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AAC - Arts and Architecture Committee

Dates: 1995-2017

Number of records in this collection: 389

 

Church buildings exist for the worship of God and to serve the mission of the Church. They are sacred buildings which need and deserve to be cared for and cherished. Canon Law requires that clergy must ‘carefully supervise the administration of goods’ (Canon 1276) and take ‘special care that damage will not be suffered by the Church through the non-observance of the civil law’ (Canon 1284 §2, 3o). In the Archdiocese of Birmingham this vigilance is exercised by the Art and Architecture Committee (for non-listed buildings). The Committee first met on the 16th February 1995. The committee is made up both of priests and a variety of lay experts including architects, artists, art historians and representatives of English Heritage and the national amenity societies. The members are appointed by the Archbishop for a three year term.

 
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