American chosen as head of new architecture/music/art office at the CDWDS

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This fits in the News section but I think will garner more responses here.
A Benedictine abbot has been chosen to lead the new office of the Congregation for Divine Worship called and give out guidelines for liturgical music and architecture, in an attempt to do away with ugly garage churches. Today, Benedict XVI appointed the American Olivetan abbot, Michael John Zielinski, as the new office manager in the dicastery led by Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera.
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Please, dear Lord, let it be.
 
Yep, too late for my super 80s “Vatican II” style barn church with no windows and really creepy statuary.

Our pastor has done an admirable job polishing the interior, though. Some very nice accoutrements have been added over the 6 years I have attended. Every altar piece that you see is new, including Crucifix, St. Philomena, St. Daniel the Prophet, the tabernacle adornment, and some nice marble facing on the flat surfaces.

And I must say that the original Stations of the Cross, which are 18th-century vintage rescued from a German church, are incredibly attractive.
 
Elizium, it seems your priest has done a pretty good job retrofitting your church. I am sure the decoration clashes somewhat with the barn-ish-ness, but better to fix the problem than let it be.
 
I should also note that I made a “pilgrimage” to the parish of my childhood where I went to grade school. I was very pleasantly surprised at the renovations there. There were some images added in a very tasteful way. (One was one of those Monastery Icons-style images, but I happen to like that style, so I will give them a pass.)

Of note were the redone tabernacle and mural behind the altar. The tabernacle is very ornate and conspicuous right in the center. The mural is a sky with clouds that complements it tastefully. Also exciting to me was the retention of the altar rail! That is right: 50 years after Vatican II, we have a church that never fell into the trap of wrecking their rail. Of course, I doubt in that time that it has been used for its intended purpose, but… brick by brick, right?
 
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