Churches of the Great Plains

As a slight deviation from the normal format of this weather photo-journal/blog, I wanted to share photos of churches across the Great Plains. As a Catholic and a meteorologist, and as a landscape and photography enthusiast, I find the plains to be an underappreciated region of the United States, and the churches which populate its small towns and fields to be beautiful signs of God's enormous beauty in otherwise humble terrain.

Enjoy! I'll be adding to these as I take more photos.

 Raymond United Methodist Church (Raymond, NE)

Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Brainard, NE

Interior of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Brainard, NE

St. Mary's Catholic Church, David City, NE

Interior of St. Mary's Catholic Church, David City, NE

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, David City, NE

 Cemetery at St. Francis of Assisi, David City, NE, with high-based convection in distance

Interior of Assumption Catholic Church, Dwight, NE

Exterior of Assumption Catholic Church, Dwight, NE

St. Anselm Catholic Church, Anselmo, NE

Interior of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Leoville, KS

Interior of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Leoville, KS

Air Force Academy Chapel, US Air Force Academy Campus, Colorado Springs, CO


St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Benedict, KS



St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Benedict, KS


St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Benedict, KS


St. Columbkille Catholic Church, Blaine, KS


St. Columbkille Catholic Church, Blaine, KS


St. John Nepumocene Catholic Church, Pilsen, KS (childhood parish of Fr. Emil Kapaun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Kapaun)


Interior of St. John Nepumocene Catholic Church, Pilsen, KS


Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Colwich, KS


Interior of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Colwich, KS


St. Mark's Catholic Church, Colwich, KS


Interior of St. Mark's Catholic Church, Colwich, KS


Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Okarche, OK (childhood parish of Bl. Stanley Rother https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Rother)


Interior of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Okarche, OK

St. Mary's Cathedral, Cheyenne, WY

 

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, North Bend, NE

St. Mary's Catholic Church, West Point, NE

St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wisner, NE

St. Leonard Catholic Church, Madison, NE

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Humphrey, NE