Category: Publications
Renovating Sustainably – “The Mother of All Models”
Ten years after the Motherhouse renovation, the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Monroe, MI, repeated history, ...
Gothic Revival
The year was 1999. Our firm had been asked to design a new Catholic church in a suburban area of ...
Commissioning Prayer
In all my years working with churches, I have never been commissioned before I started working with a congregation. The ...
Church of Corpus Christi – Reflection of Community Identity
The story of the design of Corpus Christi Church starts with a congregation that knew not only who they were ...
Eco-Theology in Parish Consolidations
When used along with the word “parish”, the word “consolidation” has a long list of negative connotations. Other words such ...
Collaboration in Design: The Architect – Liturgical Design Consultant Relationship
Although you won’t find the word in the Bible, thousands of other books have been written about the subject of ...
Church artifacts finding unusual homes
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The altar was old. It was ornate. And it was on the gambling floor of the Hard ...
Catholic and Sustainable: A Green Approach to Church Architecture
Liturgical design consultant and art historian Carol Frenning answers the question: How do green buildings, solar alternatives, and LEED (Leadership in Energy ...
Vision Fulfilled – A Parish Journey of Worship Space Renewal
Our Lady of Fatima Church was a fairly typical suburban Catholic church building. Designed and built in 1955 as the ...
Christ the King Church, Guilderland, NY
This new, sixteen-sided church seats up to 750 people and combines design elements of early Romanesque churches with modern liturgical ...