A white reredos serves as a backdrop to the liturgy. In front of it the main crucifix, a bronze by Megan Dull, provides a central but not demanding focus. As the liturgical year goes by, large batik banners featuring the four evangelists from the Book of Kells , change places on the reredos. They are the work of Bernadette Madden of Dublin, Ireland. The Mellen Organ stands in the northern corner of the room, the work of Patrick Collon, one of the four Spanish-style organs in the United States.
Recitals are free and open and to the public.
St. Francis Chapel is situated at the crossroad of University traffic, a quiet center in the midst of a busy campus, a gathering place for our community of faith at worship, a refuge for the prayerful student in the late night hours or at any time of day. It is a concrete symbol and expression of this university's Catholic and Jesuit heritage and its commitment to spiritual values.