Interior photograph of a stone Gothic-style chapel nave with ribbed vaulting, stained glass windows, and a richly painted and mosaicked sanctuary wall depicting Christ enthroned among angels and saints.

Renovation & BeautificationCompleted

Pontifical College Josephinum

Our many restorations and renovations at the Pontifical College Josephinum's campus in Columbus culminated in the restoration and beautification of St Turibius Chapel and included new altars and flooring, and the re-creation of the damaged Gerhard Lamers sanctuary mural.

The chapel in 1989, with the sanctuary wall bare where the mural had been, a plain crucifix and tabernacle, and loose chairs in place of pews. — The chapel in 1989, and restored

Black-and-white historic photograph of the chapel nave, with the original Gerhard Lamers sanctuary mural of Christ among angels and saints above the high altar. — St Turibius Chapel — the chapel in the 1950s, with the original sanctuary mural

The restored sanctuary wall: the painted reredos of saints in blue and gold either side of the crucifix, the marble altar and tabernacle below.

The sanctuary from the side: the inlaid marble floor with its roundels, the altar rail and the steps to the altar.

The sanctuary seen from the side aisle: the painted apse arch and reredos, the timber roof and the stone piers.

The nave from the west door: the stone arcades and clerestory, the timber roof and the painted sanctuary beyond.

The nave from the gallery: the oak pews and the patterned floor leading to the restored sanctuary.

The side aisle: stone piers, arched windows and a framed icon beneath the timber gallery.

The oak spiral stair to the organ loft, with the organ case above.

Watercolor rendering of the sanctuary from 2013: the painted apse restored, with a baldachin over the altar as then proposed.

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