About the Chapel
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Spirituality and the belief that
striving to emulate the life of Jesus Christ will inspire students to grow into
caring, well-rounded individuals has led the University to launch an $10 million
Chapel Campaign. The St. Katharine Drexel Chapel will be a place where the
Xavier community can come together to celebrate the Eucharist, enrich its
knowledge of the liturgy, foster religious vocations, attend life-altering
retreats, participate in ministries of service, and give time and talent to
assist the poor.
St. Katharine Drexel, born a wealthy Philadelphia
socialite, founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament with the hope that she
and her religious order would bring Christ's word to disadvantaged peoples
through the United States. She founded Xavier University in 1925, and it remains
our nation's only Catholic and Historically Black College and the only college
or university founded by a U.S. born Saint of the Catholic Church. On March 3,
2012, Xavier will dedicate the St. Katharine Drexel chapel, the first
free-standing house of worship on the campus. The chapel was designed by
internationally known architect Cesar Pelli.
Donations are still being accepted for the $10
million, four-thousand square foot structure which will seat up to 430 with a
day chapel to seat 40. For more information on the St. Katharine Drexel Chapel
on the Xavier University campus, please visit:
http://www.xula.edu/institutional-advancement/index_chapel.php
