Altars, Font and Ambo

Architect Adam Hermanson shares these design images of the sacramental furnishings.
Main Altar:

Altar of Repose:

Ambo:

Baptismal Font:

See also:

GIRM: The Altar and Its Appointments

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Halloween Church: Sedlec Ossuary

HAMLET
How long will a man lie i’ the earth ere he rot?
FIRST CLOWN
I’ faith, if he be not rotten before he die–as we have many pocky corses now-a-days, that will scarce hold the laying in–he will last you some eight year or nine year.
Hamlet | Act 5, Scene 1

Outside of Kutna Hora in the [...]

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ArchitectColorado 2: Holy Trinity Renovation

The summer 2009 issue of ArchitectColorado includes two features on projects at Holy Trinity. ArchitectColorado is the professional journal of the Colorado Component of the American Institute of Architects. Our architect, Adam Hermanson is a member of the AIA. This issue has a focus on religious architecture. Holy Trinity and Integration Design Group are featured in [...]

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ArchitectColorado 1: Holy Trinity’s Adoration Chapel

The summer 2009 issue of ArchitectColorado includes two features on projects at Holy Trinity. ArchitectColorado is the professional journal of the Colorado Component of the American Institute of Architects. This issue has a focus on religious architecture. Holy Trinity and Integration Design Group are featured in two articles.
The first article is “A Shared Vision of the [...]

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Peetz Stained Glass

Recently, the Remodeling Committee has been looking at stained glass. We’re going to need some beautiful stained glass windows to make our new design work. On top of the artistic challenge, the windows also have a challenge of being close to the viewer (eye level) instead of some distance away.
According to an expert consulting with [...]

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From Westminster: Meeting Held

An update from Community Development at the City of Westminster:
Meeting held for Holy Trinity
(Apr 17, 2009)
On Tuesday, April 14, a neighborhood meeting was held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
The church is proposing to rezone from R-1 (single-family residential) to PUD (planned unit development).
The rezoning would bring the church into compliance with setbacks and heights that [...]

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Removing the Bell Tower: Moaning about Zoning (1)

First and foremost – the following posting is the personal opinion of Troy C. Bettinger, and does not necessarily reflect the position of the Holy Trinity Remodeling Committee, the Pastor and Staff of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, the project architect, or the Archdiocese of Denver. Troy is neither a zoning expert nor is he a [...]

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Removing the Bell Tower: Introduction

Dear Holy Trinity family -
At the 11:00AM Mass today, Father Ricci announced that the bell tower must be removed from the new facade in order for our remodeling project to proceed. This hard decision is the result of a zoning surprise that Westminster shocked us with late last month.
We have a full back story involving [...]

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Let’s Play “Church or Prison?”

Courtesy of Carolina at The Crescat, here’s an interesting contest. The goal is to correctly tag images of 12 structures as either a Catholic Church or as a Prison/Utilitarian structure.  So far, nobody has it right yet.
Here are a couple of samples so you can see what she’s talking about:

Hat tip on this one to [...]

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On-line Project Folder

At the “Thank-you” dinner, Father Hilton distributed project folders to those attending. The images of the proposed design are included below.  Click for a PDF version of each document.

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