Category: Art and Architecture
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Canterbury Cathedral to hold alcoholic ‘rave in the nave’
JAMES HADLEY, OblSB — The Church of England is becoming notorious for holding secular events in the country’s cathedrals in the name of Christian outreach – often times without a sense of boundaries giving offense to dedicated Christians whose presence and stewardship make possible the life of the church….
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Concordia Seminary’s New Stained Glass Windows
EDITOR — The new glass, created by artist Rich Buswell of Lynchburg Stained Glass of Lynchburg, VA, celebrates the mission and ministry of Concordia Seminary.
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Undamaged Windows of Notre Dame to be Replaced
EDITOR — “This project, announced by President Emmanuel Macron in December with the support of the Archdiocese of Paris, has since been strongly criticized by various experts, not least because the stained-glass windows in question were completely spared by the fire.”
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Handwritten liturgical manuscripts
All of us are familiar with the liturgical books of earlier centuries and, in particular, from centuries predating the invention of the printing press. The scholarly editions of such works as the Ordines Romani are mainstays of liturgical scholarship. Yet once liturgical books began to be printed, the custom of having handwritten manuscripts fell out…
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Windows on the World
How do our worship spaces inform our sense of creation?
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How Big is Too Big?
In May 1999 Pope St. John Paul II warned the Bishops of Ontario on their Their Ad Limina Visit, “the anonymity of the city cannot be allowed to enter our Eucharistic communities.” I remembered this point recently when reading two news articles. The first is about the dedication of the new St. Charles Borromeo Church,…
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Brief Book Review: Imagining Our Neighbors As Ourselves
To the degree that we can see ourselves reflected in particular characters, we can begin the work of engaging with their stories to critique our own way of being.
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Christmas 2022: Of Cooks and Code-switches
What happened in Bethlehem, after all,turns all expectations of what constitutes normality on its head.
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Liturgical Art and Scandal
Headlines in the Catholic media have recently focused on a series of scandals related to Fr. Marko Rupnik. Rupnik is perhaps the most famous living artist who specializes in the decoration of Catholic churches. Since 1995 he has been the director of the Spiritual Arts division of the Aletti Center attached to the Pontifical Oriental…