Dr. Denis McNamara of the Liturgical Institute at Mundelein Seminary in Illinois is an expert on ecclesiastical architecture and is a major figure in today’s liturgical renewal, consulting on many church renovation projects. He’s the author of Catholic Church Architecture and the Spirit of the Liturgy as well as How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture. He’s put together a series of ten videos of roughly seven minutes each explaining what ecclesiastical architecture is and should be. As Catholics begin the Year of Faith and celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, it’s important to learn about good liturgy and architecture for the sake of the new evangelization. I’ve gathered them all here for you here at the Christian Leadership Center.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 8:42 PM
October 16th, 2012 | 10:28 pm
Thank you so much Mr. Huizenga. Denis McNamera’s comments at Sacred Architecture are always worthwhile. He has questioned for example the repurposing of the old Crystal Cathedral in California. I hope he addresses some of the more prominent misconceived projects. Not long ago Anthony Daniels (aka Theodore Dalrymple) wrote about the “brutish” structure that replaced the bombed Coventry Cathedral. The replacement sends you running to kneel in the nearby ruins.
October 17th, 2012 | 7:01 am
[...] MID-DAY EXTRA Published October 17, 2012 Anno Domini Denis McNamara Series on Church Architecture – Leroy Huizenga, First [...]
October 17th, 2012 | 10:12 am
(inserting shameless plug here) Don’t forget Denis Mc’s masterful work on Heavenly City, the Chicago Catholic Architectural book.
http://www.amazon.com/Heavenly-City-Architectural-Tradition-Catholic/dp/1568545037
October 17th, 2012 | 2:19 pm
What about this one?
http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2012/04/know-any-rich-benefactors.html
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