This sanctuary is decorated for Lent. I don’t think we’re even ready for a “blue-ish” purple vs. “red-ish” purple conversation here.
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This sanctuary is decorated for Lent. I don’t think we’re even ready for a “blue-ish” purple vs. “red-ish” purple conversation here.
Read moreWe must ask ourselves some difficult questions about the identity and messages that we want to convey through our architecture.
Read moreLiturgy must be spatially activated so that it takes place among the assembly, not simply before their eyes.
Read more“It’s not 60s flares, really, which soon die and you’re embarrassed by. There’s something very ancient about this building, which gives it a rootedness.”
Read more“Modernizing the Catholic Church usually doesn’t refer to architecture. But it should.”
Read more“Usually, churches aren’t hard to spot, and often their designs seem to follow quite traditional and recognizable architectural templates. Having said that, in the past century some congregations and church leaders have chosen to push the aesthetic limits of church architecture and design.”
Read more“In the West, copying signals a lack of imagination. But in China… ‘mimicry is actually a form of mastery, in a symbolic sense.'”
Read moreWhile the blogosphere abounds with drastic “before” and “after” photos of church renovations, the St. Mary’s project is worth noting because of its sheer reasonableness.
Read moreThe winner of the design competition for the new Cathédrale Notre Dame de l’Assomption in Port-au-Prince, Haiti was unveiled today. The winning design was selected from among 134 entrants.
Read moreIn 1967, the congregation of St. John Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Seward, Nebraska made a bold move.
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