Ideas: Renovating Sacred Heart, Peoria IL

One day in January of 1206 A.D. St. Francis paid a visit to San Damiano, a decrepit church on the outskirts of Assisi. There he knelt in prayer before an ancient icon depicting Christ Crucified, with Our Lady and St. John standing beneath His right arm. Suddenly a voice came forth from the icon and [...]

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Ideas: Renovating St. Aloysius, New Canaan CT

The first St. Aloysius Church was built in New Canaan Connecticut in 1862. The third St. Aloysius Church was built in 1967 as a modern, plain white-box space with the feel of an auditorium:

In 1995, the members of St. Aloysius asked Catholic architect Henry Hardinge Menzies to reorder the interior and exterior of the building. [...]

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Renovating St. Hubert’s, Hoffman Estates IL

Church with northwest suburban location? Check!
Brick and Block Construction? Check!
Pendant Lights? Check!
Glue Lams? Check!
Remodeling Project? Check!
Oh - you must be talking about St. Hubert’s!

St. Hubert is a Roman Catholic Church located in Hoffman Estates, IL about 30 miles northwest of Chicago. St. Hubert Parish offers a school (pre-school through 8th grade), religious education program, youth [...]

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Ideas: Renovating St. Aloysius, Olivia MN

Part of the Diocese of New Ulm, St. Aloysius Church in Olivia Minnesota has been recognized as an outstanding renovation. I came across it through a video on the web page for Station KSTP Channel 5 in the Twin Cities. The video, part of KSTP’s Pursuit of Excellence series, shows how and what the [...]

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Ideas: How to Reorder a Church

Father Tim Finigan points out another Duncan Stroik project for reordering a church on his blog “The Hermeneutic of Continuity“. The project is to reorder a small daily use chapel.
Here’s the Before:

Here’s the After:

Wow!
See more images of this project on Duncan Stroik’s web site.
Fr. Finigan is pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary in Blackfen [...]

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Ideas: A Pastor Renovates His Church

Via the Shrine of the Holy Whapping blog, here’s a look at the renovation of The Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Miami, Florida. Architecture student Matthew writes:
Readers may recall almost exactly a year ago I posted a few sketches for a new front elevation for Visitation Catholic Church in [...]

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Ideas: Design on a Dime

On the New Liturgical Movement blog, author Shawn Tribe has a feature he calls, “Budget Parish Re-design”.
Shawn proposed his first effort last year. His goal was to change the space without swapping altars or constructing anything.
Speaking generally, I believe the focus for a relatively inexpensive revision which can help re-orient and re-enchant parish liturgy, ought [...]

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Ideas: St. Theresa in Sugarland Texas

The Ideas category is intended to be a collection of images, photographs and sketches that can offer ideas to the committee.
The first examples are from the renovation of St. Theresa in Sugarland, Texas. Here’s the exterior:

The interior, before the renovation:

The interior, after the renovation:

Original images posted by the Carolina Cannonball on The Crescat blog. See [...]

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