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Archive for category Art and Architecture

Open discussion: Accessible worship

Steps and sound can pose obstacles for people who visit our churches. How can we make sure that all who would like to worship with us are able to?

Antoni Gaudí, God’s Engineer

P.J. O’Rourke, writing for The Atlantic, praises the work of 19th-century Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudí.

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Porcupines

Test your biblical knowledge against a medieval cathedral.

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Did you attend Assumption in a tree?

In Allouville-Bellefosse, you can go to mass in an 800-year-old tree.

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Open Discussion: What do you notice when you visit other churches?

What do you notice when you visit another church?

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Congratulations, St. John’s!

St. John’s Abbey Church was featured by Minnesota Public Radio in its “Celebrating Minnesota Architecture” series today.

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Inside Out

How does your church present its face to the outside world? When passersby see your church building, for instance, what do they glean about the community that worships inside?

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The Ambo at St. Peter’s and Pope Benedict’s Liturgical Agenda

It’s just a piece of furniture, so why be interested in this?

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The Crystal Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange?

Yes, you read that correctly.

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Sacred Art – Recapturing a Treasure

by Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli, Paterson, New Jersey
“Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Modern and Post-Modern: there is no one style that the Church has canonized.”

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