The Catholic Center at NYU

A symposium gathering scholars and architects in light of the recent catastrophe at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to consider the purpose of sacred architecture, the nature of beauty and the issues with early proposals for rebuilding Notre Dame that are rooted in post-modern ideas about art and architecture.

Featuring Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame), Dr. Margaret Hughes (Thomas Aquinas College), and Dr. Steven Schloeder (Liturgical Environs).

SCHEDULE

1:00 pm The Interior Cathedral and the Cathedral Interior: The Reflective Beauty of Cathedrals — Dr. Margaret Hughes

2:30 pm “I Was Carried Away to a Mountain Great and High”: The Anagogical Intentions of the Medieval Cathedral Builders — Dr. Steven Schloeder

4:00 pm Sacramental Architecture as Offering and Presence — Prof. Philip Bess