Tag Archives: Architecture

Symbols and Imagery in the Sacred Heart Devotion (Part IV – with Tears for Montceaux L’Etoile)

By roger | Published: 21 May 2011

We have noted that before the Second Vatican Council, devotion to the Sacred Heart formed a prominent, even defining part of Catholicism. The imagery of the Sacred Heart seemed almost omnipresent in many arenas of Tridentine Catholicism. Tridentine Catholicism – this is to say: the epoch of Catholicism after the Middle Ages, after the Council [...]

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Easter in England

By roger | Published: 21 April 2011

This was originally written for my weblog. But due to the fact of its length, as well as the fact that it treats of so many key themes concerning this website as a whole, I place it in the Articles as well. Only time will tell, but I suspect that this will prove to be one of the most personally important pieces at this site – RB.

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It´s the Epistemology, Stupid!

By roger | Published: 15 August 2009

There is a very fine book by James Kunstler, called Home from Nowhere. It is about the tragedy of the American built environment. That is, it tells of how virtually every American town and city tends towards losing its distinct identity, its sense of being a special place in its own right. Instead of existing [...]

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Book Review: Ugly As Sin: Why They Changed Our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces – Michael S. Rose

By roger | Published: 24 April 2009

A powerful and accessible account of how Catholic Churches are succumbing to ugliness.

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