tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post1006322904273354468..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: BUILDING ENTHUSIAM?Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-44660940725256400502007-06-23T07:20:00.000-07:002007-06-23T07:20:00.000-07:00I know what you mean, Father. We attended Mass in ...I know what you mean, Father. We attended Mass in that dismal edifice, and couldn't believe how much more inspiring the local McDonald's was, where we ate breakfast afterwards. At least it had a nice view of the lake!<BR/>Take heart, however, here is an example of architecture done right, as St. Anthony's HS on Long Island is constructing a chapel in the school courtyard which is a replica of a 12th century church found in New York's cloister museum. http://causa-nostrae-laetitiae.blogspot.com/2006/12/more-good-news-on-long-island-st.htmlLeticiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08170455690163831806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-29468070949405476312007-06-22T21:52:00.000-07:002007-06-22T21:52:00.000-07:00...and someday, maybe, we'll get simple, yet faith......and someday, maybe, we'll get simple, yet faith inspiring, community-building church buildings that are full of symbolism and art and reverant relevance and which express outwardly that which is transforming us interiorly.<BR/><BR/>i believe it is all G-d's ... we truly are mere stewards, and at the same time i don't believe that he who spends the most will achieve the most in the design and construction of our houses of faith and worship.<BR/><BR/>just don't use Fr Richard Vosko as a design consultant.<BR/><BR/>Fr. V ... are you familiar enough with his work to commment - or maybe your opinion is different than mine?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-36850564281782074072007-06-22T14:39:00.000-07:002007-06-22T14:39:00.000-07:00No, we won't be building cathedrals anymore, not o...No, we won't be building cathedrals anymore, not on a regular basis (though that has nothing to do with making CRAP like so many "church buildings" are.) <BR/><BR/>A chapel can be modest and beautiful. I attend the TLM in a tiny mission chapel, formerly abandoned, that can't hold more than 60-70 people. It is small but clearly Catholic.<BR/><BR/>As for cathedrals, we do not have Catholic communities anymore. In the big Eastern cities (Baltimore, New York, Pittsburgh, etc) I suspect that we have Catholic <BR/>"populations" rather than Catholic communities. By this I mean that many people are Catholic but they no longer know each other and no longer participate in "parish life" together. They just zoom in for mass now and then. I think you have to have a fairly large and fairly "tight" group of people to dream, build and maintain a place like a cathedral.<BR/><BR/>I don't mean this as a slur against anyone. It is just a development of modern society, transportation, etc. Time will tell what aspects of our old culture will shed and what new ones (like this blog) arise.<BR/><BR/>Maybe, someday, people will say, "You know, we don't make Catholic blogs like we used to. <BR/><BR/>And there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028190531437571201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-15612044177594961692007-06-22T13:18:00.000-07:002007-06-22T13:18:00.000-07:00Darth Vader's head! I'll be laughing all night!Darth Vader's head! I'll be laughing all night!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-75592062518037493622007-06-22T12:02:00.000-07:002007-06-22T12:02:00.000-07:00LOL!THAT will have me chuckling all day.LOL!<BR/><BR/>THAT will have me chuckling all day.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-77078267607627789012007-06-22T11:08:00.000-07:002007-06-22T11:08:00.000-07:00My parish's church building looks kinda like a big...My parish's church building looks kinda like a big Pizza Hut. But, it's not as bad as St. Pascal's. Their church looks like Darth Vader's head. Perhaps I.M.Pei got his inspiration for the Rock Hall eyesore from it. Hmm....Maybe the Rock Hall was originally a Catholic Church design.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com