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The Renovation of the Milwaukee Cathedral By Fr. William Turner |
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The cathedral’s new liturgical design seems to repeat what so many ill-conceived
renovations have done in the recent past.
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The renovation of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received national and even international attention in 2001-2002. Publicity culminated in an uncharacteristic intervention from Rome by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Usually reticent to interfere in the local Church, Rome made an exception in this case, causing many American Catholics and hierarchy to question the reason for such action. What was Rome’s authority in such local policies as placement of organs, tabernacles, church architecture, and could they veto or delay the local bishop’s decisions on these matters? The archbishop felt the dissension came from only a small number of detractors, who had gained the ear of the Roman authorities. He was required to submit his position to officials in Rome, who had asked that he delay continuance of a renovation that was virtually past the...
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