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Analysis of 'Built of Living Stones' By Duncan G. Stroik |
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Dioceses and Catholics need to return to the ideal of our forefathers that constructing a
church is a long term spiritual investment.
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People often ask me what texts one should read in preparation for designing or renovating a Catholic church. I typically recommend starting with Church documents such as 'Sacrosanctum Concilium,' the 'General Instruction on the Roman Missal,' the 'Rite for the Dedication of a Church,' a few paragraphs in Canon Law, the Cathechism, 'Opera Artis' and Pope John Paul II’s 'Letter to Artists.'
In addition to these short passages, I suggest turning to well written tomes on the history of architecture, to be accompanied by books written specifically for this purpose such as O’Connell’s Church Building and Furnishing, Roulin’s Modern Church Architecture and Rose’s Ugly As Sin.
While the Church documents define the liturgical and canonical...
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