Thanks for bringing these fine churches to our attention. You do a great service to the state of Texas.

@secretsoftexas6872

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Don

Took my wife last weekend. After a 2 hr drive we roll up to St Marys. Shes looking at me like seriously a church ? When I opened the door and she stepped in it literally took her breath away. Thanks so much for the videos.

@secretsoftexas6872

2 жыл бұрын

That's funny. It looks rather ordinary from the outside, but when you go inside, Wow!

💒 my LORD and my GOD dwells on these and every Catholic Church around the world 🌎 Thanks a lot for sharing ALL your AWESOME videos📹👍

The Beautiful Buildings are only the Temple, the beautiful people are the Church! Don’t miss either one! God Bless Texas! 🌺✝️🌺

Beautiful. If you've not considered it already, there's a catholic church in Lindsay, Tx that I think rivals all these you've shown. It's off hwy 82, a bit west of Gainesville. Well worth the journey.

@johnl.bengfort8245

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. That is the “cradle” of my family-German farmers. A vibrant community with a large active church population. And well kept.

As a small child, I spent many Sunday's getting a little ride on the bell rope at St. Mary's in High Hill. Another beautiful painted church is St. Mary's just a little north of Ellinger.

We stayed at the Thousand Trails near there and we toured the churches. They are truly amazing. It was one of the highlights of our trip to the area.

Really enjoyed seeing the inside of the churches I have been aching to see for years. I have heard they are especially beautiful at Christmas time. Like the wing like spars acting as support for the roof of the Stanzel Museum.

@secretsoftexas6872

3 жыл бұрын

They are even more impressive in person with all the delicate details in the art, especially the ones in High Hill and Praha.

The paradise must look like Texas. Thank you for the fantastic videos.

I visited these a couple days ago. My favorite was the Praha location. All are simply beautiful and cannot be fully appreciated unless seen in person. I was amazed at the detail and complexity of each.

I loved the video tour to the churches thanks!!!

@princefazzhamdan3133

Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Royal family council of Dubai

Nice very comforting in all this chaos😁👍🇺🇸

Beautifully done, I very much enjoyed the pace of the video that matches the pace of rural Texas. Thank you!

@secretsoftexas6872

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great compliment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Awesome spectacular thanks! God Bless you for doing this! Thanks 🙏🏻

@princefazzhamdan3133

Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Royal family council of Dubai

Wow! Just wow!

Thank you so much enjoyed 😊

Beautiful NeoGothic style chuch!!!! Love the german influence in art at st. Mary

Shared for all of my friends back home in Texas!

@secretsoftexas6872

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I really appreciate that.

@princefazzhamdan3133

Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Royal family council of Dubai

Thank You !!!!

You should checkout st Joseph's in rhineland Texas.

@secretsoftexas6872

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that.

Nice video Sr

Nice 👍

Going to a wedding in Ammansville Saturday. I'm from around that area.

@secretsoftexas6872

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that's cool. What a great place to get married.

Great grandpa, Godfrey Flury, painted the one in Praha.

@tylerdonecker7633

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I went to see them but didn’t get a chance to see Praha. My 3rd Great Grandfather Fred Donecker painted a few of them. The pink church definitely. Next time I go I’ll definitely got to see Praha

You missed a beautiful little Painted Church in Irving,Texas St. Basil the Great on Union Bower if your in Dallas/ Midcities check it out! 🙏✝️🙏

You missed Saint Stanislaus church in Bandera, Another gem

There are actually 28 registered Painted Churches all around Texas. The oldest Painted Church is in Wesley. Just outside of Brenhem. Only used for special occasions now. I’m working on photographing them all. Just 10 more to go

@johnl.bengfort8245

2 жыл бұрын

Where did you get that information?

@tracybrown512

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnl.bengfort8245 from the historic records. Took some researching. But I have two different lists. Most are duplicated. Both have ones the other doesn’t

@tracybrown512

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnl.bengfort8245 mason didn’t know they had a painted church until recent, but I had it on my lists. It had been covered for years until water damage on the ceiling. When they removed it they found a painted ceiling. It’s available to see now. A painted Church isn’t necessarily painted on walls and ceilings. Has to do with their Paintings inside the Church. Like the one in Fayetteville

@johnl.bengfort8245

2 жыл бұрын

@@tracybrown512 Tracy, thank you for responding. I am going thru my “bucket” at 80 and the painted churches are my current

@johnl.bengfort8245

2 жыл бұрын

Oops. project. The comments on Lindsay, Texas are correct. Some consider St. Peter’s there to be the queen-maybe king. I would love to have your list of 2&. Our last trip was to Olfen in Runnels county where the church is open and active-missed the one nearby in Rowena

Are any of them still active/used for services?

@secretsoftexas6872

3 жыл бұрын

It's my understanding that all of these churches are still active.

@johnl.bengfort8245

2 жыл бұрын

That is my experience, but often the congregations are small and/or priests few in number such that mass is not regularly done. There is one at Dotsons Prairie near Strawn, Texas where a dozen or fewer parishioners meet Wednesdays for rosary. Only the church in Strawn now gets a priest.

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