Let me say, first of all, the after/after is far better and more exquisite than the after.
While I like the original look of the church and it fits the culture of the people for whom it was built, it is a bit cluttered with greenery and statuary but that could have been rectified with minor adjustments. It did not need the first after which basically turned it into a Presbyterian church that would have shocked Martin Luther.
But let’s focus on the after/after renovation:
1. Are those two giant screen televisions above the side altars??????? PLEASE TELL ME NO!!!!!
2. The new altar, from the distance of this photo seems like a box and doesn’t stand out well from the reredos behind it.
3. The reredos needs the six tall candlesticks and maybe these are coming.
5. I am not sure I personally like the dark brown tones or the altars and framing.
6. I don’t personally like the dark blue highlight in the ceiling and elsewhere—the baby blue is much more to my liking—but 5 & 6 are matters of taste, of course, not liturgy.
But yes, a nice after/after but I think more of a before look for the after/after might have been better.
4 comments:
I think they are TV screens, alas.
There is no need for the altar of sacrifice to "stand out" from what is behind or around it. I would make the case that it should, rather, fit into a consistent decoration/architectural scheme. If you want to mmake the altar of sacrifice "stand out," simply remove the old altar and use the materials to create a very attractive, but much less imposing, pedastal for the tabernacle. I would add it is difficult to pass judgment with only one view - people sitting in the pews to the left and right have a different view.
The six candle fetish is just that. They are not needed. If wanted, that's fine.
To me, the brown warms us a space that is otherwise very cool - the white, the cream, the deep blue. Plus, the brown in the sanctuary carries forward the brown of the pews, making a visual connection.
The original ethnicity of the parish was Bohemian, so those folks would have felt right at home. The wreckovation would have made Luther blush. The current look, while much better, has some deficiencies, like the ones you pointed out but could be rectified over time. It appears to be a vibrant, mostly Hispanic parish now. Too bad they did not follow St. Odilo’s lead in neighboring Berwyn and have a Latin language Mass on Sunday to avoid the Balkanization approach to modern day Catholicism
Only a person who votes for a Party that believes abortion is “healthcare” would call the desire to have a 6 candle arrangement a “fetish”
Father McDonald,
You will enjoy this:
https://www.institute-christ-king.org/1184-church-restoration-in-sulphur-a-new-reredos
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