steeple Sunday...

This morning's steeple comes from Queen of Peace Catholic Church.
This weekend, we worshiped at this church with Jayme & Scott and I was not able to get a photo of the complete building from the sidewalk so I borrowed the above shot from the church's website. Reading the church history says that this current church was built in 1926 after two previous buildings were destroyed by fire. The first in 1908 after lightening struck the church spire and the second during the Cloquet fire of 1918. Wikipedia gives this information about the fire - The 1918 Cloquet fire was a massive fire in northern Minnesota in October, 1918 caused by sparks on the local railroads and dry conditions. The fire left much of western Carlton County devastated, mostly affecting Moose Lake, Cloquet, and Kettle River. Cloquet was hit the hardest by the fires. It was the worst natural disaster in Minnesota history in terms of the number of lives lost in a single day. In total, 453 lives were lost and 52,000 people were injured or displaced, 38 communities were destroyed, 250,000 acres (1,000 km2) were burned, and $73 million in property damage was suffered.
The church is as beautiful inside as it is outside with lots of marble and stone. The ceiling is painted in intricate designs of blue and gold.

We are spending a long weekend helping the kids remodel a bathroom - for more on that visit Jayme's blog.