General Description - from The Catholic Review, October, 1954.

The new church is of simplified modern Gothic design with exterior finish of local stone ahsler with Indiana limestone trim, steel windows with leaded glass,and slate roof. The church and chapel will seat nearly 800 people each.

The sanctuary is similar to the nave of the church but with somewhat more decorative wainscot, with a panelled, ribbed wood ceiling and with a marble floor of large squares of dark green marble with dark red marble border. As a part of the wainscot, behind the altar is an oak reredos with ornamental tester hung from the ceiling, with fine damask curtain forming the background of the reredos.

Over each of the side altars fine carved wood statues of the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph of light colored natural wood. The Stations of the Cross are of similar fine carved wood, set above the nave wainscot on the side walls.

The pews are of simple Gothic design of oak. The confessionals in the rear of the church are designed as a part of the rear wall treatment including the choir balcony front of oak-wood finish.

The Pipe Organ In 1977 a generous parishioner left money for the purchase of a pipe organ to replace the parish's aging electric organ. James M. Burns (organist/director of music 1977-1992) served as a consultant in the purchase of a small two manual 14 rank pipe organ built by M. P. Möller of Hagerstown, MD. Since this instrument had to fill a large space it was voiced very boldly to lead a full church in congregational singing of hymns and psalms. Hence quiet ranks of pipes were very limited in the design of the organ. "Opus 11,297" (the serial number of our organ) was also designed for the future addition of ranks of pipes and tubular chimes expanding it to three manuals with quiet and solo stops. The instrument was installed in 1978.

The main console

The Altar Relics

Prior to Vatican Council II relics of saints were required to be in the altar when mass was celebrated. Since Vatican Council II this is no longer required. Here at St. Ursula the relics are still in the altar. Information concerning the relics was found in the Sulpician archives. The relics in the altar stone are those of St. Victorianne, Martyr and those of other martyrs.

The Stained Glass

Use the map below to select a window in order to see the window and to read the interpretation of it's symbols. Only the main (center) panel of each window is shown.