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Wreckovation is a portmanteau disparagement term used since at least 2002^[1] to describe the style of renovations which some Catholic cathedrals, churches, and oratories have undergone since the Second Vatican Council.^[2]

Background[edit]

The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, commonly known as Vatican II, saw the Roman Catholic Church reassess its practices and doctrine in face of the modern world. Covened in 1962 by Pope John XXIII and presided over by Pope Paul VI after John XXIII's death, the council lasted until 1965, the resulting documents of which^[a] addressed, amongst other issues, the way Mass was celebrated and the architecture of churches in which it was celebrated.

To convey the notion of sacrifice, in the Tridentine Mass (the style of Mass used before Vatican II), the altar is a high altar and is prescribed to be (but is not always) ad orientem ('towards the East'), and where the priest always faces East, meaning typically the priest has his back to the people. After the Second Vatican Council, there was a movement to emphasize instead the communal meal aspect of the Mass. This was reflected in church architecture—both new construction and remodels—as replacing the high altar with a table in the middle of the sanctuary, sometimes pejoratively called, by those who oppose these architectural changes, a Cranmer table, named after the Reformationist Thomas Cranmer.^[3] This allowed the priest to walk around the table and say the Mass versus populum (facing the people). Other architectural changes would vary, such as removing kneelers, the introduction of in the round seating, lower roofs, removal of statues and sacred art, and relocating the tabernacle from the altar to a side chapel.^[4]

Following the Second Vatican Council, in the United States, much architectural change was driven by the 1977 book Environment and Art in Catholic Worship published by NCCB when then-Archbishop Bernardin was president.^[5]^[6]^[7] It extolled the "virtue of simplicity and commonness" and "a simple and attractive beauty", which represented the ideals of modern architecture. It also called for "contemporary art forms", "cloth hangings" and "banners". Although not binding, it was followed by church redesigners such as Richard S. Vosko.

Pope Benedict XVI believed the reforms following the Second Vatican Council went too far, and advocated for what has been called "reform of the reform",^[8] as he believed the some had gone astray from the intentions of the Council, stating in his motu proprio Quaerit semper to "focus mainly on giving a fresh impetus to promoting the Sacred Liturgy in the Church, in accordance with the renewal that the Second Vatican Council desired".^[9] The following month, he supported Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, to establish a "Liturgical Art and Sacred Music Commission", which would be responsible for evaluating both new construction and renovation projects as well as music used during the celebration of Mass to ensure that they complied with church guidelines. Pope Benedict considered the commission's task "very urgent".^[10] However, with the election of Pope Francis, nothing further was heard about the commission, and in his apostolic letter Magnum principium, Pope Francis removed some of the authority of the CDW over the liturgy.

Criticism[edit]

Opposition by conservatives of the architectural changes was in full swing by the 1990s.^[11] Conservatives held that such changes were iconoclastic,^[12] lacked height,^[13] and produced results that resembled Protestant churches,^[14] theaters, airport terminals, or barns rather than Catholic churches. A major concern was that the design of renovated churches downplayed the sense of the sacred in favor of focus on the congregation. Critics saw this as inconsistent with the traditional Catholic understanding of communal worship. Meanwhile, more liberal Catholics referred to the renovations as necessary steps in order to emphasize the role of the congregation in worship, in accordance with the wishes of the Second Vatican Council. Conservative Catholics charge that this is a misinterpretation of the documents of Vatican II.^[15]^[16]^[11]

Some churches, such as St. Columban in Chillicothe, Missouri,^[17] St. Mark in Peoria, Illinois,^[18] and St. Adalbert in South Bend, Indiana^[19] are reversing prior renovations and "restoring" the historical Catholic liturgical setup.

Related renovation controversies[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ Vatican II produced a number of official documents which impacted the Church's practices worldwide. These included four constitutions, nine decrees and three declarations.

