Wreckovation (English Wikipedia)

Likoudis, Paul (August 1, 1999). "How a Canadian church was saved from destruction". AD 2000. Australia. Retrieved January 12, 2024. the man whose name has become synonymous with church 'wreckovations,' and who has made a fortune demolishing beautiful churches, stated flatly: 'What's important is not the church building'

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Polish American Studies, Volumes 59-60. Polish-American Historical Association. 2002. p. 110. restoring some of the artistic glory whitewashed or damaged during the 'wreckovation' carried out by misguided 'reformers' in the 1960s and 1970s
Lo Bello, Anthony (2020). Origins of Catholic Words: A Discursive Dictionary. The Catholic University of America Press. p. 522. ISBN 9780813232300. The concoction 'wreckovation' refers to the changes made in Catholic churches, such as the taking down of high altars and the removal of communion rails, to render them appropriate, as it was thought, for the celebration of the new rite of Mass
Rose, Michael (2009). Ugly as Sin: Why They Changed Our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces and how We Can Change Them Back Again. Sophia Institute Press. p. 17. ISBN 9781933184449.

Hitchcock, Helen (July 1, 2006). "Benedict XVI and the Reform of the Reform". Christendom College. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

Smith, Christopher (2016). "The Unfinished Liturgical Work of Benedict XVI" (PDF). Sacred Music. 143 (1): 26–33. Retrieved 2024-09-20.

McGavin, Paul-Anthony (November 1, 2006). "Where have all the boys gone?" (PDF). The Priest. 10 (2). The Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy: 29–30. ISSN 0818-9005. Retrieved January 13, 2024. Everything reflects this minimalism, and a general 'protestant' air prevails in church design (or redesign – 'wreckovation' as it is sometimes aptly called)

Longenecker, Dwight (January 30, 2015). "Wrecking Churches: Iconoclasm or Continuity?". Crisis Magazine. Sophia Institute Press. Retrieved January 13, 2024. The 'wreckovation' as conservatives refer to it, continued into the 1990s

Tornielli, Andrea (November 21, 2011). "New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture". La Stampa. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

Tribe, Shawn (May 9, 2018). "Before and After: St. Mark's in Peoria, Illinois". Liturgical Arts Journal.

Niebuhr, Gustav (July 14, 2001). "Milwaukee Cathedral Plan Draws Ecclesiastical Ire". New York Times. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

Balsbaugh, Kasia (December 17, 2023). "St. Adalbert Receives $250,000 Grant for Renovations" (PDF). Today's Catholic. Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2024. The current paint job on the ceiling and pillars is not original to the church; Popielarz calls it part of a 'wreckovation of the 1980s.'

Nijenhuis, Bas (October 5, 2023). "The Story Lives On: Optimizing Narrative driven Design for a Zero-Waste Conversion of Ex-churches". Delft University of Technology. Retrieved January 13, 2024. The Heilige Barbarakerk was effected by this Wreckovation in the cleansing of the choir, a new main podium and altar and a new layout of the church benches and baptistery

McClory, Robert (November 1, 2000). "Who moved the tabernacle? The ruckus over renovation: How parishes wrestle with revitalizing their church buildings". U.S. Catholic. Claretian Publications. Archived from the original on October 27, 2000. Retrieved January 14, 2024. 'Wreckovation! That's what I call it,' says Szews. 'With this seating in the round, they want to center the assembly on itself. So I'll have to watch people blow their noses and their children behave badly.'

"Committee on Divine Worship Newsletter" (PDF). USCCB. October 1, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2024. November 1977 BCL statements 'Environment and Art in Catholic Worship'

Benedict (October 1, 2011). "Quarit Semper". Holy See. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

McClory, Robert (November 1, 2000). "Who moved the tabernacle? The ruckus over renovation: How parishes wrestle with revitalizing their church buildings". U.S. Catholic. Claretian Publications. Archived from the original on October 27, 2000. Retrieved January 14, 2024. 'Wreckovation! That's what I call it,' says Szews. 'With this seating in the round, they want to center the assembly on itself. So I'll have to watch people blow their noses and their children behave badly.'
Tornielli, Andrea (November 21, 2011). "New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture". La Stampa. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
Niebuhr, Gustav (July 14, 2001). "Milwaukee Cathedral Plan Draws Ecclesiastical Ire". New York Times. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

McGavin, Paul-Anthony (November 1, 2006). "Where have all the boys gone?" (PDF). The Priest. 10 (2). The Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy: 29–30. ISSN 0818-9005. Retrieved January 13, 2024. Everything reflects this minimalism, and a general 'protestant' air prevails in church design (or redesign – 'wreckovation' as it is sometimes aptly called)