Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity (West Point)
West Point Catholic Chapel | |
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Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity | |
West Point Catholic Chapel, the Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity | |
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41°23′39.86″N 73°57′46.52″W / 41.3944056°N 73.9629222°WCoordinates: 41°23′39.86″N 73°57′46.52″W / 41.3944056°N 73.9629222°W | |
Location | United States Military Academy West Point, New York |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | Website |
History | |
Status | Church |
Founded | 1899 |
Founder(s) | Monsignor Cornelius O'Keefe |
Dedicated | 1900 |
Consecrated | 1900 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1900 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Military Services, USA |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Father Wood (d. 2014) |
Pastor(s) | CH (CPT) Bernardino Yebra |
Chaplain(s) | CH (COL) Matthew Pawlikowski retired (USMA chaplain) |
Laity | |
Director of music | Emily Lapisardi |
The Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity at the United States Military Academy is a Catholic church and place of worship for many members of the United States Military Academy Corps of Cadets. Completed in 1900, it is the oldest chapel on the West Point campus in continual use,[1] although the 1836 Old Cadet Chapel, moved in 1910 to West Point Cemetery, is still in use for funeral services and weekly Lutheran denominational services. Most Holy Trinity Chapel was expanded in 1959.[2]
See also[]
- United States Army Chaplain Corps
- United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel (including Catholic chapel)
References[]
- ^ "Catholic Chapel". USMA.edu. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ Jordan, Bryant (5 October 2011). "No Same-sex Unions for West Point RC Chapel". Military.com. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
Further reading[]
- Griffin, Beth (28 June 2011). "West Point chaplains feel 'sense of privilege' in ministering to cadets". Catholic News Service/USCCB. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
External links[]
Media related to Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity (West Point) at Wikimedia Commons
The spire in early spring
Information stone in sanctuary
Courtyard of the rectory
Our Lady of Peace, a Mary garden directly behind the chapel
Old chapel on circa 1920s post card
Categories:
- United States Military Academy
- Military chapels of the United States
- Roman Catholic churches in New York (state)
- University and college chapels in the United States
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1900
- Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state)
- Roman Catholic chapels in the United States
- 1900 establishments in New York (state)
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States