Rev. Michael P. Enright, S.T.L.

Rev. Michael P. Enright, S.T.L., is pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Chicago.

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No Cheap Churches

In this Crisis Magazine classic, Rev. Michael Enright outlines the features of a truly Catholic church building… and no, churches-in-the-round don’t qualify.     In about 10 A.D. the Roman writer Vitrivus wrote that there are three qualities for good building, “venustas, firmitas et utilitas” — delight, firmness, and utility. What happens when these criteria … Read more

No Cheap Churches

In about 10 A.D. the Roman writer Vitrivus wrote that there are three qualities for good building, “venustas, firmitas et ufilitas” —delight, firmness, and utility. What happens when these criteria are applied to our modern, in-the-round churches? The majority of these churches created in the past twenty years flunk the test of utility and firmness, … Read more

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