References[edit]

^ Polish American Studies, Volumes 59-60. Polish-American Historical Association. 2002. p. 110. restoring some of the artistic glory whitewashed or damaged during the 'wreckovation' carried out by misguided 'reformers' in the 1960s and 1970s
^ Lo Bello, Anthony (2020). Origins of Catholic Words: A Discursive Dictionary. The Catholic University of America Press. p. 522. ISBN 9780813232300. The concoction 'wreckovation' refers to the changes made in Catholic churches, such as the taking down of high altars and the removal of communion rails, to render them appropriate, as it was thought, for the celebration of the new rite of Mass
^ Sullivan, Bob (June 26, 2020). "In Layman's Terms: The Cramner Table". Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
^ McClory, Robert (November 1, 2000). "Who moved the tabernacle? The ruckus over renovation: How parishes wrestle with revitalizing their church buildings". U.S. Catholic. Claretian Publications. Archived from the original on October 27, 2000. Retrieved January 14, 2024. 'Wreckovation! That's what I call it,' says Szews. 'With this seating in the round, they want to center the assembly on itself. So I'll have to watch people blow their noses and their children behave badly.'
^ Environment and Art in Catholic Worship. USCCB. November 1, 1977.
^ "Committee on Divine Worship Newsletter" (PDF). USCCB. October 1, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2024. November 1977 BCL statements 'Environment and Art in Catholic Worship'
^ Environment and Art in Catholic Worship, 1978 edition. USCCB. 1978.
^ Hitchcock, Helen (July 1, 2006). "Benedict XVI and the Reform of the Reform". Christendom College. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ Benedict (October 1, 2011). "Quarit Semper". Holy See. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ Tornielli, Andrea (November 21, 2011). "New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture". La Stampa. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Niebuhr, Gustav (July 14, 2001). "Milwaukee Cathedral Plan Draws Ecclesiastical Ire". New York Times. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
^ Longenecker, Dwight (January 30, 2015). "Wrecking Churches: Iconoclasm or Continuity?". Crisis Magazine. Sophia Institute Press. Retrieved January 13, 2024. The 'wreckovation' as conservatives refer to it, continued into the 1990s
^ Rose, Michael (2009). Ugly as Sin: Why They Changed Our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces and how We Can Change Them Back Again. Sophia Institute Press. p. 17. ISBN 9781933184449.
^ McGavin, Paul-Anthony (November 1, 2006). "Where have all the boys gone?" (PDF). The Priest. 10 (2). The Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy: 29–30. ISSN 0818-9005. Retrieved January 13, 2024. Everything reflects this minimalism, and a general 'protestant' air prevails in church design (or redesign – 'wreckovation' as it is sometimes aptly called)
^ "Library: Liturgical Design Consultant Reveals His New Age Religion". catholicculture.org.
^ Likoudis, Paul (August 1, 1999). "How a Canadian church was saved from destruction". AD 2000. Australia. Retrieved January 12, 2024. the man whose name has become synonymous with church 'wreckovations,' and who has made a fortune demolishing beautiful churches, stated flatly: 'What's important is not the church building'
^ Hand, Ashlie (August 7, 2023). "House of God / St. Columbian, Chillicothe". Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
^ Tribe, Shawn (May 9, 2018). "Before and After: St. Mark's in Peoria, Illinois". Liturgical Arts Journal.
^ Balsbaugh, Kasia (December 17, 2023). "St. Adalbert Receives $250,000 Grant for Renovations" (PDF). Today's Catholic. Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2024. The current paint job on the ceiling and pillars is not original to the church; Popielarz calls it part of a 'wreckovation of the 1980s.'
^ Nijenhuis, Bas (October 5, 2023). "The Story Lives On: Optimizing Narrative driven Design for a Zero-Waste Conversion of Ex-churches". Delft University of Technology. Retrieved January 13, 2024. The Heilige Barbarakerk was effected by this Wreckovation in the cleansing of the choir, a new main podium and altar and a new layout of the church benches and baptistery

[3] Vatican II produced a number of official documents which impacted the Church's practices worldwide. These included four constitutions, nine decrees and three declarations.

