Generations of American Catholics made do with "temporary churches" in school gyms and school basements.  And the architectural statement of that day was Our church is growing!"  Today's Catholic priests are no longer in harmony with a growing church, unless it's growing more traditional and conservative, regardless of the expense both of building and of maintaining traditional styles of whatever size.  Whatever the design of the church, it sure would be nice if both church architecture as well as Catholic clergy were much more people-friendly, in every sense of that term, and that the people had a voice and a role in the design and reconstruction of the facilities they are expected to support.