This moving photo shows you how this church was designed. Then in the 1970's how it was renovated to have the altar not in the sanctuary but on the side so that the so-called new ecclesiology could be imposed on the liturgy and that dreadful practice of reserving the Blessed Sacrament could be as far away from the altar as possible so as not to confuse the laity. Fortunately the church was restored:
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The “church in the round” format simply does not work with basilica style or cruciform church buildings. I don’t mind experimentation with new buildings, but please do not convert old churches to a format totally alien to their structure.
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