St Gemma chapel, Sittard, The Netherlands

Here are the pictures made of the chapel in honor of Saint Gemma Galgani or Santa Gemma as i'm used to say. It was built in 1938 (just before Gemma's canonization). There is also a small chapel adjacent for use during mass when the main chapel is full. Unfortunately i don't have pictures of that. I hope to write more about the history of the place in another post.

The outside of the chapel




Staphylea pinnata or the bladder nut. The sisters use this nut when it's full grown to make Rosaries.


The entrance (a bit overexposed). The candles in the background are of the altar of the Blessed Virgin.




















Some impressions from the inside






Beautiful Stained glass windows of various Passionist saints

































































































The sunlight through the glass also made this nice image


Altar of the Blessed Virgin



Picture on the altar of Santa Gemma. There was a spotlight on it i couldn't avoid. But if you know that on the top part there is an image of Jesus in the same painting it is kind of fitting :)





















A prayer from, and a prayer to Santa Gemma in Dutch.









































Santa Gemma , Pray of us (in Dutch)


The statue of Santa Gemma (about 5ft tall)





























































Santa Gemma novena candles




Santa Gemma, Pray for us!