100 Churches in Paris and elsewhere

 124 Paris, Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal Now I’m a sucker for modern churches in general, but this is a really beautiful one on the Western edge of Paris, not far from the Technical College I used to work in in the 1980s. Started in the 1920s in Byzantine style, and finished in 1962. Fine volumes, great bas relief and a lot of what I assume are twentieth century paintings, both of the Stations of the Cross and of other shock events like Noah loading up the boat, or the Transfiguration (Matthew 17 or Mark 9 will give you the official take on this last). Also there is a painting of « How to become a Big Hit at Weddings ». Lovely baptismal font, and modern, symbolic, stained glass. Noticeboards and pamphlets show it is a very active parish. The church is named after a sixteenth century French saint, brought up in   a noble family. Once widowed, she set up a new order of nuns,   open to many of those who were rejected by the established orders because they were elde...