This will be built directly onto the parish hall. In fact, the high arched glass door at the Parsons Road or west end of the spacious foyer will open directly into the future church. Already the 5,600 square-foot worship area, which seats 500 people, is filled at each of the weekend Masses with overflow accommodated in the foyer. Father Peacock said Father Terry Young, principal at St. Pius X High School, helps at weekend Masses when his schedule permits. The large worship area is flooded with light entering through a huge window behind the altar and smaller ones along the white walls.
Chairs are of oak with seats and attached kneelers upholstered in dusty rose.
The deep blue carpet is flecked in the same rose shade. Marvin Kilgo, of Bull, Brown and Kilgo, architects for St. Benedict's, said the building design is basically of a European motif to blend with the Benedictine background of its patron saint. Arthur Gray is building committee chairman for the parish. Builders were Beavers-Albertson of Norcross. Return to The Georgia Bulletin Return to Home Page of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.