PowerPoint Display for Hymns and Common Texts

[NorthernTenor]

if the display unit is to be useful, its size and placing will be such as to distract from the altar which focuses us on the God who has sacrificed Himself for us.

Might one make a similar argument against some of the larger and more ornate reredos?

Quite possibly, FT. Of course, the problem can be that the high altar that was on a scale with the reredos is no more.

[contrabordun]

I hope this technology does not find its way into our churches, for the reason given by SOP and others, here and on another thread: if the display unit is to be useful, its size and placing will be such as to distract from the altar which focuses us on the God who has sacrificed Himself for us.

I think you're overstating it. I doubt people focus on the altar during the Liturgy of the Word: they focus either on the reader or on their printed copy of the reading (or on whether they'll be able to cut the lawn before it rains), and I didn't see that leaflet as promoting its use during the Eucharistic Prayer.

I personally wouldn't be particularly comfortable with projection in a parish Sunday mass, but I can see it contributing to atmosphere for a prayer meeting. You might say that's artificial or theatrical but I don't see that as qualitatively different from a lone candle in front of a crucifix in an otherwise darkened church.

Then, too, slides frequently lack the subtlety typical of good religious art and architecture.

Hmm - that it is done badly is neither an argument for or against doing it: just a statement that, if done, it needs doing better.

[gwyn]

I personally wouldn't be particularly comfortable with projection in a parish Sunday mass,

Something nagging at the back of my mind tells me that such things are not permitted either. Hmm... Research time methinks