Update on Renovations of Parish Dining Facility to be built at Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Bridgeport, Pennsylvania /  by Ethan Anthony

Preparation of Contract Documents is nearing completion for the renovation of the Dining Hall and addition of air Conditioning to both upper and lower floors of the Parish Hall. This space is actively used as school and Religious Education Space and houses a number of important Parish Programs such as Knights of Columbus, Parish Thrift Store, Mother’s Room and Parish offices. A new entry will connect the dining room to the entry with an ADA wheelchair accessible ramp.

Artist Conception of Renovated Dining Facility

Existing Dining Facility

The renovations will include new ceiling, wall and floor finishes and new lighting.

ENR Texas & Louisiana Announces 2023 Best Projects Award Winners - Award of Merit: St. John Catholic Student Center - New Church and Student Center, Stillwater, Ok. /  by Jennifer Kelley

Engineering and News Report recently announced that our St John Catholic Student Center Stillwater Oklahoma; Cram and Ferguson’s industry leading traditional architecture project completed in 2023, has won a Merit Award in the “Culture and Worship” Category of the  Engineering and News Record Texas and Louisiana - Best Projects of 2023!

There will be lots more attention coming to this incredible project. One of the largest traditional architecture projects of the last decade and our largest in many years. This is a very rich project with many contributing artisans including a major installation by Canning, our Italian Marble collaborators

 

St. John student center of stillwater, Ok, dedicated the new building on April 29, 2023 /  by Jennifer Kelley

Ethan Anthony visits the marble studio in Italy /  by Jennifer Kelley

Ethan inspects the hand-carved details of an altar top destined for our new project in Stillwater, OK.

Stonecarver Gianluca Ceccarelli shows Ethan the Carrara marble column capitals for our altar and tabernacle shrine for Stillwater.

A craftsman works on a clay model based on our design for a relief sculpture of a peacock, symbol of immortality.

Showing the harmonious contrast between the Carrara marble details and the fior di pesco slabs intended for the apse wall in Stillwater.

Ethan corrects the fabrication drawing for the peacock relief in the field.

A happy conclusion of the visit with Ethan and Luz Anthony and the stonecarving team.