The Book: This book contains the rites of dedicating new or renovated places of worship, rites of blessing for new furnishings, and rites for those sad occations when houses of worship must be closed. Practical and meaningful, these are tirual metaphors that teach us and shape us into who we are called to be: the church of breath and bone that gathers in a church of brick and board.
paperback - 8" x 10" - 218 pages
The Author: Thomas G. Simons, a presbyter of the diocese of Grand Rapids, is a parish pastor. He holds a master's degree in liturgy from the University of Notre Dame and is a frequent national speaker on rites for the church's house.
