Art and Architecture

Fr. Gilles Drouin describes some of the liturgical issues associated with the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. 

Rev Dr Gilles Drouin is the Director of Institut Supérieur de Liturgie, at the Institut Catholique de Paris. He advised the Archbishop of Paris on the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral. He is President of the Societas Liturgica and a member of the Scientific Council of the Revue La Maison Dieu. His areas of research are the theology of liturgical space and the relationship between liturgy and politics. 

This podcast is available in both English and French.

Simone Brosig discusses the significance of beauty and aesthetics in the liturgy She explores the ways embodied prayerful responses express sacred realities.

Dr Simone Brosig is the Pastoral Leader for Community Life and Worship in the Archdiocese of Adelaide, Australia. She was the Liturgy Consultant in the Diocese of Calgary, Canada from 2009 - 2020 and served as the Chair of the National Committee for Liturgy and the Sacraments (Canada) from 2016 - 2019.

Angela McCarthy encourages communities to consider the importance of art, particularly in relation to places of worship and the liturgy.

Dr Angela McCarthy is Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. She is an editor of the Australian Journal of Liturgy and Pastoral Liturgy, and past president of the Australian Academy of Liturgy.

Fr Stephen Hackett, msc asks what makes a church look like a church and how do communities preserve their cultural heritage?

Rev Dr Stephen Hackett, msc is Chair of the National Liturgical Architecture and Art Council in Australia and General Secretary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.