Symposium on Patrick Charles Keely

THE EUCHARISTIC FOUNDATION OF PATRICK CHARLES KEELY’S ARTISTRY

On Friday, March 20, 2015, The Monuments Conservancy will present its 25th Annual Symposium at the New York Marriott East Side, 525 Lexington Avenue, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 pm, to discuss the life and legacy of architect Patrick Charles Keely.

OPEN FREE TO PUBLIC.  TO RESERVE A SEAT CALL 212-764-5645 x10 OR E-MAIL  SYMPOSIUM@NATIONALSCULPTURE.ORG

SPEAKERS AT 2015 SYMPOSIUM        

Morning Session

DONALD M. REYNOLDS, Art Historian

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

1. PHILIP McALEER, Art and Architectural Historian, Retired, Technical University of Nova Scotia, New Bedford, Nova Scotia.

PATRICK CHARLES KEELY, THE “AMERICAN PUGIN”

FATHER KENNETH MYERS, Former Pastor, The Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

               THE TRADITIONAL ALTAR AND THE CONCEPT OF SACRIFICE

FATHER MATTHEW McNEELY, FSSP (THE PRIESTLY SOCIETY OF ST. PETER), ADMINISTRATOR, OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHAPEL, PEQUANNOCK, NEW JERSEY

               THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SACRED TRADITION OF THE CHURCH

PEDRO d’AQUINO, Acting Director of the Latin Mass Community, Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City

                THE POSTMODERN RECOVERY OF GREGORIAN CHANT IN THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS AND ITS ROOTS

Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

EDWARD H. FUREY, Artist, Educator, Founder and President of The Keely Society, Enfield, Connecticut

                THE KEELY ARCHITECTS, IRELAND AND AMERICA

KATHLEEN HECK, Special Assistant to the Moderator of the Curia and Vicar General, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston—2004-2008, Boston, Massachusetts

                 CONSOLATION THROUGH CONSERVATION: THE RESPONSIBLE RE-USE OF CHURCH ART AND SACRED OBJECTS

DELMA TALLERICO, Independent Scholar, Author, Lecturer, Wexford, Pennsylvania

               KEELY DESIGN: SITES FOR SACRIFICE

DONALD M. REYNOLDS, Art Historian and Holy Innocents Parishioner, New York City

               “THE MIRACLE ON 37TH STREET”: TRANSFORMATION AND COEXISTENCE IN KEELY’S CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

FATHER LEONARD VILLA, Administrator, The Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City

             THE POSSIBLE CROSS-POLLINATIN BETWEEN THE ORDINARY FORM AND THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS

*Donald M. Reynolds founded the symposium in 1991 on the 20th anniversary of the death of the renowned art historian Rudolf Wittkower.  The Symposium is made possible through bequests of Elaine Zlobik Skinner, Joan Zlobik Gdosky, and John Leo Zlobik, siblings of Nancy Zlobik Reynolds, parishioner of Holy Innocents Church.