Grotto Design supports the renewal of traditional Catholic church design and construction by bringing to mind the necessary architecture features that make the church building a worthy intersection between earth and the heavenly liturgy, inspiring us to bring Christ into our daily lives and out to the world.
Mont La Salle Christian Brothers Novitiate, Napa, CA Carmelite Monastery, Napa, CA St. Helena Catholic Church St. Helena, CA, Napa Valley St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church Yountville, California Old Faithful in Castigola, CA and the Redwoods in Anderson Reserve.
The Carmel Mission Basilica is the second of the Alta California Spanish Missions. It was originally founded on the shores of Monterey in 1770 but in 1771 was moved by Francian Father Junipero Serra to its current location near the ocean mouth of the Carmel River. Father Serra established the Mission to serve the Esselen …
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Mission San Juan Bautista is off the beaten path, inland south of San Jose. The town of San Juan Bautista is in farm country and is very modest. The mission church is large and at 30 feet it is the widest of all the mission churches. It is long and tall too. It was the …
Mission San Buenaventura was founded on March 31, 1782 as the ninth Spanish mission established in California and the last to be established by Father Junípero Serra. The mission was named after Saint Bonaventure, a 13th century Franciscan saint and Doctor of the Church. The mission is located in the historic downtown of Ventura, California. …
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