[1] Polish American Studies, Volumes 59-60. Polish-American Historical Association. 2002. p. 110. restoring some of the artistic glory whitewashed or damaged during the 'wreckovation' carried out by misguided 'reformers' in the 1960s and 1970s

[2] Lo Bello, Anthony (2020). Origins of Catholic Words: A Discursive Dictionary. The Catholic University of America Press. p. 522. ISBN 9780813232300. The concoction 'wreckovation' refers to the changes made in Catholic churches, such as the taking down of high altars and the removal of communion rails, to render them appropriate, as it was thought, for the celebration of the new rite of Mass

[4] Sullivan, Bob (June 26, 2020). "In Layman's Terms: The Cramner Table". Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

[5] McClory, Robert (November 1, 2000). "Who moved the tabernacle? The ruckus over renovation: How parishes wrestle with revitalizing their church buildings". U.S. Catholic. Claretian Publications. Archived from the original on October 27, 2000. Retrieved January 14, 2024. 'Wreckovation! That's what I call it,' says Szews. 'With this seating in the round, they want to center the assembly on itself. So I'll have to watch people blow their noses and their children behave badly.'

[6] Environment and Art in Catholic Worship. USCCB. November 1, 1977.

[7] "Committee on Divine Worship Newsletter" (PDF). USCCB. October 1, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2024. November 1977 BCL statements 'Environment and Art in Catholic Worship'

[8] Environment and Art in Catholic Worship, 1978 edition. USCCB. 1978.

[9] Hitchcock, Helen (July 1, 2006). "Benedict XVI and the Reform of the Reform". Christendom College. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

[10] Benedict (October 1, 2011). "Quarit Semper". Holy See. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

[11] Tornielli, Andrea (November 21, 2011). "New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture". La Stampa. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

[nyt-12] Niebuhr, Gustav (July 14, 2001). "Milwaukee Cathedral Plan Draws Ecclesiastical Ire". New York Times. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[13] Longenecker, Dwight (January 30, 2015). "Wrecking Churches: Iconoclasm or Continuity?". Crisis Magazine. Sophia Institute Press. Retrieved January 13, 2024. The 'wreckovation' as conservatives refer to it, continued into the 1990s

[14] Rose, Michael (2009). Ugly as Sin: Why They Changed Our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces and how We Can Change Them Back Again. Sophia Institute Press. p. 17. ISBN 9781933184449.

[15] McGavin, Paul-Anthony (November 1, 2006). "Where have all the boys gone?" (PDF). The Priest. 10 (2). The Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy: 29–30. ISSN 0818-9005. Retrieved January 13, 2024. Everything reflects this minimalism, and a general 'protestant' air prevails in church design (or redesign – 'wreckovation' as it is sometimes aptly called)

[16] "Library: Liturgical Design Consultant Reveals His New Age Religion". catholicculture.org.

[17] Likoudis, Paul (August 1, 1999). "How a Canadian church was saved from destruction". AD 2000. Australia. Retrieved January 12, 2024. the man whose name has become synonymous with church 'wreckovations,' and who has made a fortune demolishing beautiful churches, stated flatly: 'What's important is not the church building'

[18] Hand, Ashlie (August 7, 2023). "House of God / St. Columbian, Chillicothe". Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[19] Tribe, Shawn (May 9, 2018). "Before and After: St. Mark's in Peoria, Illinois". Liturgical Arts Journal.

[20] Balsbaugh, Kasia (December 17, 2023). "St. Adalbert Receives $250,000 Grant for Renovations" (PDF). Today's Catholic. Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2024. The current paint job on the ceiling and pillars is not original to the church; Popielarz calls it part of a 'wreckovation of the 1980s.'

