This page is dedicated to all of the sacred spaces on campus and the people who made them possible.

When the Skaggs Catholic Center first opened, a decision was made between Mr. And Mrs. Skaggs, Archbishop Niederauer, Msgr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Galey Colosimo, thaty the campus be filled with beautiful and inspiring Catholic art and Iconography, in all mediums, shapes and styles. Modeling the greatest learning institutions in the world, the task of providing the students an environment that is rich and inspring in it’s beauty has continued to this day.

An environment for learning and inspiration:
Saints & Sacred Art At Juan Diego

Walking By Faith  |  When stepping onto the campus of Juan Diego Catholic High School one thing becomes clear, this place isn’t like other schools. Whether it’s the inspired architecture and intentional design, the immaculate landscape, or numerous works of art, one immediately feels connected to the sacred–and that’s exactly what administrators were hoping for when the school opened its doors in 1999.

A Faithful Artist

Living faithfully—prayerfully—is a life’s work. It’s not something that happens overnight, or in four, seven, even twelve or thirteen years during one’s primary and secondary education. But as with all things, one must start somewhere and school is as good a place as any.

This is exactly why Msgr. Fitzgerald, Dr. Colosimo, and others embarked on this legacy in the first place. The goal wasn’t simply to build a state-of-the-art facility for education and beautify it. It was to expose students, parents, faculty, and the broader community to a rich collection of Catholic art, thereby inviting them to prayer.

Honoring Saints Among Us
The Mother Teresa Prayer Garden

Whether used traditionally, as part of rite and ritual, or informally, in stolen moments between classes, in the presence of hundreds, or a single searching student, the sacred spaces on campus came together, often by Divine design, for this very reason.

Beauty is the pathway to God. - Dr. Galey Colosimo

The Juan Diego Grotto: The Heart of the School

The work is not done. Art continues to find its way to the school, whether commissioned, discovered, or donated. One way or another, a space comes together and the piece finds its forever home (even if it has to dwell in the Great Hall for a couple years first). 

Twenty-five years have passed since the school received its first art installment, a beautiful space we now know as the Grotto, but this story is only in its very beginnings. By preserving the chapters that led us here, and remembering all of the miracles that made it possible, we provide a foundation for the next 25, 50, 100 years, and so on. 

This is part of what makes the legacy of the Skaggs Catholic Center so special. A legacy that its founders, Msgr. Fitzgerald, Dr. Colosimo and others hope will live on.

The Art and the Artist

 

High School Juan Diego Catholic High School

High School Juan Diego Catholic High School