Embrace the Sacred

March 21, 2026

Via Dolorosa 2026 From 22 March 2026 through Holy Saturday G.R.Hoelzeman Studios will present a fourteen day reflection on the Way of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) inspired by four sets of Stations. These stations were created over the course of the last 32 years and represent a broad range of styles and contexts. The reflections are intentionally brief so that everyone may encounter them on a personal level and discover moral and spiritual insights that speak to their own place on the Way of the Cross.

March 16, 2026

The fourth in a series of eight articles exploring the church models of 20th century liturgical architect, Rudolf Schwarz. Written in 1938, Schwarz’s book, Zum Bau der Kirche, was published in English as The Church Incarnate: The Sacred Function of Christian Architecture, in 1958. This extended meditation on the spirituality and theology of seven conceptual models represent more than mere creative designs. The models are significant sacramental/liturgical aspects of the Christian life experienced in the liturgy and those who celebrate it within architectural space. The following articles examine real-world examples, both historical and contemporary, which find their ultimate unity in the Cathedral of All Time itself built with the living stones of God’s People.

December 26, 2025

Our most recently completed commission, designed and created for Sunset Manor and Villages, Jenison, MI.

December 14, 2025

The third in a series of eight articles exploring the church models of 20th century liturgical architect, Rudolf Schwarz. Proposed in 1938, these seven conceptual models represent more than mere creative designs. They are, rather, representations of significant sacramental/liturgical visions which shape the liturgy and those who celebrate it within these spaces. Through the examination of real-world examples, both historical and contemporary, a broad spectrum of sacramental theologies is revealed, all of which find their ultimate unity in the Cathedral of All Time. Just as Augustine and Eusebius treat the building as a metaphor for the Church, so too is the Cathedral of All Time built with the living stones of God’s People.

November 25, 2025

This is the second in a series of eight articles exploring the church models of 20th century liturgical architect, Rudolf Schwarz. Proposed in 1938, these seven conceptual models represent more than mere creative designs. They are, rather, representations of significant sacramental/liturgical visions which shape the liturgy and those who celebrate it within these spaces. Through the examination of real-world examples, both historical and contemporary, a broad spectrum of sacramental theologies is revealed, all of which find their ultimate unity in the Cathedral of All Time. Just as Augustine and Eusebius treat the building as a metaphor for the Church, so too is the Cathedral of All Time built with the living stones of God’s People.

November 18, 2025

Part One of a series of eight articles exploring the church models of 20th century liturgical architect, Rudolf Schwarz. Proposed in 1938, these seven conceptual models represent more than mere creative designs. They are, rather, representations of significant sacramental/liturgical visions which shape the liturgy and those who celebrate it within these spaces. Through the examination of real-world examples, both historical and contemporary, a broad spectrum of sacramental theologies is revealed, all of which find their ultimate unity in the Cathedral of All Time. Just as Augustine and Eusebius treat the building as a metaphor for the Church, so too is the Cathedral of All Time built with the living stones of God’s People. This series is an abbreviated synopsis of my MTS graduate paper at St. John’s School of Theology, Collegeville, MN (2024).