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B. Consecrated for Worship CONSECRATED FOR WORSHIP A DIRECTORY ON CHURCH BUILDING Consecrated for Worship A DIRECTORY ON CHURCH BUILDING SEPTEMBER 2006 Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY PUBLISHERS TO THE HOLY SEE Published 2006, by the Catholic Truth Society and Colloquium (CaTEW) Ltd. The Catholic Truth Society, 40-46 Harleyford Road, Vauxhall, London SE11 5AY; www.cts-online.org.uk Colloquium (CaTEW) Ltd, 39 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1BX. www.catholicchurch.org.uk Copyright © 2006 Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored or transmitted by any means or in any form, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publishers. ISBN 1 86082 384 X The Liturgy Office of the Bishops’ Conference The Liturgy Office works with the Bishops’ Conference Department of Christian Life and Worship to provide resources to support worthy celebration of the Liturgy. It seeks to promote the full, conscious and active participation of all the baptised in the Liturgy so that they might find there the nourishment and inspiration necessary to sustain them in their Christian lives and witness. Website: www.liturgyoffice.org.uk Contents 7 CONTENTS 3 Coming into the Church: entrance and narthex. 54 4 Proclaiming the Word: the Ambo . 57 5 A holy and living sacrifice: the Altar . 60 FOREWORD . 8 6 A focus for loving service: the Sanctuary . 65 7 Womb and Tomb: the place for Baptism. 69 OVERVIEW . 10 Storage of the Holy Oils. 72 What is this book? . 10 8 Celebrating the mercy of God: the place of Reconciliation . 74 Who is this book for? . 10 9 An abiding presence: reservation of the Blessed Sacrament. 77 How is this book organised?. 11 The tabernacle. 78 The place of reservation. 79 INTRODUCTION . 13 10 Prayer and devotional space . 81 This work of our hands . 14 11 Outside the church . 84 Changes. 14 Cemeteries. 86 Civil Law . 17 Towers and Bells . 87 12 Works of art. 88 PART ONE 13 Vestments and linen. 92 House of God, House of the people of God . 19 14 Sacred vessels and other items . 93 What’s in a name? . 20 15 Other spaces: sacristies, storage, toilets. 95 A place for worship . 21 16 Lighting . 97 A tension between adoration and participation . 21 17 Sound Amplification. 99 Recent reforms. 22 18 Heating . 100 Witnesses in stone . 22 19 Security . 101 Enrichment through the arts . 23 20 Safety and Fire Regulations. 102 Contemporary responsibilities . 24 A place of prayer . 25 PART FOUR Continuing care of Churches and their contents . 103 PART TWO Building Maintenance . 103 Process . 27 Care of our Cultural Heritage . 105 Change and development. 27 Who might be involved?. 28 APPENDIX A Starting points . 29 Liturgies and Space . 107 Considering the ordering of an existing church . 30 I Sacraments and other Rites. 107 Building a new church: considerations and decisions . 32 II The Liturgical Year . 112 Keeping a balance . 33 Working with the diocese . 34 APPENDIX B Working with specialists . 35 General outline of steps and stages in a re o rdering or new-build pro j e c t . 119 Practicalities . 36 Caring for the Heritage. 37 APPENDIX C Planning ahead, looking to the future . 37 A Memorandum on the disposal of objects from churches. 121 Marking the Completion of works carried out by celebration of the Liturgy . 38 Abbreviations . 125 PART THREE A Place for Celebration . 39 Brief Index . 127 1 A house for worship . 40 2 The liturgical assembly. 44 Pastoral needs . 51 8 9 he Lord is the living stone, rejected by men FOREWORD but chosen by God and precious to him; set Tyourselves close to him so that you too, the holy priesthood that offers the spiritual sacrifices Pope Benedict XVI recently observed that: which Jesus Christ has made acceptable to God, ‘At the very centre of social life there must be a presence that evokes the mystery may be living stones making a spiritual house. As of the transcendent God. God and man walk together in history, and the role scripture says: See how I lay in Zion a precious of the Temple is to provide a visible sign of this communion.’ cornerstone that I have chosen and the man who Catechesis, 14th September, 2005 rests his trust on it will not be disappointed. That means that for you who are believers, it is Here, the Holy Father is speaking of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the role it played in the life of Jewish society two thousand years ago. He might equally have been precious; but for unbelievers, the stone rejected by speaking of the role played today by the churches which are found in our own the builders has proved to be the keystone, a stone cities, towns and villages. to stumble over, a rock to bring men down. They The beauty of their design, indeed their very existence, serve as eloquent stumble over it because they do not believe in.
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