Coming To Life

Published: August 2, 2007

ROSWELL—Fifty-one concrete panels that will make up the exterior of the new St. Peter Chanel Church were lifted into place in July. The parish, which started as a mission in 1998, has been exceeding its projections for growth every year.

The new church will seat approximately 1,300 people. The existing church, which will be converted into a parish hall, seats 750. Groundbreaking took place in September 2006. The architect is CDH Partners and the contractor is Van Winkle & Co., Inc.

The parish is part of a campus of Catholic facilities on Woodstock Road, including Blessed Trinity High School, Queen of Angels Elementary School and St. George Village, a Catholic continuing care retirement community.

Van Winkle & Co. began hoisting the 51 concrete panels for the new St. Peter Chanel Church, Roswell, July 16. The panels weighed from 40,000 to 109,000 pounds. (Photos by Michael Alexander)

Crane operator Corey DeLoach lifts the concrete panel that will eventually hold the church’s rose window. The estimated completion for the church is July 2008. The new church will be 33,361 square feet and hold nearly 1,300 people.