Building the Medieval Cathedral
Presented by Wayne Kalayjian, PE, SE
Tuesdays June 18 and 25, 2019.
7 PM in the Sanctuary

Medieval cathedrals are among the most intricate and inspiring legacies of the Church. They are also fascinating windows into the past and tell us much about the political, artistic, and cultural tempers of those times; the religious convictions of their patrons; and the engineering daring that it took to have them built. The two consecutive presentations will explore how these great moments of the Middle Ages were designed and constructed, how they were financed, as well as their philosophical underpinnings. As a “current events” bonus, possibilities for the rebuilding of Notre Dame will be reviewed.
Please indicate your plans to attend by calling or emailing:
(310) 377-6771 or churchoffice@rhumc.org
Wayne Kalayjian, PE, SE
Wayne H. Kalayjian has studied and photographed all kinds of buildings — churches in particular — since his college days in Boston. He has designed, managed and supervised billion-dollar construction projects across the U.S. and 9 other countries. In 1995, he engineered the move of an historic lighthouse on Cape Cod National Seashore, where his construction drawings remain on display at the Highland Light Museum.
He studied civil engineering, art history, and geology at Tufts University; structural and earthquake engineering at Stanford University; and business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wayne can be reached at whkalayjian@gmail.com.