architecture

church beauty

Nov 8, 2023

We call things beautiful when they reveal to us their inner essence, their reality as understood in the mind of God

a cathedral teaches

Jan 13, 2020

There is an old adage that we build our buildings and then our buildings build us. This is most true of a Catholic church

building blocks

Nov 3, 2016

Today's offering from The Liturgy Guys is especially timely for the parishes in our Christchurch diocese that are in the process of building or restoring churches. The...

build or restore?

Oct 26, 2016

The gift of Tradition In recent months I have been invited to meetings at several Christchurch Diocese parishes which are facing the building or restoring of churches...

over the hill

Sep 15, 2016

On Tuesday afternoon I drove "over the hill" to the West Coast for an evening adult formation session for the parishes of the West Coast. The drive across the alps was...

a new earth

Aug 5, 2016

This week-end's (6 August) feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus has got me thinking again about church building. Let me explain the connection. In recent weeks I have...

building a church

Jan 31, 2016

Five years on from the devastating Canterbury earthquakes, a number of parishes around the diocese are looking to build new churches to replace destroyed and damaged...

building beauty

Jul 14, 2015

One of my classes this morning with Denis McNamara got me thinking anew about beauty. It is commonly commented that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but certainly...

church building

Mar 1, 2014

I was speaking to a Christchurch diocese parishioner a few weeks ago who is a part of her parish committee preparing to rebuild their parish church. I was surprised to...

Sagrada Familia

Dec 28, 2013

One of the must-see places in Spain is the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. It is 130 years since construction of this magnificent church began, and it is...