Forty Hours devotions -- or Quarant'ore -- are traditionally done during the period before Lent, often from Quinquagesima Sunday to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It is during this period of preparation that the Blessed Sacrament would be exposed for an extended peri…
Romanitas: The Instructio Clementina and Eucharistic Banners Announcing Forty Hours Devotions
Forty Hours devotions -- or Quarant'ore -- are traditionally done during the period before Lent, often from Quinquagesima Sunday to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It is during this period of preparation that the Blessed Sacrament would be exposed for an extended peri…
More Liturgical Curiosities: Another Set of Gilt Leather Vestments
Over the past months we've introduced our readers to the rather unique liturgical art of leather-based paraments. We have show some of the antependia that have been done -- including by contemporary workshops like Lutson , a company based in France who, to this day, stil…
FSSP In Urbe: Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini
The church of the Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini (Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims), is the FSSP parish in Rome. It is well positioned in the historic centro storico , near to the Ponte Sisto and the Palazzo Spada. Baroque in design, it dates back to the early 17th cent…
Before and After: Carmel of the Holy Spirit in Littleton, Colorado
I ntegration Design Group (as well as Conrad Schmitt Studios) were recently involved in a beautification project at the Discaced Carmelite Monastery in Littleton, Colorado. This project involved updates to a mid-twentieth century chapel. The chapel itself had apparently unde…
Ethiopian Liturgical Art at the Cathedral in Emdibir (Including Iconography of Popes Benedict XVI and John Paul II)
While we've covered Byzantine, or Eastern Roman, Christian art, that is, of course, not the sole expression of Christian liturgical art in the East. One of the more unique expressions and traditions of the Christian East is the liturgical art of the Ethiopian church and…
Better Approaches to Medieval Y Orphreys on Roman Pianetas
As the gothic revival took hold in the second half of the nineteenth century, one of the interesting things we can observe is how some started to take some of this medieval revivalism and sought to apply it to sacred vestments. We saw, at certain points, a revival of the fu…
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont: The Last Rood Screen in Paris
One of the most remarkable churches to visit in Paris is Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. Ideally, everyone with an interest in sacred liturgy should visit this absolutely stunning liturgical space. Inside is an actual rood screen, designed beautifully in a most creative way.
