Raul Berzosa with his Jesuit chapel art St. Edmund Campion, S.J.
34 JESUIT PERSPECTIVES • WINTER 2017-18
Chapel Artistry
Beautiful works from both sides of the Atlantic
will grace the Chapel of the Holy Cross
Last summer, Jesuit High School
president Fr. Richard C. Hermes, S.J.
spent a few days in Europe checking
on the progress of the school’s Chapel
of the Holy Cross.
The chapel’s artwork, that is.
Sculptures from Florence, Italy-based
American artist Cody Swanson, and
paintings from Raul Berzosa of Malaga,
Spain will be prominently featured in
the new chapel.
The images of works-in-progress
that came back from Italy and Spain
were inspiring, and provided an early
glimpse of what the highly anticipated
chapel will look like.
In early December, Fr. Hermes
was on the go again, checking in on
chapel artwork. This time it was in
Wisconsin, as he and Chris Lucas,
Jesuit’s director of institutional
planning, reviewed production at
Conrad Schmitt Studios in New Berlin, Wisc.
Founded in 1889, Conrad Schmitt
Studios specializes in stained glass and
related art and glass concepts. Among
the projects they are completing for Jesuit
are the Adoration of the Lamb window,
the lantern window, and various stained
glass items.
In the meantime, followers of Jesuit’s
Twitter account, @JesuitTampaFL, have
witnessed more chapel works by Berzosa.
In early February, Berzosa posted a photo
with his Jesuit murals arrayed around him.
The chapel, along with Oliva
Courtyard and Gonzmart Hall, are all part
of Phase I of Jesuit’s Campus Master Plan,
which has been made possible by the
$40 million ‘For Greater Glory’ capital
campaign.
Gonzmart Hall will open on March 2.
The Chapel of the Holy Cross and Oliva
Courtyard will open sometime later in
the spring.
For more information about Jesuit’s
‘For Greater Glory’ campaign, please contact
Nick Suszynski ’98, Jesuit’s development
director, at (813) 877-5344, ext. 704,
or email development@jesuittampa.org.
Father Hermes and Chris Lucas view drawings of the Adoration of the Lamb window
and stained glass for the new chapel at Conrad Schmitt Studios in Wisconsin
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