Contrast this with the Ave Maria Oratory F.L.Wright-warehouse/hangar building.

At Thomas Aquinas College, the design was chosen for its objective beauty and solemnity, by reasonable school administators who recognized that this design is what best honors God.

At AMU, the design was chosen for what Monaghan thinks is beautiful and solemn, by Monaghan who thought that his muddled notions of beauty and solemnity are what best honors God.

How very unfortunate.
an Ave Maria refugee | 09.03.08 - 2:09 pm | #

I really like the chapel of the Blessed Scissors-lift. (Just kidding) The whole thing is gorgeous.
GW | 09.03.08 - 3:49 pm | #

Go TAC!
(just graduated a few months ago)
The chapel is really shaping up nicely, I've been watching the construction for the past two years, and although it wasn't finished in time for my graduation, they should be finishing it up within the next couple months. The belltower also makes a nice landmark, as the college was previously completely hidden from the 150 highway, but now the belltower climbs up above the trees, showing the Catholic presence in the valley.
Nick | 09.03.08 - 8:06 pm | #

nice. I like traditional architecture like this AND well done innovative modern architecture.
dave | 09.03.08 - 8:42 pm | #

Is the altar set up for ad orientem celebration of the Mass? Tom

ps: This is one fabulous college chapel!
TJM | Homepage | 09.04.08 - 10:47 am | #

Wow! This reminds me of the chapel at Marytown in Chicago (built in the 1920s for the Eucharistic Congress). God grant that the pendulum is swinging again!
Cynthia | 09.08.08 - 4:00 pm | #

"Wow! This reminds me of the chapel at Marytown in Chicago (built in the 1920s for the Eucharistic Congress). God grant that the pendulum is swinging again!"

They were both based off of St Paul outside the walls in Rome, so that's where the resemblance comes from.

Interestingly, Marytown was where I went to daily Mass before I moved out to Cali.
Nick | 09.09.08 - 1:13 am | #