Charles Nolan & AJ Meek - Splendors of Faith & Sacred Light

 Saturday, October 23rd

1-3PM

Charles Nolan and A.J. Meek with Marchita B Mauck will  discuss and sign their books Splendors of Faith: New Orleans Catholic Churches 1727-1930 and Sacred Light: Holy Places in Louisiana, respectively.

If you are unable to attend,you must call the book shop to order signed books.   

Splendors of Faith, is a gumbo of French, Spanish, and American influences, the architecture of New Orleans has always reflected the city's strong Catholic roots. Indeed, St. Louis Cathedral across from Jackson Square stands as perhaps the most widely recognized face of New Orleans. The cathedral, though, is just one of many stunning churches that beautifully reflect the city's long and diverse Catholic heritage. Splendors of Faith showcases thirteen of these historic churches of exceptional architectural and artistic beauty, revealing scenic treasures that lie mostly beyond the well-worn tourist paths.

In Sacred Light, renowned photographer A. J. Meek takes the novitiate on an inspired visual journey with eighty-eight color photographs of the interiors of churches and synagogues located in south Louisiana, mostly along the lower Mississippi River valley. Tourists may crowd the famous European cathedrals such as Notre Dame in Paris and Westminster Abbey in London. Yet the splendors of local churches in America all too often remain cloistered and unheralded. MeekÂ's beautiful photographs correct this oversight for Louisiana, a state that features a great many beautiful and long-standing holy places.