Harrison Design and the Church of Mary Our Queen in Peachtree Corners, Georgia
The architects at Harrison Design , a firm based out of Atlanta, Georgia with various other satellite offices, undertood a project in recent years to design a new church for the parish of Mary, Our Queen in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Harrison Design themselves note that the…
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A step stool?
Other pictures online show that there is a credence table directly behind the altar. It looks like it is built in.
I found a YouTube video - there are steps hidden behind the low wall behind the altar. These allow access to the tabernacle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKTvgcTSCoE
The link doesn’t show the tabernacle access. The credence table where it is is odd! The music off-putting too! Sheesh! Where to I find an image for the tabernacle access?
I see this even at our Cathedral, rather than the server handing the priest the water and wine, it is placed on the altar and the server takes it away—when and why did that develop????
To diminish the role of the altarboy?
In the video the first two steps on the left side can be seen even with the candlestick's bobeche.
I've never understood placing the cruets on the altar.
Is this the same parish that wanted to move an entire Catholic church building brick-by-brick from Buffalo, NY to the Archdiocese of Atlanta?
It looks to me that you drag one of those chairs over towards the tabernacle, stand on it to climb onto the false Altar to gain access.
Yes, but it would have cost twice as much to move that Church than to build a reasonable replica. I do believe the altars and other furnishings from the Buffalo Church did get incorporated into this new church.
Thanks for the update. When I first read about the plan to move the actual church building, I thought it was a pipe dream and not cost effective. I am glad the beautiful church furnishings were put to good use in Georgia. However, it makes me sad that the parish in Buffalo closed. I hope the old building has not been profaned like some of my friends home parishes that were turned into a skating rink and an arcade.
I have been to Mass at this church many times over the last three years. It is a wonderful parish. The video seems to be an older one, pretty sure before the current pastor came. To get a better perspective reference a recent live stream…..beautiful and reverent liturgy, excellent traditional music. Many young families attend. They are in the process of acquiring stunning murals for the apse behind the tabernacle.
As for the access to the tabernacle there are steps behind the front of the old high altar. I have not been back there but I see them reposing the Sacrament after communion, and there are definitely steps!
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