Thomas Gordon Smith Architects completed a thorough renovation of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Garrett, Indiana by designing a painting scheme, a new elevator and enhancing the parish hall. We designed new liturgical furnishings including an octagonal baptismal font large enough for baptism by immersion. The font is raised on a stepped platform and has decorative tiles including a hand painted Lamb of God medallion at the center. Eight limestone columns support a canopy with inscriptions.

Across from the font, a confessional was designed as a miniature structure within the church. It is built of mahogany with inscriptions in the entablature. Functionally, the confessional interior is designed so that the sacrament is received kneeling with a screen, sitting face-to-face, and to accommodate a wheelchair either with the screen or face-to-face.

A new altar was built in mahogany and granite. The central panel of its face has a gilded Lamb of God and additional inscriptions. Other liturgical furnishings include an ambro, a cantor’s stand, a reliquary, and a standard for the paschal candle.