Alcalá 1990

Immaculata

the ground; it can seat 1,600 peo– ple. When it was completed in 1969, The Immaculata, built by the L.J. Ninteman Construction Company, became a visual anchor for the Alcala Park campus. Its blue dome is visible from many points around San Diego. One special mass that took place in the beginning of the year was the Mass of the Holy Spirit, which welcomed new and return– ing students to U.S.D. Rhiza Er– rasquin, a freshman at U.S.D., was very impressed with the mass, "It made me feel a part of a community, and the first week of school you need that." This seemed to be the feeling of most who went to the mass.

With his College for Men, School of Law, and seminary com– pleted, Bishop Buddy turned his attention to building a chapel. Its blue mosaic-tile dome is sur– mounted by a statue of Our Lady of Grace, which was created by artist Chris Mueller. The cast– stone statue towers almost eleven feet above the dome and weighs an estimated four and one-half tons. Built on land located directly across Marian Way from the Chancery, between the seminary building and the College of Wom– en, The Immaculata became the largest Catholic church building in the San Diego Diocese. Oblong in plan and cruciform in shape, the structure rises 140 feet above

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