Welcome to the Chapel

The Baptismal Font

The Baptismal font, was sculpted by the Spanish artist Dr José Garcia-Maria Moro.

The Crucifix

The great rood or cross behind the main altar is a modern, realistic representation in bronze and fibreglass of the moment of Christ’s death. The figure of Christ was made by and modelled on Charles I’Anson, who was Senior Lecturer in Sculpture at the College. The crucifix took I’Anson eighteen months

to complete.

The Altar

There is only one altar: it stands separate and foursquare. Its base is made of York stone and rests on a number of old stones. These come from some of Yorkshire’s abbeys. The small stones around the altar were laid by the first 366 students.

The Blessed Sacrament Side Altar

To the left of the altar (as you face it) is the Blessed Sacrament Side Chapel where Christ is sacramentally present in the tabernacle (a domed safe containing consecrated Hosts). The tabernacle is supported on part of a

millstone resting on a pedestal. The millstone was chosen because Millstone Grit is the typical Pennine stone of this area and Christianity is bound to the earthly and material.

The Four Candlesticks

Four standard candlesticks, two larger than the others, represent primarily the Light of Christ. Their stems are decorated with appropriate Creation themes – the wheat and vine for the Eucharistic bread and wine, and human heads, of all sorts and conditions, which represent the Church ‘called to be the saints’.

Mater Admirabalis

The painting, to the left of the main altar, in the Blessed Sacrament Side Chapel depicts Our Lady as a young girl. Her spinning, her book of scriptures and the lily at her side speak of her life of labour and prayer and of her purity of heart. The painting, originally at St Mary’s College, Fenham, was donated to Trinity & All Saints in 1985 by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart to commemorate the closure of St Mary’s after eighty years of training Catholic teachers.

The Holy Spirit Side Chapel

The stained glass window depicting the Most Holy Trinity was installed as a tribute to Andrew Kean and Sr Augusta Maria, the founding Principals of Trinity and All Saints Colleges. It was designed by George Faczynski and made by J. O’Neill, Son and Partners of Liverpool.

The Chapel of Our Lady

The Chapel of Our Lady is furnished in traditional blue and contains a statue of the Madonna (Our Lady of Hope) sculpted by the Spanish artist Dr José Garcia-Maria Moro whose wife was the model for the statue. The stained glass window to the left of the Madonna was installed on 4 June 1979 and dedicated on Trinity Sunday of the same year. The subject of the window is the Annunciation.

The Sisters of the Cross and Passion

To the right of the narthex is a plaque to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of the Cross and Passion and the Congregation’s association with the College. The plaque is by Denis Selby, the sculptor of the candlesticks in the chapel. The material from which the plaque is made links it with the candlesticks and the mosaic of the sanctuary floor. The shield carries the Cross and Passion sign in the top left-hand quarter.