Chapel Update
A Message from Dr. Dillon
(Fall 2007 Newsletter)
Now that we have entered the final year of construction of Our
Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, I think it is a good point
to bring our readers up to date about the finances for this project.
The budget for the Chapel project is $21 million, and to date we
have received $16 million in funding. The Dan Murphy Foundation's
magnificent grant accounts for nearly two-thirds of the funds that
have been raised, with a little over a third coming from generous
alumni, parents, and friends of the College.
 I
am deeply grateful to all have so generously contributed to the
construction of what will be the crown jewel of our campus, and
I want you to know that you are remembered in our daily Masses and
prayers. The good you are helping to bring about at Thomas Aquinas
College will help to further establish the College so that generations
of young people to come will have the opportunity to be formed here
in the intellectual and moral virtues. And your generosity will
be far-reaching in its effect as our graduates go into the world
to help transform it for Christ.
If you have not yet made a gift to the Our Lady of the Most Holy
Trinity Chapel, I encourage you to do so and to participate in the
raising up of this beautiful chapel that will be at the heart of
Thomas Aquinas College. If you have already contributed to the project,
I ask you to consider whether you might make another gift. To raise
$5 million is a challenge indeed, and your assistance will be most
appreciated.
Below are some photographs of our progress over the past few months.
As you can see, what was once only the skeleton of a building is
now well on its way to becoming a substantial structure.
The timeline for the Chapel project now indicates completion in
the fall of 2008. We all look forward to the day of its dedication
and very much hope you will be able to join us.
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| Providence disposed it that the final tier
of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity's bell tower was hoisted
into place and the iron cross mounted on its roof, on September
14th, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. |
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| The barrel-vaulted ceiling of the Chapel takes
shape. The view is from the choir loft looking towards the sanctuary. |
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| The Chapel façade comes to life as
each new limestone element is put in place. |
-- Qtrly Newsletter, Fall 2007
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