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 Tabernacle
The tabernacle, beneath a wooden canopy, is located in
the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. This area is conductive for
private prayer and adoration and is accessible from both the sanctuary and the
east transept.
On each of the four sides of the tabernacle is an angel holding wheat
or grapes depicted in silver. The shape of the tabernacle echoes the shape of
the Cathedral itself. Even the etchings on the roof match the exterior roof of
the Cathedral. A hanging lamp above the archway leading into the chapel designates
this sacred place where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. This archway
had been covered to provide a back wall for St. Joseph's altar and was opened as
part of the 1982 Cathedral renovation. The marble base for the tabernacle
matches that of the altar and baptismal font. The oak wainscoting of the
chapel originally encompassed the main altar area, and its wooden ceiling was
restored as part of the renovation.
The stained glass window illustrates the life of St. Dominic, a reminder
that this once was the Sisters' Chapel for the Dominican nuns who have been a
part of the St. Agnes community since 1917, when Mother Petra and five other
nuns first came to teach in the parish school.
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