Dad and I went to Sean Lavell''s wedding at St. Bernard's today and it was a lovely church.
When talking to the priest at the reception we learned that the 1989 renovation basically consisted of the entire space, except for the mural in front, being painted pink. They even painted over the Stations of the Cross in the same pink. The arch over the sanctuary was painted, in Father's words, "circus-peanut orange with royal blue where the stenciled trim is now." Unbelievable.
The original medallion designs in the ceiling were lost, but the 2005 re-renovation replaced them with a pretty fantastic account of the life of St. Bernard.
Anyway, I have no idea what their regular Mass is like, but the homily was solid and the church is beautiful. Let's put it on the list of places to visit.
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