2,000 Notre Dame students attend Mass at outdoor ice chapel

Pretty cool (a pun?), built by two students. See the short video and hit the link below for more of the story. Starts to make up for this recent ND posting I put up. Another stab in the back from Notre Dame

After 38 inches of snow fell on the campus, seniors Wesley Buonerba and Martin Soros, residents of the university’s Coyle Hall, built a chapel from ice and snow. 

“Soros, a civil engineering major, and Buonerba, who studies architecture, spent over 50 hours constructing the chapel,” the university stated on Facebook. “Everything from the crucifix, candle holders, cross, and altar was created or carved from a mixture of snow and water.”

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In a Feb. 4 emailed interview, Fr. McCormick told Zeale News that Mass at the ice chapel taught a valuable lesson

“The ice chapel was a quiet reminder that sacred space isn’t defined by permanence or polish,” he said. “When students carve out a place for prayer in the middle of winter, they are saying something profound about what they value and about where they believe God meets them.”