Expansion Plans

The Chapel of the Immaculate Conception continues to adapt as we grow in size and faith. The style of the planned addition will be sensitive to the original architecture. Religious art will be reused, and new finishes and materials will recall the chapel's history: wooden pews, kneelers, rich colors and decorative window detail. 

The $12 million renovation and expansion will provide:

• Gracious space for the rituals of Sunday Mass and the entire Church year — the spiritual rituals of Holy Week and the Triduum; the particular needs of baptisms, weddings, funerals and religious vows of Marianists; adequate room for the Gospel and communion processions

• An enhanced relationship of the congregation to the sanctuary space with seating that surrounds the altar in a gentle embrace and special seating for the choir as part of the congregation

• A purposeful progression into the worship space mirroring the Marianist path to Jesus Christ — through the Mother to the Son

• A gathering space that promotes fellowship and community without diminishing the reverent peacefulness of the sanctuary

• A baptismal font

• Intimate spaces for private reflection and prayer 

• A reconciliation room 

• Increased seating capacity

• Barrier-free accessibility to the entire chapel