Furnishings
Every worship space has particular furnishings. In Christian worship, these furnishings -- for example, the altar, ambo, presidential chair, baptismal font, ambry, seating for the assembly -- are essential symbols, each with a history and multiple layers of meaning.
Tabernacle Design: The Creative Process in Making a Place for the Blessed Sacrament (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of Lawrence Hoy's 2-part article concerning the process of designing tabernacles and Blessed Sacrament chapels. Here, he offers examples of designs to illustrate the considerations he discussed in Part 1.
Tabernacle Design: The Creative Process in Making a Place for the Blessed Sacrament (Part 1)
Lawrence Hoy writes that the process of designing a tabernacle and the chapel in which it is placed "can be equal parts concept and artistic vision mixed with some very real parameters that govern design decisions." This is part 1 of a 2-part article.
Photo: Tabernacle tower at St. Mary's Cathedral in Killarney, Ireland provided by Pádraig McIntyre.
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