Self-Guided Tour of the Basilica 13 This tour takes you from the baptismal 14 font near the main entrance, down the 12 center aisle to the sanctuary, then right to the east apsidal chapels, back to the 16 15 11 Lady Chapel, and then to the west side chapels. The Basilica museum may be 18 17 7 10 reached through the west transept. 9 The Bishops’ Museum, located in the Basilica’s basement, contains pontificalia of various American bishops, dating from the 19th century. 11 6 5 20 19 8 4 3 BASILICA OF THE Saint André Bessette, C.S.C. (1845-1937), founder of St. Joseph’s SACRED HEART FLOOR PLAN Oratory, Montréal, Canada, was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 17, 2010. The statue of Saint André Bessette was designed 1. Font, Ambry, Paschal Candle by the Rev. Anthony Lauck, C.S.C. (1985). Saint André’s feast day is 2. Holtkamp Organ (1978) 8 January 6. 3. Sanctuary Crossing 2 4. Seal of the Congregation of Holy Cross 1 5. Altar of Sacrifice 6. Ambo (Pulpit) 9 7. Original Altar / Tabernacle 8. East Transept and World War I Memorial Entrance 9. Tintinnabulum 10. St. Joseph Chapel (Pietà) 11. St. Mary / Bro. André Chapel 2 12. Reliquary Chapel 17 13. The Lady Chapel / Baroque Altar 14. Holy Angels / Guadalupe Chapel 15. Mural of Our Lady of Lourdes 16. Our Lady of Victory / Basil Moreau Chapel 17. Ombrellino 18. Stations of the Cross Chapel / Tomb of A “minor basilica” is a special designation given by the Pope to certain John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C. churches because of their antiquity, dignity, historical importance 19. Sacristy or significance as places of worship and devotion. They are typically 20. Basilica Museum honored with these two symbols (see nos. 9 and 17), in addition to the Papal Coat of Arms, located over the outside main entrance. The The Holtkamp organ, installed in 1978, has Pentecost window, designed by the Carmelite Tintinnabulum, or bell, is adorned with the insignia of the Roman four divisions, three manuals, 54 ranks of Sisters of Le Mans, France, and painted by Pontiff and the coat of arms of the Basilica; The Ombrellino, or pipes, 40 stops and 2,929 pipes. Eugène Hucher and associates. umbrella, is a mark of honor for the church in which it is displayed. The original Gothic Revival altar, 7 designed by Froc-Robert and Sons of Paris, was displayed at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876 where it won a first premium for design. The tabernacle tower, where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved, 3 was inspired by Revelation 21:9-14, the vision of the new Jerusalem. Beneath the altar are the relics of St. Marcellus, a third-century centurion martyr; in the altar are the relics of Sts. Stephen and Sebastian, martyrs of the same period. 16 Under the crossing, depicting the four evangelists and various Old The Our Lady of Victory Chapel contains a statue of Blessed Testament prophets, begins the sanctuary area. At the sanctuary’s edge Basil Moreau, C.S.C., priest (1799-1873), founder of the is the seal of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Here men of this religious Congregation of Holy Cross. He was beatified by Pope Benedict community profess final vows and are ordained priests (See 4). XVI September 15, 2007. Sculpted by Robert Graham, the statue contains a relic of Blessed Basil Moreau. 5 The altar of sacrifice, made from pews and choir stalls of the Lady Chapel, was designed in light of Celebration of the liturgical reforms of the Second Paschal Vespers Vatican Council. 15 12 This mural (left), one of 56 such The Reliquary Chapel contains relics of murals in the Basilica painted by most of the saints in the calendar of the Luigi Gregori, depicts the apparition Liturgical Year. The large wooden cross 10 of Our Lady of Lourdes to St. contains a relic of the True Cross, and is Bernadette in 1858. Be sure to venerated every Good Friday. The wax visit the Grotto, just northwest of figure is of St. Severa, a third century the Basilica. It is a one-seventh-size martyr. The cloth covered boxes at her head and feet contain her relics. Above The famed Ivan Mestrovic Pietà (1942), made of Carara marble, replica of the famed French shrine. the relic case is a copy of a portion of Raphael’s fresco, Disputa. first shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was then loaned to Notre Dame by the former Croatian artist-in-residence. A replica of this Pietà is located in the Vatican Art Museum. Notre Dame, Indiana Dame, Notre University of Notre Dame Notre of University Buffalo and Cardinal Archbishop of Philadelphia. of Archbishop Cardinal and Buffalo the University of Notre Dame (1934-1940), later bishop of of bishop later (1934-1940), Dame Notre of University the Rev. Peter Rocca, C.S.C., and Mr. John Zack John Mr. and C.S.C., Rocca, Peter Rev. Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C. (1888-1960), twelfth President of of President twelfth (1888-1960), C.S.C. O’Hara, Cardinal Barger, Robert Professor design: and Layout The Stations of the Cross Chapel contains the body of John John of body the contains Chapel Cross the of Stations The Text: Rev. Peter Rocca, C.S.C. Rocca, Peter Rev. Text: Photos by Mr. Matt Cashore. Matt Mr. by Photos Mass in Rome. in Mass wood believed to be from a table on which St. Peter celebrated celebrated Peter St. which on table a from be to believed wood Bernini (+1680). The tabernacle doors contain a fragment of of fragment a contain doors tabernacle The (+1680). Bernini 18 believed to have been built by the studios/workshops of of studios/workshops the by built been have to believed of Fr. Sorin’s ordination in 1888. The baroque altar was was altar baroque The 1888. in ordination Sorin’s Fr. of anniversary anniversary 50 the celebrate help to 1886 in Basilica the to th by Luigi Gregori) and Sacred Heart Chapel, was added on on added was Chapel, Heart Sacred and Gregori) Luigi by Exaltation of the Holy Cross (depicted in the ceiling painted painted ceiling the in (depicted Cross Holy the of Exaltation contains many of Fr. Sorin’s memorabilia. It is open to the public. the to open is It memorabilia. Sorin’s Fr. of many contains The Lady Chapel, known historically as the Chapel of the the of Chapel the as historically known Chapel, Lady The west of the sacristy, it it sacristy, the of west Dame. Located just just Located Dame. University of Notre Notre of University Holy Cross and The The and Cross Holy Congregation of of Congregation the history of the the of history the many artifacts from from artifacts many museum displays displays museum The Basilica’s Basilica’s The 20 Pope Pius XII (1946). XII Pius Pope Patroness of the Americas by by Americas the of Patroness of Guadalupe was declared declared was Guadalupe of Notre Dame (2008). Our Lady Lady Our (2008). Dame Notre 13 Arts and Letters, University of of University Letters, and Arts Michael P. Grace II Chair in in Chair II Grace P. Michael Sacred Heart Sacred The and History Art and Art by Maria Tomasula, Professor of of Professor Tomasula, Maria by Our Lady of Guadalupe, painted painted Guadalupe, of Lady Our Basilica of the the of Basilica a beautifully framed picture of of picture framed beautifully a The Holy Angels Chapel contains contains Chapel Angels Holy The 14 Welcome! History n behalf of my fellow Holy Cross priests ong before the French priest, Edward Sorin, and brothers here at the University of C.S.C., and seven Holy Cross Brothers Notre Dame, I want to welcome you arrived at the shores of St. Mary’s Lake in to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. November, 1842, missionaries had visited For over 125 years this Basilica has this area and had established missions 4 Oserved as the mother church of the Congregation of Lhere. Fr. Jacques Marquette, S.J., may have been the Holy Cross in the United States. It is here that Holy first European to explore the area as early as 1675. It Cross religious profess final vows, that our seminarians is known for certain that Robert de la Salle explored are ordained priests and where our deceased religious this area around 1679. In 1686, Fr. Claude Allouez, The seal of the Congregation of Holy Cross: it is here that are commended to God. Likewise, it has been a place S.J., established a mission on the south shore of St. Holy Cross religious profess their perpetual vows and are of worship and prayer for students, faculty, staff, and Mary’s Lake, several hundred yards west of the Basilica. ordained priests. alumni, as well as for our regular worshipers, pilgrims, Allouez named the mission Ste.-Marie-des-Lacs, the and countless visitors. This “splendid monument to first Catholic mission to serve the local Potawatomi which served the community until 1848 when the “Old God’s glory” (Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C., Founder of tribe, as well as French trappers and settlers in the area. Church” of the Sacred Heart was erected. That church Notre Dame) stands as a fitting sign of what is central Following the French and Indian War in 1763, the was only ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and twenty- to the life and mission of Notre Dame. May your visit British expelled Catholic missionaries from the area.