Interior view of a chapel nave looking toward a marble altar beneath a carved tree-of-life relief, flanked by wood-paneled walls and arched windows.

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Oratory of Saint Mary Magdalene

An intimate new adoration chapel, the Oratory of St Mary Magdalene honors the Romanesque Revival church that once stood in the cemetery through its sacred forms and details.

Wide-angle interior view of a wood-and-white chapel with pews, arched windows, and a marble altar beneath a tree-of-life relief.

The rood beam and carved tree of life over the sanctuary arch, a painted inscription arching above and lettering along the beam.

Detail of the carved oak altar rail: the Lamb of God in a roundel between arcaded panels, above a marble step inlaid with colored tiles.

Close view of a carved wood altar rail with a marble arcaded reredos and gilded tabernacle in a chapel sanctuary.

The sanctuary: the white marble reredos and gilded tabernacle behind the oak altar rail, with carved lettering along the rail's base.

The nave looking toward the rear: oak pews and wainscot beneath the timber roof, and the organ loft under the tower.

Two carved angels in the arched niches of the brick columbarium apse, above rows of memorial plaques and an inscribed stone band.

Close-up of a carved stone angel bust relief framed in polished granite within a brick wall.

Symmetrical frontal view of a round brick columbarium building with five carved angel reliefs above rows of inscribed memorial plaques and a stone garden in front.

Exterior corner view of a brick chapel showing a curved columbarium wall with carved angel reliefs and inscribed memorial plaques under a blue sky.

Symmetrical frontal view of a red brick chapel bell tower with a mosaic icon over the entrance door and an inscribed stone tablet above.

Angled exterior view of a red brick chapel bell tower with an arched belfry opening, inscribed stone plaque, and arched entrance below.

Pencil rendering of the entry front from the east: the bell tower, porch and columbarium apse among trees.

Line study of the interior toward the apse, the windows shown in blue.

Line study of the interior toward the rear and organ loft, the windows shown in blue.

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