Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel is a 250-seat Catholic chapel located at the heart of Aquinas College’s campus. In the spring of 2014, the College decided it wanted to proceed with plans to design and build a permanent on-campus chapel. The new chapel was listed as an “aspirational project” in the 2015 Campus Master Plan and would become the “heart” of the campus, serving as a focal point across from the Holmdene building. It is also historically significant as the first building in Aquinas College’s 140+ year history constructed specifically as a chapel. Completed and dedicated in 2017, it serves as the central space for Mass, prayer, worship, and spiritual life for the college community.
Key Facility Features:
- A 250-seat sanctuary with flexible seating to accommodate larger liturgical celebrations, as well as a dedicated choral space
- A reconciliation room
- Meeting and prayer rooms
- Music storage
- A sacristy
- Supporting auxiliary areas
- LEED Certified
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Our Lady of Fatima Shrine:
The Our Lady of Fatima Shrine is a peaceful outdoor devotional space located near
the south end of Aquinas College’s Holmdene Lawn. Originally dedicated in 1950 (see photo) after students raised funds
in memory of members of the campus community who died in World War II, the shrine
has served as a place of prayer and reflection for more than 75 years. Surrounded
by natural landscaping, it remains an important spiritual landmark and gathering space
within Aquinas’s wooded campus setting, with its most recent renovation in 2019.
Virtual Tour: Aquinas College
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