Liturgical Year 2023-2024
This year started with a challenge: the 4th Sunday of Advent was also Christmas Eve. I went to one of the old stand bys, the starry night. I loved the way the off setting banners worked around the whole church. Christmas we a quick change: lights, one big star, a candle change, and lots of white poinsettias. Those poinsettias carried over to OT Winter, accented with white branches. This was one of the first times I felt like I was finally taking advantage of that dark backdrop to the Sanctuary. Lent was frankly lifted in part off the Basilica and their three purple banners during Lent. I put a twist on it by angling the bottoms (a theme carried throughout the design) and adding a pale lavender stripe. I was playing off the binders used for announcements, prayers of the faithful, etc, which is that same pale lavender color. Came off kinda white instead.