The Sala Ducale is one of the grand rooms in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. It has always been closed to the public, while viewed as being especially suitable for the reception of bodies of special groups of pilgrims who visit the Vatican. This stately room was occasi…
Mass in the Sala Ducale of the Apostolic Palace
The Sala Ducale is one of the grand rooms in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. It has always been closed to the public, while viewed as being especially suitable for the reception of bodies of special groups of pilgrims who visit the Vatican. This stately room was occasi…
Before and After: The Crypt Chapel of Corpus Christi Cathedral in Texas
S tudio io Liturgical Design in collaboration with Granda Liturgical Arts recently embarked on an 'update' of the crypt chapel of Corpus Christi Cathedral in Corpus Christi, Texas. The old chapel exhibits a rather curious arrangement of the type that seemed to become…
A Design for St. Edward’s Parish in Phoenix, Arizona by Harrison Design
One of the lesser seen styles in contemporary architecture (regrettably) is the Spanish mission style, a style rooted in the architectural tradition of Renaissance and baroque Spain. Fortunately we've seen some revival of this form in recent years, including this the fo…
A Neo-Romanesque Chapel Design by Duncan Stroik
While we are on the subjective of prospective designs for new ecclesiastical projects, I must make mention of the following project by Duncan Stroik for a Carmelite chapel. The design comes in the Romanesque tradition and impressively includes a full balustrade separating …
The Curious and Short-Lived Double Ciborium of the Basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura
A rather curious 'feature' that was once seen in the Basilica of San Paolo fuori le mura in Rome was the fact it had, for a short time, not one, but two ciboria over the high altar. Effectively you had a ciborium over a ciborium. Suffice it to say, this was an unusu…
