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OLPS ADORATION CHAPEL
OWNER ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS LOCATION CHALMETTE, LA SQUARE FOOTAGE 620 GSF BUDGET $275,000 COMPLETION 2010 ARCHITECT OF RECORD MICHAEL HOWARD, AIA PROJECT DESIGNER SHELLEY OLIVIER, AIA (while employed by Performance Architecture) 
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Prior to Katrina, St. Bernard Parish’s only adoration chapel was at Prince of Peace Church in Chalmette which never reopened after the storm. The OLPS Chapel is currently the only one in the parish now and is open 24 hours to devout Catholics who seek healing, reflection and to deepen their relationship with the Lord. The Chapel features several stained glass panels salvaged from St. Louis de Marillac Church and a full scale statue of the Blessed Mother from Prince of Peace. These items help people from all over St. Bernard to feel connected to the chapel. Also featured in the space is a beautiful hand carved cypress cross salvaged from Prince of Peace Church which served as inspiration for the custom CNC Routed entry door donated by The Brown Foundation. The exterior and interior facades all have a smooth plaster finish relating to the church’s exterior. The alter wall, offset from the rest of the building by the stained glass windows, is showcased in the space with its marble like Venetian Plaster finish. The interior setting was inspired by the Byzantine Fresco Chapel of Houston allowing no visibility outward, only ambient lighting pouring down the side walls behind the valances. This internalizes the experience and turns the focus to one’s self and to the Eucharistic cross known as a Monstrance. The church’s pew layout made up of a series of curves ripples outward and the chapel walls are aligned on these offsets connecting the chapel alter with the church alter.
Prior to Katrina, St. Bernard Parish’s only adoration chapel was at Prince of Peace Church in Chalmette which never reopened after the storm. The OLPS Chapel is currently the only one in the parish now and is open 24 hours to devout Catholics who seek healing, reflection and to deepen their relationship with the Lord. The Chapel features several stained glass panels salvaged from St. Louis de Marillac Church and a full scale statue of the Blessed Mother from Prince of Peace. These items help people from all over St. Bernard to feel connected to the chapel. Also featured in the space is a beautiful hand carved cypress cross salvaged from Prince of Peace Church which served as inspiration for the custom CNC Routed entry door donated by The Brown Foundation. The exterior and interior facades all have a smooth plaster finish relating to the church’s exterior. The alter wall, offset from the rest of the building by the stained glass windows, is showcased in the space with its marble like Venetian Plaster finish. The interior setting was inspired by the Byzantine Fresco Chapel of Houston allowing no visibility outward, only ambient lighting pouring down the side walls behind the valances. This internalizes the experience and turns the focus to one’s self and to the Eucharistic cross known as a Monstrance. The church’s pew layout made up of a series of curves ripples outward and the chapel walls are aligned on these offsets connecting the chapel alter with the church alter.
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