[21] Nijenhuis, Bas (October 5, 2023). "The Story Lives On: Optimizing Narrative driven Design for a Zero-Waste Conversion of Ex-churches". Delft University of Technology. Retrieved January 13, 2024. The Heilige Barbarakerk was effected by this Wreckovation in the cleansing of the choir, a new main podium and altar and a new layout of the church benches and baptistery

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+'''''Wreckovation''''' is a [[portmanteau]] disparagement term used since at least 2002<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2002 |title=Polish American Studies, Volumes 59-60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nBorAQAAIAAJ&q=wreckovation |publisher=Polish-American Historical Association |page=110 |quote=restoring some of the artistic glory whitewashed or damaged during the 'wreckovation' carried out by misguided 'reformers' in the 1960s and 1970s}}</ref> to describe the style of renovations which some Catholic cathedrals, churches, and oratories have undergone since the [[Second Vatican Council]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lo Bello |first=Anthony |date=2020 |title=Origins of Catholic Words: A Discursive Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4a7QDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA522 |publisher=[[The Catholic University of America Press]] |page=522 |isbn=9780813232300 |quote=The concoction 'wreckovation' refers to the changes made in Catholic churches, such as the taking down of high altars and the removal of communion rails, to render them appropriate, as it was thought, for the celebration of the new rite of Mass}}</ref>
-'''''Wreckovation''''' is a [[portmanteau]] term coined by Catholics to describe the style of renovations which some Catholic cathedrals, churches, and oratories have undergone since the [[Second Vatican Council]].
 ==Background==
+The [[Second Vatican Ecumenical Council]], commonly known as Vatican II, saw the [[Roman Catholic Church]] reassess its practices and doctrine in face of the modern world. Covened in 1962 by [[Pope John XXIII]] and presided over by [[Pope Paul VI]] after John XXIII's death, the council lasted until 1965, the resulting documents of which{{efn|Vatican II produced [[Second Vatican Council#Documents of the Council|a number of official documents]] which impacted the Church's practices worldwide. These included four constitutions, nine decrees and three declarations.}} addressed, amongst other issues, the way [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] was celebrated and the architecture of churches in which it was celebrated.
+To convey the notion of [[Sacrifice#Christianity|sacrifice]], in the [[Tridentine Mass]] (the style of Mass used before Vatican II), the altar is a [[Altar#Christianity|high altar]] and is prescribed to be (but is not always) {{lang|la|[[ad orientem]]}} ('towards the East'), and where the priest always faces East, meaning typically the priest has his back to the people. After the Second Vatican Council, there was a movement to emphasize instead the communal meal aspect of the Mass. This was reflected in church architecture{{mdash}}both new construction and remodels{{mdash}}as replacing the high altar with a table in the middle of the [[sanctuary]], sometimes pejoratively called, by those who oppose these architectural changes, a Cranmer table, named after the [[Reformation]]ist [[Thomas Cranmer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lincolndiocese.org/op-ed/in-laymans-terms/13986-the-cranmer-table |title=In Layman's Terms: The Cramner Table |last=Sullivan |first=Bob |date=June 26, 2020 |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln]] |access-date=January 15, 2024}}</ref> This allowed the priest to walk around the table and say the Mass {{lang|la|[[versus populum]]}} (facing the people). Other architectural changes would vary, such as removing [[kneeler]]s, the introduction of [[Theatre in the round|in the round]] seating, lower roofs, removal of statues and sacred art, and [[Church tabernacle#History|relocating the tabernacle]] from the altar to a side chapel.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McClory |first=Robert |date=November 1, 2000 |title=Who moved the tabernacle? The ruckus over renovation: How parishes wrestle with revitalizing their church buildings. |url=http://www.uscatholic.org/2000/11/cov0011.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001027205709/http://www.uscatholic.org/2000/11/cov0011.htm |archive-date=October 27, 2000 |magazine=[[U.S. Catholic (magazine)|U.S. Catholic]] |publisher=[[Claretians#Publications|Claretian Publications]] |access-date=January 14, 2024 |quote='Wreckovation! That's what I call it,' says Szews. 'With this seating in the round, they want to center the assembly on itself. So I'll have to watch people blow their noses and their children behave badly.'}}</ref>
