Talk:National Shrine of the Little Flower
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[edit] Help with facts, please
I moved some info here from the article on Thérèse de Lisieux, and integrated it the best I could. Some questions: The St. Therese article said that the church was originally built in 1925 but burned down by the KKK and then rebuilt in 1936. This article states that the current church building was begun in 1931. Obviously a contradiction, unless the move was unrelated to the KKK. In any event it needs clarifying. Secondly, the church's website seems to be down, so I wasn't able to verify any info there. Thirdly, it is confusing that there are three shrines to St Therese in the U.S., all of which seem to be claiming they are "the" National Shrine. Can someone explain that? Fourthly, it seems to me that this church could be very significant architecturally, and deserve a much more detailed article. Is it the first Catholic Church designed in the round? How does it compare with other art deco era churches? Cheers. Laura1822 05:22, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
- Also, this article could possibly benefit from some (well-sourced) info relating to Charles Coughlin and accusations that he was using the Shrine for his own enrichment ('The Shrine of the Silver Dollar', it says in his article). But excellent start for an article, good work! Eaglizard 06:45, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
