Having never been to St. John Church before I will admit to not knowing anything about the parish…read moreor the building but I'm going to make a few general guesses. I assume that this parish and Saints Peter & Paul were at one time independent entities before being consolidated at some point into Holy Apostles Parish probably within the last 10-15 years. The building itself is not much of a looker either inside or outside as it looks like your standard cookie cutter Catholic Church that was built maybe around 40-60 years ago. But all of the above is kind of irrelevant as you should be coming here for reasons other than trying to do a write up for Architectural Digest magazine. The mass itself was very noteworthy due to the excellent homily about the beginning of Advent and the upcoming Year of Mercy by Father Mende. He is an excellent orator and from me wins points for both substance and for style. If you go: St. John has a decent sized parking lot and there is ample on street parking near by which is what we did and it worked out well. Currently mass is celebrated here at 9am on Tuesday & Thursday, 4pm on Saturday and at 9am on Sunday with other times available at sister parish Saints Peter & Paul.

Lutheran House is a wonderful value for a week at Chautauqua, as long as you don't mind sharing a…read morebathroom with friends. I stayed there for the first time last season and appreciated the remodeled main floor. The shared kitchen space is vast! Several new friendships were made on the porch.

We've been attending WBC since 2010; the congregation is a very welcoming group of individuals…read more They made us feel welcome from the beginning and we've come to love them as extended family. The offer a great preschool program for ages 3-5, as well as, an After School Program (grades K-6) which we have utilized.

St. Peter Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in at the corner of West 10th Street and…read moreSassafras Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. History Plans for the building of St. Peter Cathedral were initiated in 1873 by Bishop Tobias Mullen of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie. The cornerstone was laid in a formal ceremony held on St. Peter in Chains Day (See General Roman Calendar as in 1954), 1 August 1875. After years of construction and a fundraising campaign that involved parishes throughout the diocese, the cathedral was completed in 1893. The architect was Patrick Keeley of Brooklyn, a prolific builder of churches, including 21 American cathedrals in the eastern United States. Specifications The cathedral is Gothic revival in the French Victorian tradition called Second Empire. Much of the stone for the foundation came from dismantling the locks of the Erie Extension Canal , which closed in 1871. The exterior consists of red sandstone from Medina, New York and white sandstone trim from Amherst, Ohio and Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The central bell tower stands 265 feet (81 m) tall, while twin Norman style towers at 150 feet (46 m) each bracket the central tower. The bell tower contains a chime of twelve bells weighing 14 tons cast in 1903 by the Andrew Meneely Bell Foundry of West Troy, New York. The E. Howard Clock Company of Boston, New York, and Chicago, installed the clock in the tower, also in 1903. The stained glass in the sanctuary and transept was installed by the Franz Meer firm of Munich, Germany and includes depictions of the Annunciation, the Birth of Jesus, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, the Ascension, and the Second Coming. Large side windows show the Conferral of Keys to Saint Peter and Jesus' supper at the house of the Publican. There are also stained glass windows of the Life of St. Peter and four of the Western Doctors of the Church. Renovations in 1992-1993 included the resetting of all the stained glass and the installation of many glass prisms to refocus sunlight into the interior. The cathedral organ, which expresses a great variety of organ timbres in the French tradition, was built by Casavant Frères of Montreal, Canada and installed in 1977. Additions were made in 1999. It is the third instrument since the building was built. From the nave of the church, one can see a collection of the likenesses of the diocese's nine bishops and Auxiliary Bishop Edward P. McManaman, who served as Cathedral Rector from 1936 to 1948. The cathedral has a new baptistery. The center aisle is of Spanish and Italian marble. Carved onto the marble at the front of the church is the large seal to the Diocese of Erie with the coats of arms of Pope Leo XIII and Bishop Mullen on the right and those of Pope John Paul II and Bishop Trautman on the left. The sanctuary area contains the altar, with the reliquary chest beneath it, and the Bishop's cathedra and the ambo for preaching. The Blessed Sacrament is maintained in the tabernacle on the north side of the cathedral. The marble high altar constructed in 1911 was used until liturgical changes were made after the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s.