A VERY NICE REDECORATION OF AN A-FRAME CHURCH BUILDING, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, ONE MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR FLAW OR TWO!

 These are photos of Saint Mary of the Assumption in Taylor, Texas (not Tyler):

BEFORE:

AFTER:

The redecoration of Saint Mary of the Assumption Church is beautiful, especially in an A-Frame building. 

But and there are two buts:

But Number 1: the freestanding new altar is nice. But it is way, way, way too low, meaning three steps below the altar that is behind it, which, btw, is exactly the right height! That new free standing altar is only two steps up from the nave of the church. In a full church, the only people that will be able to see the new altar are the people in the first pew. What were they thinking? If the new free standing altar had been place on the same level as the attached altar table, that problem would be solved. What were they thinking?

But Number 2: the ambo/pulpit is beautiful. But look at how it hides the new free standing altar. It appears to me that a priest or layperson standing in the pulpit would be the right height and seen very well as it is the same height as the third step to the old attached altar. What were they thinking when they made the pulpit higher than the free standing new altar? Why oh Lord! Why?

You can read the full article and more photos at the Liturgical Arts Journal HERE.