[Pyro7480]

We don't know what Fr. Fessio thinks of this. Though he is chancellor, he may have little to no control over this aspect, since Monaghan is the "big man."

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Maybe, but we run the risk of falling into the same argument used with the Pope, "the guy in charge has no power or knowledge to control the problem."

The buck stops with Father Fessio. I can't believe he, as a priest and chancellor, didn't see this drawing from day one. I'll bet money he told the architect what he wanted. This is bigger than Monaghan.

[Between the Lines]

From: Ave Maria University to feature largest Catholic church, crucifix---Freep News

Administrators at Ave Maria University, the country's first new Roman Catholic university in four decades, outlined plans Wednesday to build a bold campus that would include one of the nation's largest Catholic churches and crucifixes.

snip- Officials said the oratory would be the largest fixed-seating Catholic church in the nation, holding capacity for 3,333 to 3,500 congregants. Embedded into its front facade would be a 65-foot red-tinted glass cross with a 40-foot corpus, or body of Christ.

Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza and former owner of the Detroit Tigers, said the church would be the center of the university and "the very thing that reminds us of what we're about," symbolizing the campus "like the Golden Dome is the symbol of Notre Dame."

I find it interesting that Monaghan would want to build the world's largest crucifix in two locations. See: Monaghan proposes world's largest crucifix---Detroit News

[Maximilian]

We don't know what Fr. Fessio thinks of this. Though he is chancellor, he may have little to no control over this aspect, since Monaghan is the "big man."

And you think this makes things better? Doesn't this sound like a perfect recipe for disaster? And a overturning of the proper and traditional hierarchy in all church-related projects? Doesn't this mean that the entire foundation of the whole project, and not just the design of this church, is fundamentally unsound?