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March 20, 2016

Modernist churches a thing of the past

The tabernacle at Toronto’s St. Joan of Arc Church is a classic example of modernist architecture that was a staple of churches built from around 1955-77. It’s not a style that we see in new churches any more.

TORONTO - There are a lot of very traditional Catholics who would have trouble explaining what a baldaccino is. Even the select few who know might have trouble identifying the hexagonal baldaccino above the altar in St. Joan of Arc on Bloor Street West.

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