{"id":1499,"date":"2007-06-21T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-21T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/06\/my-nominee-for-ugliest-tabernacle.html"},"modified":"2007-06-21T23:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-21T23:07:00","slug":"my-nominee-for-ugliest-tabernacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/06\/my-nominee-for-ugliest-tabernacle.html","title":{"rendered":"My nominee for ugliest tabernacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/Rns-wR79JeI\/AAAAAAAAAGM\/WkC5r4RAFW4\/s1600-h\/tennis_ball_tabernacle_4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/Rns-wR79JeI\/AAAAAAAAAGM\/WkC5r4RAFW4\/s320\/tennis_ball_tabernacle_4.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Periodically, I&#8217;ve noticed that other Catholic websites have given a Bronx cheer or two to the modern tabernacle.  (The good folks over at <a href=\"http:\/\/holywhapping.blogspot.com\/\">Holy Whapping<\/a> are giving a whapping to a few right now.) Most of these boxes are, if not just unattractive, downright ugly. <\/p>\n<p>Well, forget a Bronx cheer.  How about a Queens raspberry?   <\/p>\n<p>My nominee for ickiest tabernacle is right in my own backyard, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org\/ministries\/icc\/about\/index.html\">Immaculate Conception Center<\/a>, in Douglaston, Queens.  This pastoral center used to be the seminary for the diocese; now it is used primarily for retreats, Marriage Encounters, diocesan meetings and conferences.  It&#8217;s a wonderful resource.  But it&#8217;s got one cringe-inducing tabernacle. <\/p>\n<p>I spent many a morning on retreat during my diaconate formation, on my knees, in the chapel, praying before that ball. <\/p>\n<p>I usually ended up leaving after a short while to go back to my room.  I got more inspiration from linoleum and cinderblock. <\/p>\n<p><i>Photo: by David Morrison, <a href=\"http:\/\/davidmorrison.typepad.com\/sed_contra\/culture_and_christianity\/index.html\">Sed Contra<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Periodically, I&#8217;ve noticed that other Catholic websites have given a Bronx cheer or two to the modern tabernacle. (The good folks over at Holy Whapping are giving a whapping to a few right now.) Most of these boxes are, if not just unattractive, downright ugly. Well, forget a Bronx cheer. How about a Queens raspberry?&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":365,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My nominee for ugliest tabernacle - The Deacon&#039;s Bench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/06\/my-nominee-for-ugliest-tabernacle.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My nominee for ugliest tabernacle - The Deacon&#039;s Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Periodically, I&#8217;ve noticed that other Catholic websites have given a Bronx cheer or two to the modern tabernacle. 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