This posting is inspired from my recent readings on the completion and blessing by the Pope of the towers of Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona. Spain. The message I like to bring is prayers whether done in the tallest Church of the World or in the lowest Chapel in the Philippines will have the same meaning if it comes from the heart. Prayers comes from the heart and not in a Place!
Between 1949 and 1951, Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright, designed the exquisite Wayfarers Chapel. The delicate glass-and-wood sanctuary is one of Rancho Palos Verdes’ most beautiful landmarks, conceived as a memorial to theologian Emanuel Swedenborg, and serving as a welcoming, spiritual sanctuary for all “wayfarers.”
It stood on the Palos Verdes bluff for three-quarters of a century before extreme land movement from an ancient landslide forced the chapel’s management to disassemble it in 2024.
The above chapel designs and architecture reminds me of the other two other chapels in my second Home, Boac, Marinduque, Philippines as follows:.
💚 Yong Nieva(RIP)-and Me at the Amana Resort Chapel, Cawit, MRQ, Philippines
💚Yong Nieva was Macrine(RIP) first cousin- a member of the well-known Nieva Clan of Marinduque.
Meanwhile, here's the AI Overview
Similar Glass & Nature-Inspired Chapels
- Thorncrown Chapel (Eureka, AR): Designed by E. Fay Jones, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Like Wayfarers, this award-winning structure in the Ozark Mountains is made primarily of glass and wood, containing over 6,000 panes of glass that allow the surrounding forest to act as the architecture.
- Anthony Chapel (Hot Springs, AR): Located at Garvan Woodland Gardens, this is considered Thorncrown's "big brother." It features similar geometric architecture with sweeping glass and steel, offering a grand but intimate feel within a pine and oak forest.
- Cooper Memorial Chapel (Bella Vista, AR): Another creation by E. Fay Jones. It features a smaller, intricate wooden-and-glass design that serves as a quiet sanctuary nestled into the surrounding trees and hillsides.
Other Notable Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Spaces
- First Christian Church (Phoenix, AZ): Designed in 1950 by Frank Lloyd Wright, this building features an impressive seventy-seven-foot spire supported by 23 slender triangular pillars. Light filters in through stained-glass inserts, evoking a sacred, nature-focused atmosphere.
- Danforth Chapel (Lakeland, FL): Commissioned for Florida Southern College, this brick and geometric glass space was envisioned by F.L. Wright as a "spiritual sanctuary in the garden."
- Pettit Chapel (Belvidere, IL): One of Wright's earlier religious structures, reflecting the prairie style with low eaves and beautiful bands of art glass that tie the interior to the cemetery grounds
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