-In the Tridentine [[Roman Missal]], the altar is assumed to be ''ad orientem'' (towards the East) even when it is ''versus populum'' (facing the people): "''Si altare sit ad orientem, versus populum, celebrans versa facie ad populum, non vertit humeros ad altare, cum dicturus est ''Dóminus vobiscum, Oráte, fratres, Ite, missa est,'' vel daturus benedictionem''" (If the altar is ''ad orientem'', towards the people, the celebrant, facing the people, does not turn his back to the altar when about to say ''[[Dominus vobiscum]]'' ["The Lord be with you"], ''[[Orate fratres|Orate, fratres]]'' [the introduction to the prayer over the offerings of bread and wine], and ''[[Ite, missa est]]'' [the dismissal at the conclusion of the Mass], or about to give the blessing).<ref>Manlio Sodi, Achille Maria Triacca (editors), ''Missale Romanum: Editio Princeps (1570)'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1998), p. 12</ref> The wording remained unchanged in all later editions of the Tridentine Missal, even the last.<ref>''Ritus servandus in celebratione Missae'', V, 3 (page LVII in the [http://media.musicasacra.com/pdf/missale62.pdf 1962 edition of the Roman Missal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134246/http://media.musicasacra.com/pdf/missale62.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }})</ref> The [[church tabernacle|tabernacle]] containing the consecrated [[Eucharist]] was commonly placed on the main altar of a church (this also was not envisaged in the 1570 Roman Missal and only later became normal (see [[Church tabernacle#History|Church tabernacle History]])
+Following the Second Vatican Council, in the [[United States]], much architectural change was driven by the 1977 book ''Environment and Art in Catholic Worship'' published by [[USCCB|NCCB]] when then-Archbishop [[Joseph Bernardin|Bernardin]] was president.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=November 1, 1977 |title=Environment and Art in Catholic Worship |publisher=[[USCCB]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usccb.org/about/divine-worship/newsletter/upload/newsletter-2018-10.pdf |title=Committee on Divine Worship Newsletter |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=October 1, 2018 |publisher=[[USCCB]] |access-date=January 12, 2024 |quote=November 1977 BCL statements 'Environment and Art in Catholic Worship'}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1978 |title=Environment and Art in Catholic Worship, 1978 edition |url=https://curate.nd.edu/downloads/t722h705z3x |publisher=[[USCCB]]}}</ref> It extolled the "virtue of simplicity and commonness" and "a simple and attractive beauty", which represented the ideals of [[modern architecture]]. It also called for "contemporary art forms", "cloth hangings" and "banners". Although not binding, it was followed by church redesigners such as [[Richard S. Vosko]].
-===Holy See initiative on church design===
-In November 2011, [[Antonio Cañizares Llovera]], Prefect of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship]], established a "Liturgical Art and Sacred Music Commission" which will be responsible for evaluating both new construction and renovation projects as well as music used during the celebration of Mass to ensure that they comply with Church guidelines. He had the full support of [[Pope Benedict XVI]], who considered the commission's task "very urgent."<ref>[http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/inquiries-and-interviews/detail/articolo/architettura-architecture-arquitectura-10121/ La Stampa - Vatican Insider: "New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture"] November 21, 2011</ref>
+[[Pope Benedict XVI]] believed the reforms following the Second Vatican Council went too far, and advocated for what has been called "reform of the reform",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://media.christendom.edu/2006/07/benedict-xvi-and-the-reform-of-the-reform/ |title=Benedict XVI and the Reform of the Reform |last=Hitchcock |first=Helen |date=July 1, 2006 |publisher=[[Christendom College]] |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> as he believed the some had gone astray from the intentions of the Council, stating in his {{lang|la|[[motu proprio]] [[Pastor bonus#Modifications to Pastor bonus|Quaerit semper]]}} to "focus mainly on giving a fresh impetus to promoting the Sacred Liturgy in the Church, in accordance with the renewal that the Second Vatican Council desired".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_ben-xvi_motu-proprio_20110830_quaerit-semper.html |title=Quarit Semper |last=Benedict |date=October 1, 2011 |publisher=[[Holy See]] |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> The following month, he supported [[Antonio Cañizares Llovera]], Prefect of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship]], to establish a "Liturgical Art and Sacred Music Commission", which would be responsible for evaluating both new construction and renovation projects as well as music used during the celebration of Mass to ensure that they complied with church guidelines. Pope Benedict considered the commission's task "very urgent".