Publisher's Synopsis
A Romanesque Success. - In a book, "St. Agnes Church, Cleveland, Ohio." whose numerous illustrations validate the text, Anne O'Hare McCormick tells how John T. Comes of Pittsburgh, built one of his most beautiful architectural accomplishments, translating " into words the things that St. Agnes' has to say, in its architecture, its decoration and its symbolism." It details the realization for the Rev. Dr. Gilbert P. Jennings, pastor of St. Agnes', of "a plan that would meet squarely all modern and practical requirements, that would retain the flavor and spirit of the best Romanesque traditions and yet give to Cleveland a church of some distinction and originality, expressing the ancient and modern continuity of the Church, and also the power of her adaptability to the language of the day." The photographic reproductions of the building easily persuade the reader that " no passerby, however casual, could escape the impression that it was conceived in faith and built in love." Further explanation in regard to the generosity that built and paid for all this asserts that, " In twenty-seven years there has never been a personal solicitation nor a public record of contributions." Countless weary and anxious rectors, no doubt, would be glad to have Dr. Jennings show them how he accomplished this result.-- Mr. Comes has out a new and enlarged edition of his " Catholic Art and Architecture " (the author, Pittsburgh) an excellent lecture he gives to seminarians and parish groups, which has already been favorably noticed in these columns. The brochure contains fifty pages of fine pictures to illustrate the text.
-America, Vol. 24
