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YoungTradCath
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I suppose the comment was about the (in my opinion unfortunate) concert-like fan seating arrangement*, lack of continuous decoration, and rather stark hospitalish whiteness of the walls. A nice paint job of the sanctuary in a light color, perhaps with some classy stencils, and some statues would work very well, I think.I beg to differ. That church is very Catholic looking. Check out the outside during the first few seconds. Then slow down your browser or pause it and drag the marker so you can see all of the Catholic elements in this Church. You won’t see stations in a Protestant Church. Except for Anglican churches, Protestants don’t have statues in the churches or kneelers in their pews. The front panel of the altar is very Catholic. I also like the fact that it’s bright and airy. You can see from any point. If you’re preaching, you can see everyone with one glance.
My personal nit-pick is that the interior and exterior are very discordant together. They are very different. If you have a mod interior, at least have a mod exterior; if you have a trad-ish exterior, at least have a trad-ish interior. This church is much better than many of the concrete block Trekkie spaceships, however, which fail on so many levels.
*I realize there is some push for everyone to see every little thing, but I think this can be done better architecturally than building fan seating arrangements. It really ends up feeling a little too intimate and seems more like something one would see in a lecture hall or small theatre. One would think that certain people would not like this, since this seating arrangement strongly implies “show that is to be witnessed” rather than “liturgy that is to be participated in.” -_-
PS: one thing I personally cannot stand is the lack of right angles! I love my ninety degrees.
Anyway, let us rejoice that the Extraordinary Form is being celebrated there.
