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What Makes a Catholic Church, Catholic?
What makes a Catholic church truly Catholic? This post explores the Incarnational Principle, the role of Mary’s Immaculate Conception, and how sacred architecture transforms buildings into spaces that embody faith, beauty, and the Catholic imagination.
So, We Have a Building Project...
Planning a Catholic church or parish renovation? This post outlines Mythodium’s 10-step process to move from vision to reality, starting with programming and conceptual design. Learn how workshops, parish engagement, and clear planning help build both Church and community.
What Is IIDP™ and Why It Short-Circuits Design Risk
Traditional architectural workflows can be slow, fragmentary, and opaque. Mythodium developed a better way - the Immediate Interactive Design Process (IIDP™) - with the the philosophy: design with people, in real time.
Free Presentation: How to Build a Meaningful Catholic Church
Discover the four key components of beautiful Catholic sacred architecture. In this post, Steve Baker PhD(c) shares research from his dissertation, exploring Aquinas’s principles of beauty and revealing a fourth essential element that guides the creation of meaningful, lasting Catholic churches.
Reflections on a Turtle

Today, on the feast of the Holy Family, I would like to post a little reflection on Antoni Gaudi’s masterpiece the Sagrada Familia.

There is one element that fascinates me about this building. Sure it is grand and is dripping with Catholic imagery, but there is one column which captures the imaginati...