Basilica Ceiling

In hilly northwest Missouri is Conception Abbey, located in the tiny village of Conception (and no, Intercourse, Pennsylvania, is not a sister town). As would be appropriate in this center for training in Benedictine spirituality, the most prominent building is the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, renovated in 1999. The entire building is spectacular, but I was drawn particularly to the ceiling. Architecture does shape our minds toward God.

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