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The interior of a church. there are wooden pews with psalm books in them. In the center of the image is an altar.  The church's roof is made of wood and there are lanterns hanging down from the ceiling.

St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church

The interior of a church. there are wooden pews with psalm books in them. In the center of the image is an altar.  The church's roof is made of wood and there are lanterns hanging down from the ceiling.
Cover of “St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church”, 2022 Heritage Toronto Book Award nominee. Image by Tom Arban.

Cover of “St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church”, 2022 Heritage Toronto Book Award nominee. Image by Tom Arban.

Author: A. Silvio Baldassarra

Publisher: NORR Architects & Engineers Limited

The St. John Henry Newman Church has been the centre of Catholic life at the University of Toronto for over 100 years, playing an integral role for students, professors, and surrounding community members. In St. John Henry Newman Church, author A. Silvio Baldassarra documents the church’s century-long history, exploring how theological changes physically affect the interior of the Gothic church, and how the theological changes are tested through the years.

 

 

 


About the Author:

A. Silvio Baldassarra is an architect with 48 years experience and Chairman of NORR Architects and Engineers Limited, an A&E consulting firm founded in Toronto in 1938 with over 15 offices globally and 800 staff globally. Baldassarra led numerous architectural projects, spanning fields such as aviation design and management, education, government, hospitality, justice, sports and transportation, and religion. Baldassarra was the design architect for renovations to St. Thomas Aquinas parish at the Newman Centre.