{"id":1224,"date":"2019-03-23T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T14:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:07:48","slug":"st-joseph-the-worker-shrine-lowell-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/st-joseph-the-worker-shrine-lowell-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Joseph the Worker Shrine, Lowell, Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_1224' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_1224=new _2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_1224');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_1224=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_1224');\n}\nif  (typeof _2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_1224=new _2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_1224, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_1224=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_1224, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass\/');\n}\npano_0_1224.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_1224.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_1224.addListener('fullscreenexit', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = contentOverflow;\n\t}\n});\n\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; line-height: 16px;\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_06_27_St_Joseph_the_Worker_Shrine_Lowell_Mass\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With roots dating back to 1868, <a aria-label=\"St. Joseph the Worker Shrine (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stjosephshrine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint Joseph the Worker Shrine<\/a>, which opened in 1956, was originally established to serve the spiritual needs of Lowell&#8217;s French Canadian working class population. 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