Looking across the nave, the former choir loft will mirror the seating that has been available in the transept.
Framing is underway for arches into the parclose chapel. The design is meant to balance the arches to the existing chapel.
From the chancel, the old organ chamber is being converted to a side chapel, available for additional seating.
With the pipe organ and choir seating moving to the rear of the nave, that space will be available for seating. First, with the removal of the organ console and choir risers, that area is being provisioned to mirror the transept seating that’s adjacent to the existing chancel. Likewise, with the removal of the organ pipes, an additional side chapel is being built. People will be able to enter this chapel through archways being built that mirror the archways into the existing chapel. On either side of the chancel, steps have been built to allow people to move easily from the chancel after communion to either chancel. The whole effect will make the front section of the nave both more inviting and more intimate, focusing attention on the high altar.