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/inquiries-and-interviews/detail/articolo/architettura-architecture-arquitectura-10121/ |title=New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture |last=Tornielli |first=Andrea |date=November 21, 2011 |publisher=[[La Stampa]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124205657/http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/inquiries-and-interviews/detail/articolo/architettura-architecture-arquitectura-10121/ |archive-date=November 24, 2011 |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> However, with the election of [[Pope Francis]], nothing further was heard about the commission, and in his [[Ecclesiastical letter#Letters of the popes in modern times|apostolic letter]] {{lang|la|[[Magnum principium]]}}, Pope Francis removed some of the authority of the CDW over the liturgy.
 == Criticism ==
-Opponents of wreckovation also charge that such changes are [[iconoclastic]] and produce results that look more like [[Protestant]] churches, [[Theater (structure)|theaters]], [[Airport terminal|airport terminals]], or [[barns]] rather than Catholic churches. A major concern is that the design of renovated churches downplays the sense of the [[sacred]] in favor of focus on the congregation. Critics see this as inconsistent with the traditional Catholic understanding of communal worship. Meanwhile, more [[Liberal Christianity|liberal Catholics]] have referred to the renovations as necessary steps in order to emphasise the role of the congregation in worship, in accord with the wishes of the Second Vatican Council. Conservative Catholics charge that this is a misinterpretation of the documents of Vatican II.<ref>{{cite web |title=Library : Liturgical Design Consultant Reveals His New Age Religion |url=http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=3632 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/1999/aug1999p9_317.html Canadian Catholic journal 'Challenge': "How a Canadian church was saved from destruction"]</ref><ref>[http://www.seattlecatholic.com/article_20010727_Weaklands_Cathedral_Renovations.html Seattle Catholic: "Weakland's Cathedral Renovations"] July 27, 2001</ref>
+Opposition by conservatives of the architectural changes was in full swing by the 1990s.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last=Niebuhr |first=Gustav |date=July 14, 2001 |title=Milwaukee Cathedral Plan Draws Ecclesiastical Ire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/14/us/milwaukee-cathedral-plan-draws-ecclesiastical-ire.html |work=[[New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604000054/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/14/us/milwaukee-cathedral-plan-draws-ecclesiastical-ire.html |archive-date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref> Conservatives held that such changes were [[iconoclastic]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/wrecking-churches-iconoclasm-continuity |title=Wrecking Churches: Iconoclasm or Continuity? |last=Longenecker |first=Dwight |date=January 30, 2015 |work=Crisis Magazine |publisher=[[Sophia Institute Press]] |access-date=January 13, 2024 |quote=The 'wreckovation' as conservatives refer to it, continued into the 1990s}}</ref> lacked height,<ref>{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Michael |date=2009 |title=Ugly as Sin: Why They Changed Our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces and how We Can Change Them Back Again |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LUulAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA17 |publisher=[[Sophia Institute Press]] |page=17 |isbn=9781933184449}}</ref> and produced results that resembled [[Protestant]] churches,<ref>{{cite journal |last=McGavin |first=Paul-Anthony |date=November 1, 2006 |title=Where have all the boys gone? |url=https://www.clergy.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/journal/the_priest_2006_nov.pdf |journal=The Priest |publisher=The Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=29–30 |access-date=January 13, 2024 |issn=0818-9005 |quote=Everything reflects this minimalism, and a general 'protestant' air prevails in church design (or redesign – 'wreckovation' as it is sometimes aptly called)}}</ref> [[Theater (structure)|theaters]], [[airport terminal]]s, or [[barns]] rather than Catholic churches. A major concern was that the design of renovated churches downplayed the sense of the [[sacred]] in favor of focus on the congregation. Critics saw this as inconsistent with the traditional Catholic understanding of communal worship. Meanwhile, more [[Liberal Christianity|liberal Catholics]] referred to the renovations as necessary steps in order to emphasize the role of the congregation in worship, in accordance with the wishes of the Second Vatican Council. Conservative Catholics charge that this is a misinterpretation of the documents of Vatican II.