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Tag Archives: Liturgical Elements
Beautiful in Construction | The Task of the Church Architect
Here is another excerpt from the text I had mentioned in my previous post. In this passage the author, writing almost sixty years ago, touches briefly on the needs of a church building, and describes the ways in which an … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture and Design, Building a Church, Liturgy and Liturgical Resources, The Bookshelf
Tagged Beauty, Books, church buidlings, Liturgical Elements, Liturgy, Sacred Architecture, Signs and Symbols, tradition
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The Church Building: an Act of Worship, a Prayer in Stone
I recently came across a rather plain looking book in the office of another fellow Catholic architect. The book’s cover caught my eye because it was noticeably older than most of the volumes on the shelf. I was pleased to see its title – Church Building & Furnishing: The Church’s Way, A Study in Liturgical Law. Authored by J. B. O’Connell and published in 1955, its approach and contents are particularly interesting – the presentation of the ways in which a church building participates in the sacred liturgy within and according to the Church’s liturgical law and rubrics. I have included a wonderful excerpt from the introductory chapter regarding the nature of each and every church building as it relates to its specifically liturgical origin and purpose. Continue reading
Posted in Architecture and Design, Building a Church, Liturgy and Liturgical Resources, The Bookshelf
Tagged Beauty, Books, church buidlings, Liturgical Elements, Liturgy, Resources, Sacred Architecture, Sacred Art, tradition
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The Tabernacle: A church within a church
Our church buildings, and the Holy Mass itself, are filled with signs and symbols of great meaning and value. They gather up the goods of creation and “through the work of human hands” they show back to us important truths of the faith. Continue reading
Posted in Architecture and Design, Liturgy and Liturgical Resources
Tagged Body of Christ, Catechism, church buidlings, Liturgical Elements, Liturgy, sacramental signs, Signs and Symbols, Tabernacle
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