Tag: Sacred Heart Chapel

Campus Christmas decorating begins Tuesday

Join the Mission and Ministry Division as they prepare campus for the Advent and Christmas seasons. Student, faculty and staff volunteers are welcome to help with the decorating which will take place Tuesday from 3-5:30 p.m. Volunteers are needed to decorate the Moye Rotunda and Sacred Heart Chapel

Please sign up using the following link: Sign up today.

Following the decorating, the community is invited to partake in a FREE! Thanksgiving meal in the Saints Café, graciously sponsored by our Division of Student Affairs. Dinner will begin with prayer at 5:30 p.m. and serving will start at 5:45 p.m. Meals will be first-come, first-served.

Sign up to assist with university holiday decorating

Sign up today to help the Mission and Ministry Division prepare the campus for the Advent and Christmas seasons. Student, faculty and staff volunteers are welcome to help with the decorating which will take place on Nov. 19 from 3-5:30 p.m. Volunteers are needed to decorate the Moye Rotunda and Sacred Heart Chapel

Please sign up using the following link: Sign up today.

Following the decorating, the community is invited to partake in a FREE! Thanksgiving meal in the Saints Café, graciously sponsored by our Division of Student Affairs. Dinner will begin with prayer at 5:30 p.m. and serving will start at 5:45 p.m. Meals will be first-come, first-served.

A new sound system for Sacred Heart Conventual Chapel 

Sacred Heart Conventual has been fitted with a new sound system. The recently completed work will dramatically improve the sound quality in the 100-year-old chapel.

New features include:

  • New professional speakers and subwoofers
  • New wireless microphone system with five wireless microphones
  • Speakers specially tuned to the unique space of Sacred Heart Chapel
  • Speakers covering the balcony for the first time
  • Sound designed to cover all pew seating areas in Sacred Heart Chapel

The new system will eliminate the muffled, difficult-to-understand sound in the previous system.

The new system was funded by a gift from Otto Nelson, a strong supporter of OLLU. Nelson’s late wife, Mary Josephine McDowell (BA 1959), was an alumna. Three in-laws are alumni, as well.

In The News

Recent media coverage that brought attention to OLLU:

On Sept. 8, a story on KENS-5 about the 100th anniversary celebration of Sacred Heart Conventual Chapel:

https://www.kens5.com/video/news/community/our-lady-of-the-lake-university-celebrates-100th-birthday-of-historic-campus-chapel/273-7933b515-b76c-43d6-9b9a-8575bfe5e593

On Sept. 8, from Today’s Catholic, a live broadcast on YouTube about the 100th anniversary of Sacred Heart Conventual Chapel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8mvbDOTE5g

On Sept. 7, a story on Victory Sports Network about OLLU hiring Tom Norris as the new Athletic Director:

http://www.victorysportsnetwork.com/Clip/news/ollu-names-tom-norris-as-new-athletic-director.htm

Spirit Day, 100th anniversary of Sacred Heart Chapel set for Friday

OLLU will celebrate Spirit Day and the 100th anniversary of Sacred Heart Chapel on Friday.

Classes will be dismissed at 10:45 a.m. to allow all to attend the celebration. Classes will resume at 1:45 p.m.

Students, faculty and staff will assemble for a Spirit Day Mass in Sacred Heart Chapel at 11 a.m.

Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller will be the principal celebrant for the Mass, and will provide a special blessing in recognition of the chapel’s centennial celebration. Employees celebrating 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years of service to OLLU will be recognized during the Mass.

Following the Mass there will be a reception in Chapel Auditorium sponsored by the Student Government Association.

Spirit Day, 100th anniversary of Sacred Heart Chapel set for Sept. 8

Save the Date: OLLU will celebrate Spirit Day and the 100th anniversary of Sacred Heart Chapel on Friday, Sept. 8.

Students, faculty and staff will assemble for a Spirit Day Mass in Sacred Heart Chapel at 11 a.m.

Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller will be the principal celebrant for the Mass, and will provide a special blessing in recognition of the chapel’s centennial celebration.

During the celebration, employees who are celebrating 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years of service to the university in 2023 will be recognized with service awards.

Following the Mass there will be a reception in Chapel Auditorium sponsored by the Student Government Association.

Mass and services for Ash Wednesday to be held in Sacred Heart Chapel

University Ministry invites the campus community to attend Ash Wednesday Mass this week (March 2) in Sacred Heart Chapel at 12:30 p.m. Mass will be livestreamed on the University Ministry Facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/ollu.ministry)

Additional Ash Wednesday services will be held in the chapel at 10 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

For questions, contact ministry@ollusa.edu.