[IbJensen]

No votive candles, statues, proper crucifixes, confessionals and the tabernacle, in many instances, cannot be found.

The New Order churches look more like aircraft hangars than sacred houses of worship!

[Sergio]

Bookmark.

[Jedidah]

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man’s design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.”

Acts 17: 24-30

[SnakeDoctor]

There are certainly bigger problems for Christians to worry about in this world than how pretty our buildings are. No building we can create is near glorious enough, and, honestly, I figure He’d rather we put the money toward better causes than ornate architecture.

Keep your eye on the ball.

SnakeDoc

[afraidfortherepublic]

FTA:

Unfortunately, that’s what the Diocese of Milwaukee got when they employed Vosko to redo the Milwaukee’s cathedral of Saint John. Archbishop Rembert Weakland was in command at the time, a name you may recognize from today’s news. Weakland’s plans to denude the old cathedral, especially the 40-foot high marble canopy over the high altar—something he decried as having “no artistic or historic value,” met with Vatican censure. But Weakland went ahead and did it anyway and now, the cathedral, denuded and stark, stands as a testament to fashionable bad taste.

People wanted to buy the architectural features that were ripped out of the Cathedral -- columns, pediments, brackets, etc. Weakland claimed that they crumbled when being removed and could not be saved. I think that the crucifix over the altar is just bizarre. The throns are larger than the Christ figure. See below:

This photo is taken from the choir loft, but the ordinary worshiper does not view that crucifix from the same angle:

I just learned today that it is made of FIBERGLASS!

I do like the colors they chose for the renovation. THey are lovely.

[DesScorp]

There’s nothing worse in architecture than a flat, ugly, modernist church. Give me gargoyles, statues, granite, and flying buttresses any day.

[mc5cents]

Well not everywhere. Here in Buffalo, NY we have some beautiful churches. Here are just two examples.

Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna, NY

St. Casimir, Buffalo, NY

[schmootman]

Father Vosko holds degrees in neither architecture nor liturgy; in fact, he wrote his doctoral thesis on adult education. The secret to his “success” is his ability to manipulate parish meetings and marginalize orthodox dissenters.

[Tanniker Smith]

I have to say that I actually do sit in a gym during Mass. The wall separating the gym from the Church proper is folded back on Sunday. This probably won’t last much longer. Attendance is down due to changing demographics and an aging congregation so that soon, if they don’t close the church, the entire congregation will be able to fit in the chapel, except on Palm Sunday.

[redhead]

Go HERE. Get this. READ.

[redhead]

"The New Order churches look more like aircraft hangars than sacred houses of worship!"

The ones I saw out in MN looked mostly like gyms or basketball courts.