The Cathedral
of saint john the evangelist

The Eucharistic Chapel

The former baptistry of the cathedral now serves as a beautiful setting for the Blessed Sacrament’s place of reservation. One may find in this special place of prayer a number of beautiful treasures from the cathedral’s past.

Marking the entrance to this special place of adoration is the newly recovered restored original cathedral sanctuary lamp, which hangs from the archway overhead. In the center of the chapel is the nine-hundred-pound polished and brushed bronze tabernacle, the place of reposition for the Blessed Sacrament. It is decorated with symbols of the Eucharist (wheat, grapes, the host, the Eucharistic cup) and of Christ. The tabernacle is enthroned on three pillars of Breccia Serravezza marble fashioned from the columns that were originally part of the baldachin. The configuration of these pillars harmonizes with the circular patterns in the marble floor of the chapel.