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LEICESTER, United Kingdom – In the middle of the COVID pandemic, Elena Curti published Fifty Catholic Churches to See Before You Die, looking at several buildings which demonstrated the growth of the Catholic Church after it was re-legalized in the United Kingdom in the 1800s.
Now, Curti has returned to the subject in Another Fifty Catholic Churches to See Before You Die, published by Gracewing.
“England and Wales has been a revelation. Martyrs themselves celebrated Mass, visited early legal post-Reformation chapels with their understated exteriors, then seen the creations of wealthy patrons of the conversion of England,” she said.
“The great churches of the 1950s and 60s capture the excitement of liturgical change in the air, and with it a spirit of adventure in church design,” Curti added.
She also pointed out that the COVID-19 pandemic – “which brought so much misery and hardship” – also has brought benefits to 39 churches that were awarded £6.6 million [$8 million] from the Culture Recovery Fund.
“It is hugely heartening to visit so many churches sensitively restored. The other side of the coin is that beautiful places of with very small congregations are still closing, while others are vulnerable as they have no resident priest,” she said.
“Imaginative thinking, as well as resources, is needed to save these buildings. I hope this will be the Church’s goal as it prepares to mark the 200 anniversary of the Catholic Emancipation Act in 2029.”
What follows is her interview with Crux.
Continued below.
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Now, Curti has returned to the subject in Another Fifty Catholic Churches to See Before You Die, published by Gracewing.
“England and Wales has been a revelation. Martyrs themselves celebrated Mass, visited early legal post-Reformation chapels with their understated exteriors, then seen the creations of wealthy patrons of the conversion of England,” she said.
“The great churches of the 1950s and 60s capture the excitement of liturgical change in the air, and with it a spirit of adventure in church design,” Curti added.
She also pointed out that the COVID-19 pandemic – “which brought so much misery and hardship” – also has brought benefits to 39 churches that were awarded £6.6 million [$8 million] from the Culture Recovery Fund.
“It is hugely heartening to visit so many churches sensitively restored. The other side of the coin is that beautiful places of with very small congregations are still closing, while others are vulnerable as they have no resident priest,” she said.
“Imaginative thinking, as well as resources, is needed to save these buildings. I hope this will be the Church’s goal as it prepares to mark the 200 anniversary of the Catholic Emancipation Act in 2029.”
What follows is her interview with Crux.
Continued below.
British expert adds 50 more churches to see before you die
Elena Curti has returned to the subject in of English churches in ‘Another Fifty Catholic Churches to See Before You Die’, published by Gracewing.
