Well, there it is

St. Callistus Catholic Church moves to Crystal Cathedral site

"St. Callistus families celebrate Mass on the former Crystal Cathedral grounds, embracing a new home nearly four times the size of their former place of worship."

I was surprised by the purchase, but it has gone ahead...

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For your Sunday worship...

New Zealand quake city opens cardboard cathedral designed by architect Shigeru Ban

Next it will be a recycled soft drink bottle cathedral. (Not a bad idea, really...)

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The modern church. Literally.

10 Bizarrely Beautiful Modern Churches

Here's an article for everyone who is upset because they think their new cathedral/parish church/chapel is too modern.

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Today's word



Today's word is Phalanstère.

I found the word in an article about Antoni Gaudí, an architect and artist who I think was a genius and who has even had his cause for sainthood put forward to the Vatican. His architecture is magnificent!

Because his birthday was June 25, I looked up some interesting articles about him and his work. The first one below is about his most famous work and where he may have tried out some of his ideas.


Antoni Gaudí: a doodle for the master architect of the Sagrada Familia

This one discusses his genius and why he deserves his "Google Doodle"...

Why Gaudí's birthday deserves its Google doodle celebration

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All they know

is that they really don't know.

Ancient Stone Markings in Jerusalem Stump Experts

None-the-less, now the academic arguing and fighting will begin...

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Essentially

another underground tunnel. There's something about them...

The Wieliczka Salt Mine: Underground city of salt

I saw a program about this mine some years ago. It was fascinating. I really do find the things we do to create 'normalcy' around us intriguing. This salt mine is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here's the Wikipedia article about it...

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More fascinating royalty

Herrenchiemsee Castle: King Ludwig II’s island retreat

Unless someone left a hidden diary, the truth of the King's death will never be known. If this were to happen today, however, people would be competing for the book rights. Times have changed...

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The ever-interesting

Winchester Mystery House: The building project of a lifetime

I've posted about this before, but this article is from a great website, and I've always been fascinated by this story since I first saw reference to it on 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not' many, many years ago.

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I've always been fascinated

by both this castle and the life and death of Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Neuschwanstein Castle: King Ludwig II’s tribute to Wagner

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This,

is a useful creation...

Portmeirion, The Folly of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis

and architecturally very appealing, apparently.

This, on the other hand,

Coral Castle

is an architectural curiousity and, in some ways, a mystery...

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Justifying

their own size...

Warren: Megachurches, Multi-Site Venues Are Biblical

Just so no one is confused, but by 'Biblical' he means they are either mentioned or alluded to in the Bible, either directly or by extrapolation, and not that Scripture was approving of them. Just saying.

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An editorial writer,


whom I've noticed in previous articles is quite traditional in his Catholicism, really does sneer at this particular church...

Why Catholic churches are like shabby department stores

I'm sure this poor church would be happy to replace the "highly coloured cheap chasubles (also polyester)" with beautiful, expensive vestments, if only they could afford them. Perhaps a large-ish donation from a Telegraph editorial writer could help them out?

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Follow the people's paths...

"First life, then spaces, then buildings. The other way around never works." - Jan Gehl, world-renowned architect and urban visionary

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But it's not a miracle

Genius of medieval church builders rediscovered with a crucifix that is only illuminated twice a year

It's a feat of engineering and architecture...

What technology lets us do


How to move the 700-year-old church

I live in a country that is so young, it's hard to even imagine a building that old let along think about moving it. Here they just rip them down and put up cement blocks...

Seeing some of these

would be an awesome experience (which was their original intent, I think - to create a sense of awe and leave a sense of the grandeur and greatness of God).


List Of Highest Church Naves

(Of course, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, etc., etc., and so on would be a good thing to do with all the $ that was raised to build these cathedrals. Never mind me. I'm grumpy today...)

Jesus didn't need them

but Jerusalem still had the Temple.

Amazing Divinely Designed Churches

Some of these are just incredible. Personally, I've always enjoyed Gaudí's architecture...

A philosphy of architecture

Cities for Living

"Antimodernist Léon Krier designs urban environments to human scale."

And a good thing, too...

God bless the person

whoever it is. Sometimes we have to save our history as well as our houses of worship.

Donor Gives $20 Million to Revive a Historic Church

For some people $20 million is pocket change. I really can't imagine these sums of money people talk about these days...

Some of the 'churched' do, also

Unchurched Prefer Cathedrals Over Contemporary Church Buildings

If for no other reason than some of the new architecture can be downright ugly, as well as impractical. I think a lot of architecture is all about trying to do something that seems like it can't be done...