To Notre Dame students and alumni, the Grotto is a special place to spend a few quiet moments, and especially during football weekends and finals, you might have difficulty finding a candle to light. A small piece of stone from the original grotto in France is located on the right-hand side of the shrine directly below the statue of Mary. Boulders from surrounding farms, most weighing two tons or more, were used in its construction. Thomas Carroll, a former theology student, made it possible in 1896. Visiting the site on one of his many trips to his native country, Notre Dame founder Father Edward Sorin vowed to reproduce it on the campus of his new university.
Subjects of the screens and symbols are of the Blessed Virgin Mary.The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes is one-seventh the size of the famed French shrine where the Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette on 18 occasions in 1858. All glass paint was fired at about 1230° fahrenheit. All glasses are mouth-blown antique glasses from various glass plants.
Love of Baut Studios, with painting by Eugene R. of Forty Fort, PA, and designed by John F. The reverent space within the Chapel is framed by stained glass windows created in 1961 by Baut Studios, Inc. Visitors often place their own hand into Theresa's outstretched hand, a visual representation of the IHM Congregation's spirit of hospitality and joyful, loving service. Titled Theresa at Home, the striking, life-sized sculpture was created in January 2002 by Sister Cor Immaculatum Heffernan, IHM. Louis Florent Gillet, a Redemptorist priest. Visitors are greeted at the Chapel entrance by a bronze sculpture of Mother Theresa Maxis, who co-founded the IHM Congregation in 1845 with Rev.
The Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes at the IHM Center offers seating for 350 people and some flexibility with seating for smaller groups. Campus Locations > Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes
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