tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post6531346315408425790..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: Church architecture worth the nameFr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-58520328019587360042016-02-26T18:27:38.404+00:002016-02-26T18:27:38.404+00:00Perhaps even worse, Jacobi, are the many old &...Perhaps even worse, Jacobi, are the many old & beautiful Catholic churches which were virtually destroyed by modernisation in the name of Vatican 2. There is, I believe, only 1 totally unspoiled church in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne where the High Altar, altar rails et al are still in place. Sadly that church no longer has a resident priest & has, I believe, only 1 Mass each week on Sundays. David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-24451860336258231892016-02-18T23:20:05.046+00:002016-02-18T23:20:05.046+00:00This church is beautiful, in that is it represents...This church is beautiful, in that is it represents the beauty of the Triune God.<br /><br />Given the architectural ugliness which Catholics in the UK have been subjected to since the 1960s, it leaves one feeling ashamed.<br /><br />I am a perhaps bit conscious of this. I come, as a Catholic, from a mainly Protestant family. The family (Protestant) parish church, which I go to for various events from time to time is about two hundred years old - and it is beautiful and Christian by any standards. I never cease to be reminded of this when I go to various post-sixties Catholic churches where I live.Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.com