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Q. What is a liturgical design consultant?

A. According to the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ document, Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture and Worship, a liturgical design consultant assists “the pastor, the staff, and the entire parish with continuing education about the importance, role, and value of worship, and the impact of the church building upon worship.”

Also, the liturgical design consultant “selected by the parish, works with the architect and other members of the design team from the earliest stages of the process to help them apply the principles and norms of liturgical design to the practical and liturgical needs of the parish being served. This includes examining the acoustics, the flow and movement for processions, appropriate styles for liturgical celebrations, the interrelationships within the Eucharist as well as the relationship of the Eucharist with the other sacraments, and all the elements required by the Church's liturgy. In addition, the consultant may have expertise in design and can help to coordinate the design and fabrication of appropriate furniture and other objects to be used during liturgical services, as well as the liturgical art to be placed within the church.”

Q. What are my qualifications?

A. My name is Martin Kleiber, I am a certified liturgical design consultant, holding a certificate from the Institute for Liturgical Consultants at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. I have been a licensed architect for more than twenty years, including several years with an architectural firm specializing in the design of Catholic churches in the Chicago area

Q. What services will I provide St. Andrews parish?

A. I am currently working or may be working with your parish in these ways:

• Facilitating a Town Hall meeting to revisit and affirm your parish Master Plan Project Mission Narrative in order to properly communicate the parish’s values and goals for this project to the design team.

• Presenting several parish workshops to enhance parishioners’ understanding of the purpose and function of liturgical and ritual spaces, furnishings and art.

• By means of bulletin inserts and pulpit messages, helping to

• Providing ongoing guidance and assistance to the Building Committee and other members of the Master Plan Committee during the design and construction phases, including review of construction documents for conformance with parish objectives.

• Designing liturgical furnishings as requested, including altar, ambo, baptismal font, etc.

Q. What do you want the people of St. Andrews parish to know about you and your work?

A. The space, the art and the furnishings in a church building are all means to an end. The end of these things is worship that glorifies God and gathers a people in every generation to serve God in the name of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Before and while contributing to the design of the space, I help each worship community with whom I work to bring their own vision of themselves and their worship into focus, so that the space, art and furnishings that evolve truly belong to them and are expressions of their unique giftedness.

Name: Martin Kleiber, CLDC
KS Consulting/Kahler Slater Architects
Address: 111 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202-2501
Phone: (414)-290-3729
Fax: (414)-272-2001
E-mail: mkleiber@kahlerslater.com