About Saint Bernadette Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Arizona:
St. Bernadette Catholic Church is a vibrant Roman Catholic parish serving as an active Eucharist community dedicated to spiritual growth, outreach, and fostering a sense of community among its members. It is part of the Diocese of Phoenix and emphasizes pastoral care, including programs for a culture of life and various ministries.
The church underwent a significant interior renovation completed in recent years, earning the 2022 Acanthus Award for Interior Design from Conrad Schmitt Studios. The project transformed the simple architectural design with tasteful liturgical arts, including painted walls and ceilings, murals, stained glass, and decorative detailing, harmoniously integrating Catholic tradition.
A large mural in the church’s apse features all of the American saints with the Immaculate Conception of Mary at the center. The ceiling of the baldicchino features a large mural depicting the Holy Spirit in a heavenly gold with a blue background representing the sky. Two large fine arts paintings in the transepts depict the Holy Family outside their home in Nazareth and St. Bernadette with Our Lady of Lourdes.
CSS artisans also created thirty-four new stained glass windows to enhance the traditional Romanesque architecture. Each window is specifically designed for the space, featuring an image of a particular Saint, Archangel, or representation of Our Blessed Mother. As in the detailed decorative painting, each image in the stained glass windows is rich with symbolism and meaning.
The confessional windows are adaptions of eighteenth-century engravings by renowned Augsburg artist Joseph Sebastian Klauber. Six engravings were selected to represent the Litany of Loreto: Refuge of Sinners, Comforter of the Afflicted, Help of Christians, Health of the Sick, Virgin Most Merciful, and Mirror of Justice.
Conrad Schmitt Studios, Inc. was pleased to accept the 2022 Acanthus Award for Interior Design for our work at St. Bernadette Catholic Church. With murals, sculptures, stained glass, decorative details and more, this project was an opportunity to give this parish a reverent place to worship where no detail was left out.
The church also features Saint Bernadette’s Adoration Chapel for perpetual Adoration.
As a side note….this the church where the late Charlie Kirk often attended Masses. Charlie was not Catholic, but his wife Erika was.
Traveling to Saint Bernadette Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Arizona:
Address: 16245 N 60th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Phone: +1 (480) 905-0221
Click here for the official website of Saint Bernadette Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.