Liturgical Arts Journal

The architects at Harrison Design, a firm based out of Atlanta, Georgia with various other satellite offices, undertood a project in recent years to design a new church for the parish of Mary, Our Queen in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Harrison Design themselves note that the project was based on a now closed church in Buffalo, New York, but of course the design is thoroughly...

In two previous articles we covered the topic of the formale -- a decorative clasp used by senior prelates  when wearing the cope, placed over the spot where the cope connects at the front. The first article covered the general history of the formale, while our more recent follow up article touched on one of the most common forms of the formale: that which utilizes the imag...

In Catholic countries, as in the Diocese of Rome, the role of the (arch)confraternity plays an undisputed role. It follows a very successful model that helps keep serious church members - and especially men - volunteering and actively involved in church. Membership in a confraternity holds certain responsibilities, including not only serving those in need according to the c...

Typography and liturgical printing are one of those areas that frequently get neglected in our contemporary considerations of the liturgical arts and yet a well published liturgical book is not only of practical value, it is also yet another manifestation of the beauty that we invest into the sacred liturgy and divine worship given its particular and central importance in Cathol...

The Terra Sancta Museum in the Holy Land has many important and prominent treasures of liturgical art within their collections and while we only just recently shared some of their monstrances, with Corpus Christi being observed in many places this past weekend, we couldn't resist sharing one more beautiful monstrance that was produced by Agostino Coleoni and donated by Pope...