shrine is a cruciform domical church inspired by Italian examples such as the Gesù, Sant’Andrea della Valle, and San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini in Rome. Generous side aisles with shrines flank the nave, and major shrines to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart are placed in the transepts. Corinthian pilasters support a full entablature inscribed with names of the Virgin from the litany of Loreto. Images of four doctors of the Church reside within the pendentives which support the dome with its clear windows and oculus. The vaulted ceiling is punctuated by stained glass windows which follow the life of the Virgin. The raised marble sanctuary is defined by an altar rail. The focus of the sanctuary is a red marble baldacchino surmounting a tomb-like altar. Behind, a prominent image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is placed above the tabernacle. The mahogany ambo with a tester is placed against one of the piers of the crossing. The bishop’s cathedra is raised and placed behind the ambo with the celebrant’s chair across from it. An ambulatory surrounds the apse and connects the sacristy with the bishop’s vestry. The sacristy is a vaulted space with mahogany cabinets, gilded plaster pilasters and moldings, eucharistic iconography and a small shrine to St. John Vianney. The bishop’s vestry is a smaller version of the sacristy with a shrine to Bishop St. John Neumann. In the lower level, a crypt chapel is planned with an oratory for prayer and spiritual conferences, as well as a Hall of Honor for donors and a foyer with shrines to the blesseds of the diocese.
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