The Art of the Beautiful: Rediscovering the Iconic Nature of Church Buildings

The Art of the Beautiful series continues next Saturday, February 6th! Architectural historian Dr. Denis McNamara, of the Liturgical Institute at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary, offers a talk entitled “Incarnation and Transfiguration: Rediscovering the Iconic Nature of Church Buildings.” Dr. McNamara is the author of Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago (2005), Catholic Church Architecture and the Spirit of the Liturgy (2009), and How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture (2011).