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Mark C. N. Sullivan is an editor at a Massachusetts university. He is married and the father of three children. Email
If a church is a sermon in stone, then Richard Vosko is the John Shelby Spong of liturgical design, the high priest of wreckovation.
On one of his projects, in Rochester, the good guys just won a round: The city Preservation Board unanimously recommended the exterior and -- in a rare move -- the interior structure of Sacred Heart Cathedral be designated as historic landmarks. Accidental Choir Director provides local perspective.
In San Antonio, however, the Vosko-inspired gutting of San Fernando Cathedral continues apace to approving spin. The affair is all the more dispiriting when you consider the cathedral's former glory. Here's what was left after an initial sack in the 1970s, and how it will look after the current vandals are through.
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