This year has been a source of tremendous blessing. Here are a few highlights.

The practice of Eucharistic worship of the Blessed Sacrament is intended to lead the faithful into a deeper participation in the paschal mystery of Christ in the liturgy.

When it comes to church design, how exactly should we understand ‘functional’? As Catholics, we believe that the material world is sacramental and deeply symbolic.

Many times an obvious and substantial facilities need is daunting, and can pose a challenge to making progress. While often there is reason to postpone any changes until they can be coordinated and integrated into a comprehensive plan, there are also situations when it might be prudent to consider taking incremental steps towards a larger goal, or even to split a project into phases.

It's an ancient and profound dialogue shared between the priest celebrant and the assembly in every Mass: the Sursum Corda, the original Latin words of the Mass meaning "Lift up your hearts", or "Hearts up!". 

While Catholics joke about the sit-stand-kneel rhythm of the Mass that we often refer to as Catholic calisthenics, it's easy for us to get into a monotonous routine and lose sight of the beauty and wisdom of the Church's intent for liturgical postures and gestures.

Often times parish improvements are postponed until they can be pursued as part of a large project. Here are a few suggestions for thinking about areas of your parish campus that might be closer to a facelift than you think. 

From time to time one stumbles on a rare liturgical gem – a beautiful church with a beautiful and very intentional liturgy and a wonderfully engaged parish community.

Throughout the course of Church history, the edifices built for worship have borne a sacred meaning that is inseparable from the faith and mystery celebrated within.

The concept that communion in the hand is the only or preferred form of reception for Catholics since Vatican II is mistaken.

to those who have been rightly taught that Vatican II in part sought to foster greater liturgical participation, entertaining the option of  ad orientem today might indeed seem problematic. However, this ancient practice of the Church was never outlawed or changed by mandate.

There are few subjects that can divide Catholics as quickly as musical preference. But increasingly today, the idea of true worship is becoming a much sought-after ideal.

Building a traditional church today requires education and formation for all involved to move beyond under-informed, simplistic, and emotional preferences that often drive so many of our personal opinions on church architecture.

Church design approach can primarily be categorized into two schools of thought: imitating and elaborating on what has been done in the past, or reinventing.

The language of the architecture of a church building should be in harmony with the language of the Church.

Liturgy is public worship – the work of Christ and that of the Church, the Body of Christ.