This is St Joseph German Church in downtown San Antonio. Construction was started 1n 1866 and finished in 1878. Now it is surrounded on three sides by a department store that was built around it. Like many down town parishes it serves not just the local community but the workers, and visitors to the down town area.
It was a German language parish for many years switching to English only as the membership assimilated. The names of the Stations of the Cross, set in the wall, are in German with English subtitles. But these days the notices on the bulletin board are in English and Spanish.
St Joseph Parish (Downtown)
4 comments:
.....in other words, this is a real church, as opposed to the protestant churches that catholics of today build.
That's right
I have not seen this church, but the German influence is most pronounced on the part of Texas just northeast of San Antonio, towards Austin, and over to the northwest, towards Kerrville. In the 1861-65 period, German Texas was the center of real, but often overstated, pro-Union sentiment in the State.
El Jefe
Thank you for the info.
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