Christ Chapel

Hillsdale, Michigan

Christ Chapel

The brick and limestone facade stands 70 feet tall and terminates a new quadrangle at the center of campus. The entrance portico is a tholos formed by eight Doric limestone columns crowned with a 32-foot self-supporting brick dome.  In the narthex are symbols such as the Chi-Rho, Holy Trinity, Ark of the Covenant, and the Dove of the Holy Spirit. The nave limestone columns are 28 feet tall and are integrated with the structure of the building. Over the ten arches of the nave are gold-leaf escutcheons with fruits of the Holy Spirit: Caritas, Gaudium, Pax, Patientia, Benignitas, Bonitas, Fides, Modestia, Continentia, Castitas.  

Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel
Christ Chapel