Today, a new Co-Cathedral is dedicated. Laudate Dominum!

Photos from the Houston Chronicle's coverage of the building and dedication of St. Mary's Co-Cathedral

If I may be so bold, this reminds me of Santa Maria del Fiore, or the "Duomo Cathedral" in Florence. Not so much in architecture or scale, but in the "closeness" of the church to the community. In Florence, even though the Duomo is overwhelming in size, you still stumble upon it because it is buried deep within the city. You can get a sense that the Church was very much a part of the Florentine life, then and now, for better or for worse. The same seems to go for the brand new co-cathedral in houston. While completely apart from the rat race of downtown houston, these pictures illustrate that Sacred Heart is at the same time in the heart of the city. whew!