St Joan Of Arc Chapel

I landed early and wanted to so a few fun things. Saw this on trip Advsor and thought it would be a nice stop. So glad I did. Coming in the winter — it was still covered in snow and the students where not on campus. So — that made it even more quite.
The chapel is a 15^th century French gem. Built icily maintained by the campus. I would recommend it to anyone. I sat inside for a good 20 min just enjoying the beauty.

This tiny chapel sits in the middle of the Marquette campus and is an especially lovely place to visit when the gardens are in full bloom. It was built in the 1400’s in France, transported to the US in the 20’s and finally donated to MU in the 60’s.
Though the chapel is dedicated to St Joan of Arc, she never actually set foot in the chapel. What they do have is the «Joan of Arc stone» which the saint prayed at before a battle– this was added to the chapel in the 20’s and wasn’t part of the original structure. Supposedly, the stone is always a few degrees colder than surrounding stones — at one point MU Engineering students did some experiments as to why that would be and the results were inconclusive. Magic saint stones aside, there is a nice collection of religious relics here including an altar older than the chapel and some Spanish tapestries.
If you’d like to visit, they offer free tours on Saturdays or you can check out a daily Mass when classes are in session. (noon during the week and 10pm M-​Th)

Milwaukee was incorporated as a city in 1846, yet we have a chapel here that was built in the 15^th Century. The chapel sits in the middle of Marquette University’s campus and is open on weekdays/​Saturdays from 10am-​4pm and Sundays noon-​4pm. When MU is in session, a mass celebration takes place at noon Monday thru Friday and at 10pm Monday thru Thursday. This makes the chapel one of the oldest structures in the Western Hemisphere still being used for its original purpose. I have brought many groups & individuals to the chapel as it is very unique and rather remarkable. The chapel was originally moved from France to Long Island in the 1920’s and then donated to Marquette in the 1960’s. There are quite a few interesting artifacts in the chapel including a medieval altar which predates the chapel by 100 years. The legend of St Joan of Arc kneeling at and kissing a stone in the chapel before going to battle brings a real intriguing draw all of its own. Make sure to take a walk around the chapel and see the urns outside as well as the amazing terra cotta tile roof — I believe there are more than 18,000 tiles. In the spring, the tulips and flowering trees are so beautiful.

St. Joan of Arc actually did pray at this chapel in the 1400s. There’s a stone that she kissed that is colder than all the other stones in the chapel. During the school year, there is daily Mass at noon M-​F and in the evening M-​Th.