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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 ...
New capital grants available for historic churches

New capital grants available for historic churches

Emmanuel Baptist Church in Albany, NY has been a client of Foresight Architects for over twenty years. During that period ...
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Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

"A gleaming retro-Byzantine confection of Roman columns and religious iconography,..." is how this basilica is described on Viator's website describing Lyon attractions ...
Building on faith in Cohoes

Building on faith in Cohoes

From the day I first met Pastor Wendell Williams (September 21, 2009), I knew that he was a man of tremendous faith ...
Emmanuel Baptist Church received a grant from the New York Landmarks Society for restoration work.

Helping Historic Houses of Worship

Traditional Building magazine is a well known, established source for historic building products. Not surprisingly, they occasionally feature places of ...
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Two King’s Chapels

King Louis IX was quite a remarkable man and leader. The only French monarch to be canonized, he had a ...
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Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Did you know that Victor Hugo had a significant role in the life of Notre-Dame de Paris (as the cathedral ...
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Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France

Little did I know, when I arrived at the Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres that I would be walking into the midst ...
St. Moritz Church, Augsburg, Germany Photo © Gilbert McCarragher

Does your church feel more like a museum than a place of worship?

In these days of diminishing urban congregations still trying to hold onto beautiful historic buildings, sometimes it is not hard ...
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The mystery of the Guardian Angel relics

When the Church of the Guardian Angel in Allendale, NJ was built in the 1950's, it had a beautiful black ...