tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post3797290767020518277..comments2024-02-20T21:53:17.168-05:00Comments on The Spirit's Sword: Beauty by designBearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01201581440686945990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-34704206708778999492011-09-01T19:10:05.220-04:002011-09-01T19:10:05.220-04:00You're right about Our Lady in Guelph, put tha...You're right about Our Lady in Guelph, put that up there with the St. Paul's and Christ the King Cathedral.<br /><br />Two fine Toronto suburban churches are St. Benedict's Etobicoke on Kipling Avenue and St. Lawrence the Martyr, Scarborough on Lawrence Avenue. They were built in the late 1950's and unlike most of the other utilitarian designs, they were of a higher calibre.Vox Cantorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16987049370515084083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-14134373587896922812011-08-31T18:38:21.498-04:002011-08-31T18:38:21.498-04:00As we both know, two of those churches were design...As we both know, two of those churches were designed by Joseph Connelly, who also designed Our Lady Immaculate in Guelph, another strong contender for most beautiful church in English Canada.<br /><br />Another problem, around ehre at least, is that the diocese has taken over church designs, with an eye to cost. I imagine it was the debt incurred by parishes to have the most beautiful church around that inspired this move. The churches tended to run out of money before completion. St Paul's and St Mary's on Bathurst, for instance, both could not complete their towers for years, until a wealthy patron, or patrons, gave bnoth the money in 1905. Another Connelly church, St Patrick's in Hamilton, has an incomplete tower to this day.Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01201581440686945990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-88466435307538261862011-08-31T16:35:57.662-04:002011-08-31T16:35:57.662-04:00I think it stopped because we've become as Jud...I think it stopped because we've become as Judas in criticizing the woman's gift of ointment (the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars) and even moreseo, we are like Cain...not Able. Able gave his best, the best lamb he had...a metaphor for Christ no doubt, but Cain gave bruised fruit out of his selfishness and greed he gave God the poorest of his harvest. So, when we build ugly churches and sing little ditties, we are like Judas and Cain, when we should be more like the woman and Able.<br /><br />But I tend to think that Christ the King in Hamilton and St. Paul's in Toronto and St. Patrick's in Ottawa (and Kinkora) are amongst the most beautiful churches in English Canada.Vox Cantorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16987049370515084083noreply@blogger.com