News – Liturgical Environs, PC

21 May

SCHLOEDER ARCHITECTURE PUBLICATION WITH CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY

Publications, May 21, 2013

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.

1 May

PHASE I GROUNDBREAKING AT OUR LADY OF GRACE, MARICOPA

Projects, May 1, 2013

Phase I groundbreaking, Our Lady of Grace, Maricopa. With Peter Vesecky, Casey Pennington, Mitch Lorenz, Steven Schloeder, Fr. Marcos Velasquez, Tom Chermack and Wayne Santi. The Phase I groundbreaking ceremony at Our Lady of Grace in Maricopa AZ occurred on Wednesday, 1 May 2013, at 2 pm on the new church property — the SW corner of Gunsmoke and Cow Path in Maricopa. The roads and civil infrastructure will be first installed to prepare the whole 35 acre site for the new church, along with future plans for single and multifamily housing, commercial retail and office, and other community amenities.

19 Feb

STEVEN SCHLOEDER LICENSED ARCHITECT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

General, February 19, 2013

Liturgical Environs, PC is pleased to announce that Steven Schloeder is now a licensed architect in the State of California, having taken and passed the California Supplemental Exam. Schloeder also holds a certificate with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), which facilitates his architect registration throughout the United States.

1 Dec

RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY STEVEN SCHLOEDER

Publications, December 1, 2012

“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.

22 May

NEW ARTICLE BY STEVEN SCHLOEDER

Publications, May 22, 2012

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.

11 Dec

SCHLOEDER SPEAKS AT LONDON ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE

Presentations, December 11, 2011

Steven Schloeder was a speaker at the Modern Catholic Space Conference in London, UK, on December 10, 2011. His talk was entitled, “Between Amnesia and Anamnesis: Loss and Recovery of Meaning in Church Architecture.”

11 Sep

NEW ARTICLE BY STEVEN SCHLOEDER

Publications, September 11, 2010

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

27 Apr

SCHLOEDER TO PRESENT PAPER AT ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE

Presentations, April 27, 2010

Steven Schloeder will be presenting the paper “The Architecture of the Mystical Body” at the upcoming “A Living Presence” symposium on Catholic architecture at Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC, on Friday April 30, 2010.

11 Apr

DEDICATION OF ST. CLARE OF ASSISI IN SURPRISE

Projects, April 11, 2010

Liturgical Environs PC is pleased to announce the recent dedication of the new parish church of St. Clare of Assisi in Surprise Arizona, which was dedicated on 11 April 2010 by The Most Reverend Thomas J. Olmstead, Bishop of Phoenix. Steven Schloeder was the liturgical design architect, working in close association with CCBG Architects in Phoenix Arizona. Liturgical Environs PC was responsible for the transformation of the existing conceptual floor plan, which was a “theater in the round” model with the altar in the center, into a directional wide nave with the altar and sanctuary properly at the east side..

11 Feb

DEDICATION OF STS. ANNE AND JOACHIM CHURCH IN FARGO

Projects, February 11, 2010

Sts. Anne and Joachim Catholic Church in Fargo, North Dakota was dedicated on 11 February 2010 by The Most Reverend Samuel Aquila, Bishop of Fargo. This project, designed by Steven Schloeder and implemented with Zerr Berg Architects as Architect of Record, is intended to create a sign and symbol for the parish and diocese in Fargo through alluding to the northern European Gothic heritage and cultural memory of the community. Liturgical Environs PC was responsible for the schematic design of the building as well as the design of the various liturgical furnishings, and assisted in the coordination of the robust.

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