A large ceremonial plaza greets parishioners and visitors to this prairie Cathedral. The Easter Fire is at the center of the Plaza, A 77 foot bell tower marks the location of plaza and main entrance. The baptismal font, altar and ambo are focal points of the worship...
Hired as liturgical design consultant to first facilitate an educational program on liturgy and the requirements of the liturgical environment. As part of the liturgical educational series, a visualization exercise with 125 parishioners had an astonishing 90% of them...
The existing chapel was a classic example of a pre-Vatican II worship space. It contained a high altar platform and a deeply sloped nave with four rows of seating set in a typical parallel processional plan. In addition most of the materials were masculine rough stone...
The church embraces traditional architectural forms with a contemporary Southwestern flair. Sandstone, installed in a Anazasi layered pattern and as slabs for wall panels, coupled with stucco and concrete roof tile is accentuated by an angled concrete plinth...