Category: Personal

Photos of the interior of Corpus Christi Church in Round Lake, NY and of James Hundt at his desk in his office in Schenectady

Jim’s Story – 27-year retrospective

It's been seven years since the last post in the continuing saga of Jim's story. Last October, while writing an ...
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Why I am so very grateful for the Second Vatican Council

I was not quite 5 years old when Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council and had just turned ...
Choir director at Black Catholic Apostolate

Plenty Good Room at Black Catholic Apostolate

Plenty Good Room: The Spirit and Truth of African American Catholic Worship is the title of the 1990 liturgical document ...
Sagrada Familia

Extraordinary Architectural Experiences

Speaking of the Sagrada Familia, I recently saw a reference to an article published several years ago in Faith & ...
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Jim’s Story – Part Three

When he started the firm in 1993 and decided to specialize in church design, Jim had every intention of making ...
baby changing stations in churches

Thoughts for Father’s Day 2014

The very first church I ever designed - Helderberg Reformed Church - was back in 1986. At that time, public ...
Our Lady of Mercy Church after the 1970's renovation

Our Lady of Mercy converted!

Last night I attended an event at Macedonia Baptist Church in Albany, NY hosted by the Men's Fellowship. After the ...
St. Patrick's Church

What to do with all these closed churches?

The demolition of St. Patrick's Church in Watervliet, NY earlier this year was one of the saddest things I've seen ...
TCC Exterior

Jim’s Story – Part Two

Once he got to high school, he exchanged his boyhood moniker of Jimmy for the more mature "Jim". He took ...
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Jim’s Story – Part One

Once upon a time there was a boy named Jimmy. Jimmy was a very creative boy. He liked to sing ...