It's possible I should have counted this as two churches - St. Mary of the Bay is the name of the parish, but they have Masses at both that church and St. Jean Baptiste church right down the street. While clearly a much older building, St. Jean Baptiste has all the daily Masses (which is what I actually attended), as well as one Sunday Mass.
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| Can you tell that we're near the water? |
St. Jean Baptiste has a white interior with a very creaky wood floor. It's fairly small, but that's helped by a large wraparound balcony. There's a huge cross in the front with a painting above it, as well as lots of statues. There clearly used to be more pews in the balcony that have since been taken out.
St. Mary of the Bay is definitely one of my favorite modern churches that I've seen. It has a slanted roof with a very cool stained glass ceiling in the middle, and enormous and interesting stained glass windows very similar to St. Michael's in Smithfield (Post #30). There's more glass behind the altar, and huge images of Jesus and Mary on either side of the altar area.
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