Editorial: E Pluribus Unam Sanctam Catholicam
For a country as young as ours, we have a world’s worth of ecclesiastical architecture…
The “Saint Francis Effect” and the Renaissance
The revolution wrought by Francis of Assisi in his thirteenth-century world still makes its effects felt today. Son of a wealthy merchant, Francis’ radical embrace of poverty is an example to our wildly commercial age…
The Church Builder: Patrick Charles Keely
American Catholic architects have generally received too few accolades, but more than a century after his death, the founder of the field is mostly unknown. He refused interviews, disliked writing or public speaking, and forbade his children to speak of his achievements…
The First Catholic Church in the Colonies: St. Mary’s Chapel Reconstruction
The first permanent Catholic church in English America stood at St. Mary’s City, Maryland’s founding site. Jesuits constructed it in the 1660s and due to political oppression, it was demolished in the early 1700s…
On Foreign Soil at Home: London Embassy Chapels
by Steven Dunn
In the heart of London, just a half-minute walk from Picadilly Circus, is an unassuming brick building, flush with the street…