WELL, I’LL GIVE THEM AN “E” FOR “EFFORT” BUT, TO BE FRANK, IT MAKES ME DIZZY AND SEASICK! IT’S JUST TOO MUCH AND TOO BUSY AND EYE DISORIENTING!

 To be honest with you the “before” plain look isn’t that bad. I don’t think the church needed to be duded up as much as it is. It is too much and too eye-disorienting. The “after” ceiling approach should have been the approach to the walls.

And then you have that busy red carpet runner adding to the seasickness! 

While I like the attached altar, it should have had the ability for the Mass to be celebrated toward the nave too. The reason I say this is because that diocese might get a bishop who will demand that the Mass be celebrated toward the nave. Then they’ll have to put another altar out in front of the current one and you once again have the two back to back altars that so many places have and even with new construction. It makes no sense to me!

Before and After: St. Ann's Catholic Church in Plattsburg, Missouri

Before:

After:

(Mystery question): If you look above, there is a door to the sacristy, where the Sacred Heart statute is in the first photo below. How does one access the sacristy now, as there appears to be no door to it behind the altar?