Stewardship and renewal of catholic places of worship in Australia

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https://doi.org/10.17979/aarc.2019.6.0.6236

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catholic churches in Australia, cultural heritage, guidelines for care and protection, Vatican Council II, liturgy

Abstract

The National Liturgical Architecture and Art Council (NLAAC) is an advisory body to the Bishops’ Commission for Liturgy of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, mandated to provide advice in the areas of liturgical architecture, art and heritage. The Council has prepared guidelines for use throughout the Catholic Church in Australia. The most recent of these documents, Fit for Sacred Use: Stewardship and Renewal of Places of Worship (2018) focusses on existing church buildings with particular reference to cultural heritage, and is the subject of this paper. Vatican II sought the full and active liturgical participation of all the people and so existing churches were reordered to foster inclusion. It is timely to consider questions around what constitutes our heritage and how it is valued. Fit for Sacred Use sets out the liturgical and heritage principles which are fundamental to conserving, renovating and reordering a church building. Its holistic approach considers how we renew our churches while honouring our heritage.

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Author Biographies

Ursula de Jong, Deakin University (Geelong

Dr Ursula de Jong is Associate Professor in the School of Architecture & Built Environment at Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. She is an architectural historian, specialising in 19th century architectural history. A scholar of the Gothic Revival and an authority on the architect William Wardell, one of Australia’s most significant nineteenth‐century architects, she has published widely on Wardell’s work. Publications include St Patrick’s Cathedral: a Guide for the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne; the book, William Wardell and Genazzano FCJ College; and a substantive article on Wardell in the Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture (2012). She is currently researching the biography of Wardell. Dr de Jong is also a researcher of place, completing an ARC Linkage project in 2016, titled Sea Change communities: intergenerational perception and sense of place. She is a member of the National Parks Advisory Council, and member of the Point Nepean National Park Management Advisory Committee. She is President of the Nepean Conservation Group, Inc.
Dr de Jong is Director and Deputy Chair of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), and Chair of the NTA(V) Heritage Advocacy Committee; she is a full member of Australia ICOMOS, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (MAICOMOS); foundation member of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia & New Zealand (SAHANZ); and a member of the National Liturgical Architecture and Art Council (NLAAC), an advisory council of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.

Flavia Marcello, Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne)

Flavia Marcello currently works at the Interior Architecture and Industrial Design, Swinburne University of Technology. Flavia does research in the architectural and urban history of Rome and Italian architecture of the Fascist period. Her most recent publication is 'Rome remembers fascism: the monument to the Fosse Ardeatine massacre as immersive historical experience'.

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Published

2019-12-31

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de Jong, U., & Marcello, F. (2019). Stewardship and renewal of catholic places of worship in Australia. Actas De Arquitectura Religiosa Contemporánea, 6, 156–171. https://doi.org/10.17979/aarc.2019.6.0.6236

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Vol. 6 (2019): Architectures for a new liturgy. Actions on the religious heritage after Vatican II - Overall visions

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