<ref>{{cite web |title=Library: Liturgical Design Consultant Reveals His New Age Religion |url=http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=3632 |website=catholicculture.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Likoudis |first=Paul |date=August 1, 1999 |title=How a Canadian church was saved from destruction |url=http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/1999/aug1999p9_317.html |magazine=AD 2000 |location=[[Australia]] |access-date=January 12, 2024 |quote= the man whose name has become synonymous with church 'wreckovations,' and who has made a fortune demolishing beautiful churches, stated flatly: 'What's important is not the church building'}}</ref><ref name="nyt" />
-Some churches are reversing prior renovations and returning to the historical Catholic liturgical setup.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tribe |first=Shawn |author-link= |date=August 24, 2018 |title=Before and After: St. Columban Church in Chillicothe, Missouri |url=https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2018/08/before-and-after-st-columban-church-in.html |access-date= |publisher=Liturgical Arts Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Tribe |first=Shawn |author-link= |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Before and After: St. Mark's in Peoria, Illinois |url=https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2018/05/before-and-after-st-marks-in-peoria.html |access-date= |publisher=Liturgical Arts Journal}}</ref>
+Some churches, such as [[St. Columban Catholic Church, Chillicothe|St. Columban in Chillicothe, Missouri]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Hand |first=Ashlie |date=August 7, 2023 |title=House of God / St. Columbian, Chillicothe |url=https://catholickey.org/2023/08/07/house-of-god-st-columban-chillicothe/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph]]}}</ref> St. Mark in [[Peoria, Illinois]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Tribe |first=Shawn |author-link= |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Before and After: St. Mark's in Peoria, Illinois |url=https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2018/05/before-and-after-st-marks-in-peoria.html |publisher=Liturgical Arts Journal}}</ref> and [[St. Adalbert Parish, South Bend|St. Adalbert]] in [[South Bend, Indiana]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Balsbaugh |first=Kasia |date=December 17, 2023 |title=St. Adalbert Receives $250,000 Grant for Renovations |url=https://todayscatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/43December172023.pdf |work=Today's Catholic |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend]] |page=4 |access-date=January 13, 2024 |quote=The current paint job on the ceiling and pillars is not original to the church; Popielarz calls it part of a 'wreckovation of the 1980s.'}}</ref> are reversing prior renovations and "restoring" the historical Catholic liturgical setup.
 ==Related renovation controversies==
 * [[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (Los Angeles)#Criticism|Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (Los Angeles) § Criticism]]
 * [[Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee)#Renovation and controversy|Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee) § Renovation and controversy]]
+* [[:nl:Sint-Barbarakerk (Culemborg)|Sint-Barbarakerk]] in [[Culemborg]], [[Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid:939cddfd-803a-4405-8ff8-fedf3c2fcac9/datastream/OBJ4/download |title=The Story Lives On: Optimizing Narrative driven Design for a Zero-Waste Conversion of Ex-churches |last=Nijenhuis |first=Bas |date=October 5, 2023 |publisher=[[Delft University of Technology]] |access-date=January 13, 2024 |quote=The Heilige Barbarakerk was effected by this Wreckovation in the cleansing of the choir, a new main podium and altar and a new layout of the church benches and baptistery}}</ref>
+==Notes==
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 ==References==
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-== Further reading ==
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20001027205709/http://www.uscatholic.org/2000/11/cov0011.htm ''U.S. Catholic''<nowiki/>'s "Who Moved the Tabernacle?" article]
-* [http://www.nccbuscc.org/liturgy/q&a/environment/environment.shtml US Conference of Catholic Bishops write on ''Environment and Art in Catholic Worship'']
-* {{cite book |author=Rose |first=Michael S. |title=Ugly as sin: why they changed our churches from sacred places to meeting spaces - and how we can change them back again |date=2001 |publisher=Sophia Institute Press |isbn=1-928832-36-9 |oclc=463107712}}
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