Chapel of St. Basil

Where Faith Meets Fellowship

Summer 2026

Mass Schedule

Sundays     

Monday – Friday     

10:30 AM

12:20 PM

Confessions available by appointment.

For more information, please contact our Campus Ministry office at campusministry@stthom.edu or clicking below

Light and Sacred Space

Built for Daily Worship

The Chapel hosts Mass every day, seating about 225 people, and bathed in natural light from the dome, a skylight over the altar, the statue of Our Lady on the east wall and the asymmetrical glass cross on the west wall.

A Living Landmark

Designed by Philip Johnson

An artistic marvel, the Chapel of St. Basil was designed by the late architect Philip Johnson and completed in 1997. In keeping with the University’s Basilian tradition, the chapel is named for St. Basil the Great, a fourth century bishop in what today is the country of Turkey. The chapel sits at the north end of the University’s academic mall, which was also designed by Johnson some 40 years earlier.

Faith Meets Reason

A Symbol of Two Truths

The external design consists of three basic geometric shapes: a 50 foot white stucco cube, a sphere for the dome and a black granite plane that intersects both. The Chapel of St. Basil and Doherty Library face each other from opposite ends of the Academic Mall, signifying the perpetual relationship between faith and reason.