Contrary to Schaffrath's artistic premise concerning the windows, here the great concrete frame for the liturgical center is filled with pictorial biblical iconography. Note the tabernacle for the reserved Host to the right ...

Since the pilgrimage church will sometimes minister to groups composed of thousands, there is an outdoor pulpit and altar/table for the celebration of the mass. The human scale of pulpit and table is complimented by the ...

The flexible seating here focuses upon a quite traditional altar/table with a diminutive pulpit.

The interior of the church is a simple rectangle with a concave apse and a very contemporary altar/table, quite unusual for having been built prior to Vatican II. The apse finds its culmination in a 15th century sculpture ...

Alongside the entrance at the base of one of the flanking towers is an altar for the side chapel. Its stark simplicity with the light from the clerestories and candle and stuccoed cylindrical walls lend an aura of sanctity ...

Seen from a distance the relationship of (left to right) the altar/table, choir, organ console and case work (seen from the side), seating for the clergy, paschal candle, ambo, baptistery, and crucifix.

Part of the renovation involved a new pulpit and altar/table brought forward according to the dictates of Vatican II.

From left to right: a chapel with the great rose window and perhaps a monumental structure to hold the tabernacle. Toward the center of the photo, a side chapel marked only by a semiabstract hanging with the extended hand ...

Seen from the choir the front of the church room contains many elements with the tapestry behind the altar giving focus to the room. The functions left to right: (half) of the altar for the reserved host, behind which is ...

Dahinden has again provided a running water baptistery. Here the water pouring from the sprout into a circular bowl is clearly visible and makes its presents audibly known throughout the service. In the photo, the corner ...