This visually stunning and carefully researched book encompasses some of the most significant Catholic churches of Chicago, addressing both their architectural and theological significance. Color photographs beautifully illustrate the insightful text. It is a book suitable for those interested in local history, architectural achievement, theological awareness, or those who simply desire to glory in the visual beauty of Chicago’s historic churches.

• Features over 200 striking color photographs of more than 60 churches and chapels
• Addresses church buildings as both examples of architectural movements and sacramental images of the Heavenly City of Jerusalem (Rv. 21:1)
• Has broad appeal for pilgrims, architects, and historians, both casual observers and serious students.

Hardcover, 9 1/2 x 13, 160 pages.

AWARDS:
•Benjamin Franklin Award
    First Place in the Religion Category
•2005 Midwest Book Award Winner:
    1st Place - History
    1st Place - Regional (Non-Fiction)
    Honorable Mention - Interior Layout

Author Denis R. McNamara, an architectural historian who specializes in American church architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He has written and lectured widely on the history and theology of ecclesiastical architecture, and had served on the Art and Architecture Commission of the Archdiocese of Chicago. He is currently Assistant Director and faculty member at the Liturgical Institute of the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, and serves as a liturgical design consultant.

Photographer James Morris specializes in architectural and cultural subjects from around the world, working with publishers, magazines and architects, including his recent book published in 2000, Churches of London (Contemporary Books). In 2004 he published the monograph Butabu: Adobe Architecture of West Africa, of which The New York Times commented, "The British photographer James Morris easily takes the palm for the year's most haunting architectural images." His work is exhibited in both Europe and the United States and has been awarded prizes by, among others, Chicago's Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and the United Kingdom's Design and Art Directors Guild. He currently lives in Wales.

Included Churches:

Downtown Chicago

• Holy Name Cathedral (Near North Side/Gold Coast)*
• Assumption (Near North Side/Gold Coast)*
• St. James Chapel at Quigley Preparatory Seminary (Near North Side/Gold Coast)*
• St. Peter (Loop)
• Old St. Patrick’s (Near West Side/West Loop)*

North Chicago

• Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Lakeview)*
• St. Ignatius (East Rogers Park)*
• St. Alphonsus (Lakeview)
• St. Vincent de Paul (Lincoln Park)*
• St. Josaphat (Lincoln Park)
• St. Clement (Lincoln Park)*
• St. Jerome (East Rogers Park)
• Our Lady of Lourdes (Uptown)
• Madonna della Strada Chapel (Loyola University/East Rogers Park)*
• St. Michael (Old Town)*
• St. Ita (Edgewater)
• Queen of All Saints Basilica (Sauganash)

Northwest Chicago

• St. Hyacinth Basilica (Avondale)
• St. John Berchmans (Logan Square/Bucktown)*
• St. John Cantius (Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village)
• Holy Trinity (Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village)
• St. Stanislaus Kostka (Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village)
• St. Viator (Irving Park)*
• St. Mary of the Angels (Bucktown)*
• St. Boniface (Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village)
• St. Hedwig (Logan Square/Bucktown)
• Holy Innocents (Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village)

South Chicago

• St. Michael (South Shore/South Chicago)
• St. Martin (Englewood)*
• Nativity of Our Lord (Bridgeport)
• Holy Cross-Immaculate Heart of Mary (Back of the Yards/Canaryville)*
• Institute of Christ the King (formerly St. Clara⁄St. Gelasius) (Woodlawn)*
• St. Anthony (Pullman)*
• St. Gabriel (Back of the Yards/Canaryville)
• St. Basil/Visitation (New City/Back of the Yards)
• St. John of God (Sherman Park)*
• St. Thomas the Apostle (Hyde Park)
• St. Ambrose (Kenwood)
• Holy Cross Monastery (formerly Immaculate Conception) (Bridgeport)
• St. Rita of Cascia (West Englewood)
• Corpus Christi (Oakland/Grand Boulevard)
• St. Anselm (Washington Park)
• St. Columbanus (Greater Grand Crossing)
• Our Lady of Guadalupe, Shrine of St. Jude (South Chicago)
• St. Philip Neri (South Shore)
• Our Lady of Peace (South Shore)

West Chicago

• Holy Family (Near West Side/University Village)*
• St. Pius V (Pilsen)
• Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica (Near West Side)*
• Holy Rosary (Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village)
• Notre Dame de Chicago (Near West Side)
• St. Adalbert (Pilsen)*
• St. Paul (Pilsen)*
• St. Nicholas Cathedral, Ukrainian Catholic Church (Wicker Park/Ukrainian Village)

Chicago Suburbs

• St. Thomas Aquinas Priory Chapel, Dominican University (River Forest)
• Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary (Mundelein)*
• St. Athanasius (Evanston)*
• Chapel at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Barat College (Lake Forest)
• Marytown, Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe (Libertyville)*
• St. Peter (Skokie)*
• St. Edmund (Oak Park)
• Ascension (Oak Park)
• St. Giles (Oak Park)*
• Immaculate Conception (Waukegan)
• Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Divine Word Monastery (Techny)*
• St. Francis Xavier (Wilmette)
• St. Joseph (Wilmette)
• Saints Faith, Hope, and Charity (Winnetka)*

* Appears on the Heavenly City Poster.