St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville

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Benedictine church Roman Catholic church church building modernist architecture landmark

St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville is a landmark modernist Benedictine church in Minnesota, renowned for its bold concrete architecture and monumental bell banner designed by architect Marcel Breuer.

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St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Benedictine church ⓘ Roman Catholic church ⓘ church building ⓘ modernist architecture landmark ⓘ
architect	Marcel Breuer ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernist ⓘ
associatedInstitution	Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary ⓘ
associatedWith	Benedictines ⓘ surface form: Benedictine monks of Saint John’s Abbey
associatedWithArchitect	Marcel Breuer’s American ecclesiastical work ⓘ
category	20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States ⓘ Brutalist and modernist churches in the United States ⓘ
client	Saint John's Abbey ⓘ surface form: Saint John’s Abbey
constructionPeriod	late 1950s to early 1960s ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Stearns County ⓘ
denomination	Benedictines ⓘ surface form: Benedictine
function	abbey church ⓘ monastic worship space ⓘ
hasAltarLocation	forward in the nave to emphasize congregational participation ⓘ
hasBellBannerHeight	approximately 112 feet ⓘ
hasBellTower	concrete bell banner ⓘ
hasChoirStalls	monastic choir located near the altar ⓘ
hasDesignFeature	asymmetrical facade ⓘ dramatic concrete roof forms ⓘ integrated liturgical furnishings ⓘ
hasFloorPlan	broad fan-shaped nave ⓘ
hasOrgan	pipe organ used for liturgical music ⓘ
hasOrientation	liturgical focus on altar and monastic choir ⓘ
hasSeatingCapacity	approximately 1500 people ⓘ
heritageStatus	widely recognized example of American modernist religious architecture ⓘ
influencedBy	post-war liturgical movement ⓘ
isLandmarkFor	Collegeville ⓘ surface form: Collegeville, Minnesota modernist church architecture in the United States ⓘ
liturgicalUse	Mass and Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
locatedIn	Collegeville Township, Minnesota ⓘ
locatedOnCampusOf	Saint John's University (Minnesota) ⓘ surface form: Saint John’s University (Collegeville, Minnesota)
material	reinforced concrete ⓘ
notableFeature	large stained-glass facade ⓘ monumental bell banner ⓘ
openingDate	1961 ⓘ
partOf	Saint John's Abbey ⓘ surface form: Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder	Benedictines ⓘ surface form: Order of Saint Benedict
state	Minnesota ⓘ
usedBy	Saint John's Abbey ⓘ surface form: monastic community of Saint John’s Abbey students and faculty of Saint John’s University ⓘ

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Marcel Breuer → notableFor → St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville ⓘ

Marcel Breuer → designed → St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville ⓘ