The Catholic Truth Society has just released the booklet “Catholic Architecture” written by Steven Schloeder as part of their “Deeper Christianity Series”. Catholic Architecture is intended to help both the lay Catholic and the interested inquirer understand how the church building “works” to support both the sacramental symbolism of the Church as well as the way that we are called to a true “active participation” in the liturgy. Chapter Outline: Introduction What is Sacred Space? Why Build a Church? Sign, Symbol and Sacrament Symbolism in the Old Testament Symbolism in the New Testament Church Architecture as a Sacramental Sign The.

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“Per Lumina Vera ad Verum Lumen: The Anagogical Intention of Abbot Suger”, in ΣΙΜΜΕΙΚΤΑ: Collection of Works – 40th Anniversary of the Institute for Art History, ed. Ivan Stevović, University of Belgrade, Serbia 2012: 143-156. “Book Review: Religion and Modernism” Book review of The Religious Imagination in Modern and Contemporary Architecture: A Reader, edited by Renata Hedjuk and Jim Williamson., in Faith & Form, Vol. XLV, No. 1 (2012): 33. Visit the Publications page for more details.

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A new article written by Steven Schloeder was published in Sacred Architecture, Spring 2012.  Entitled “Domus Dei, Quae Est Ecclesia Dei Vivi: The Myth of the Domus Ecclesiae,” Schioeder proposes that the 20th century rejection of formal, traditional, and hierarchical churches in favor of more casual and residential scaled buildings had more to do with fashion and cultural shifts than with a rigorous reading of Church history. The assumption that the early Church in the first three centuries (before the Emancipation of Christianity under Emperor Constantine in 313 AD) had no large, formal and urban scaled buildings but rather worshipped.

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“O Ancient Beauty Ever New: Thinking About Sacramental Architecture,” written by Steven Schloeder, has been published in the Official Catholic Directory™.

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Steven Schloeder was interviewed by Joseph Pronechen for an article in the National Catholic Register.

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Steven Schloeder was a guest on The Catholic Business Hour with host Dick Lyles.  Details at Catholic Business Journal.

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Dr. Schloeder’s theory of sacramental architecture was given an insightful and supportive review from Fr. Aidan Nichols OP in the article Archi-Liturgical Culture Wars on Shawn Tribe’s New Liturgical Movement Blog. The proposed new Romanesque church for the Our Savior Catholic Center at the University of Southern California has been receiving attention both at New Liturgical Movement and at Fr. Zuhlsdorf’s WDTPRS blog.

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Dr. Schloeder was featured in The Diocese of Phoenix Catholic Sun’s weekly “Your Catholic Neighbor” interview, by Joyce Coronel. The interview can be read online at the Catholic Sun.

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Giovanni Ricciardi, a journalist in Rome, published an extensive interview with Dr. Schloeder in the Italian journal of Studi Cattolici in January 2007. The interview can be read online at the Rassenga Stampa website. The interview was later translated into Spanish and published as Arquitectura sagrada: ‘Tengo Grandes Esperanzas in the Madrid based magazine of Catholic culture, Revista Palabra (May 2007)

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Dr. Schloeder’s approach to sacramental architecture was featured in the article “Heaven Wedded to Earth” in the May 2007 issue of Ministry and Liturgy.  You can find the article on our Publications page.

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