On that occasion, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart was elevated to a basilica to become the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. During Pope John Paul II’s visit to the United States in 1995, he celebrated evening prayer at the Cathedral. Construction did not begin until 1898 and, when completed in 1954, the cathedral became New Jersey’s largest church-and the most expensive Catholic church ever built in America. He traces the project to its origins in the late 1850s and the great expectations held by the project’s prime movers-all passionate about Gothic architecture and immensely proud of Newark-that never wavered despite numerous setbacks and challenges.
Calling upon a wealth of primary sources, Brian Regan describes in a compelling narrative the cathedral’s almost century-long history.Gothic Pride sets Sacred Heart in the context of American cathedral building and, blending diverse fields, accounts for the complex circumstances that produced it.Rising from Newark’s highest ground and visible for miles, it spectacularly evokes its historic models. “Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart is one of the United States’ greatest cathedrals and most exceptional Gothic Revival buildings.
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