Madonna Della Strada Chapel

Madonna Della Strada Chapel

Madonna Della Strada is the namesake of the chapel motherchurch of the Jesuit Province of Chicago (one of the largest Jesuit provinces) and sits on the campus of Loyola University Chicago in the community of Rogers Park. It was built on the lakefront with the waters of Lake Michigan directly at its front doorstep. The church was designed and built at a time when it was anticipated that Lake Shore Drive would be extended and pass directly in front. That project was abandoned. Historical restoration and renovation was initiated in the spring and completed in the fall of 2004.

Several chapel churches in Latin America were named after the chapel church in Chicago, as a tribute to Loyola University Chicago Jesuit and student missionaries.
During Loyola’s 10 Year Renewal Effort there will be improvements made to the chapel that will allow Alumni to hold marriages in the facility.

The chapel underwent extensive interior renovations that were completed in the summer of 2007. Significant elements of this project include a new marble floor, new liturgical furnishings, and restoration of the art deco stations of the cross painted beneath the windows in the side walls. A new three-manual pipe organ is currently under construction by the Indianapolis organ building firm of Goulding & Wood, Inc. Installation of the organ in the rear gallery is scheduled for late summer of 2008.