Let There Be Light Knowles Memorial Chapel 1 By Diana Sainz

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Let There Be Light Knowles Memorial Chapel 1 By Diana Sainz

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Diana Raquel Sainz

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Photograph - Photography - Digital Photography

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Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
GENERAL INFORMATION
The chapel and its services represent the unique heritage of Rollins College and its adventurous founding. From morning until late at night, the chapel provides a place of meeting, a place of quiet, a visible reminder of the relationship between the religious life and the academic search for truth.
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Through worship, study groups, fellowship, Bible studies and retreats, religious life and values are enhanced and students are encouraged to grow in their religious understanding and faithfulness. Religious groups often work together in joint service projects such as Habitat for Humanity, local community projects and Special Olympics.
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MUSIC AND THE ARTS
Music plays a major role in the life of Knowles Chapel. The Rollins College Choir sings at the Christmas Vespers, and services for Parents� Weekend, Founders� Day, Alumni Reunion Weekend, Easter and Baccalaureate. Concerts and recitals are presented in the chapel all through the school year. The 155 voices of the Bach Festival Choir perform to standing room only at the annual, renowned Bach Festival held in the chapel every winter.
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CHAPEL TRIVIA
The bell in the chapel tower is the same bell that called students to class on the first day of classes in 1885. It rings at noon every day and for all chapel services.
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The Sunday offering is given to benevolence projects with special emphasis on organizations that feed and shelter the homeless.
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HISTORY
Rollins College motto "Fiat Lux" is a phrase from the opening lines of the book of Genesis: "Let there be light." The motto is concretized through the imposing entrance to the chapel, which was the generous gift of Mrs. Frances Knowles Warren in memory of her father Francis Bangs Knowles. Francis Knowles was one of the several ardent men and women of the Congregational Church whose vision for the first college in the State of Florida resulted in Rollins College in 1885. Mr. Knowles was one of the founders and original trustees of Rollins College. Construction of the chapel was begun in March 1931 and it was dedicated March 19, 1932. At that time it was located in the center of the campus. The architect of the chapel was the famous ecclesiastical architect, Ralph Adams Cram of the firm of Cram and Ferguson of Boston. Mr. Cram also designed the Church of St. John the Divine in New York City and the chapel on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

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