St. Agnes Parish in Dalton MA; Illuminating New Mass Translations with Church Video

Beautiful new Church video and a new sound and video projection system for to the parish academy

St. Agnes Parish; Dalton MA

“We love it!” “Every seat in the church can see the screens…We will be using our video projection at every Mass!” said Fr Chris Malatesta when asked about the new video system at his parish.

The Projects - Audio Visual Systems: First, Fr. Chris at St. Agnes Parish in Dalton Massachusetts wanted to add video projection to the Mass for his congregation.  A custom PSNE Church Video system designed by Power Sound of New England featuring an AV installation of two motorized 12-foot projections screens answered the call. The Massachusetts church video projections system can utilize computers set up in multiple locations to operate the church video presentations. At the Academy, the parish wanted a pro sound system combined with video projection for their cafetorium.

 Goals for video projection: St. Agnes was seeking a vivid way for the congregation to see the liturgy, hymns and other visuals. And, most importantly, they wanted a way to highlight the new Mass Translations. 

The new Mass Translations, religious imagery, hymns, and bulletins can be

prominently displayed on two large screens.

  “One of the most important roles of the video projection will be for the new Mass Translations. Instead of relying solely on hand–held pew cards the congregation can lift their faces, and the voices, to the altar as they say the prayers.” ~ Fr. Chris Malatesta: St. Agnes Parish, Dalton MA

Angled large-format screens provide 

beautiful views from every pew.

Church Video – After analyzing the sanctuary Power Sound of New England designed an audio visual system tailored to the unique characteristics of the space. Very high wooden ceilings with structural beams and a wide sanctuary presented some interesting challenges. The solution: Two screens mounted at angles from the beams. This ensures clear viewing cross church video viewing from all pews. The high contrast screens offer front projection capabilities. The projectors were ceiling-mounted on rods and hung parallel to the chandeliers in order to preserve aesthetics while insuring the AV installation best accommodated the technical design specs of the video projection system. The AV installation of the projections screens required a bucket loader– not for the faint of heart!  

Video Presentations may be controlled from different chosen locations at St Agnes including the front of the sanctuary from a laptop computer or their AV room in the loft.

Screen casings match the ceiling.

Cameras: Power Sound of New England integrated the parish’s existing cameras into the new audio visual system. This gives the parish the ability to use the church video system by employing the in-house cameras to record the sanctuary activities. This feature of video projection at churches is ideal for projecting wedding ceremonies, baptisms and other special altar services onto screens for large-format viewing. The church video system can use the cameras to transmit video to their local cable company to broadcast over the public access channel.

The Academy; Pro Sound and Video – An AV installation at the parish academy was customized for the school’s multi-use space, the gym/cafetorium. Because the parish wanted reliable sound and video quality, Power Sound of New England designed a pro sound and video projection system that allows for myriad presentations including music, speaking and performance.

St Agnes Parish now has the audio visual system solutions that answer the call of their many video system goals. Fr Chris is very happy. He spoke of the parish’s new systems and working with PSNE by saying, “We chose Power Sound after consulting with other A/V companies— and even trying portable systems. After meeting with Troy we knew; Power Sound had an exceptional sense of our worship needs combined with technical savvy. Maintaining church aesthetics was incredibly important to us We had no need to worry; after installation prior to first use I actually had to point them out to parishioners who had not noticed the new equipment. They blended nicely. Very attractive.” At Power Sound, that is music to our ears!

To learn more about audio visual systems for churches we invite you to visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html.

First Congregational Church in Pembroke NH has New Church Video…

They Are Enjoying Services in a Whole New Light 

When retracted the screen neatly tucks away.

The Project: First Congregational Church – a New Hampshire church wanted a church video projection system as a way to way to bring more visual elements to their services. Power Sound of New England, PSNE  has been the trusted audio visual systems provider to more than 1500 churches in New England so the church knew they’d found the company they needed to for the custom video design and AV installation.

Retracted screen close up.

As part of the audio visual system goals many houses of worship today church video plays a key role. “More and more often we find that church AV installation projects have a video projection component”, said PSNE technical design specialist Troy D. Jennings, “With a comprehensive array of applications to address many unique needs, we are hearing from many clergy that video projection is not only illuminating the worship but that with custom church video system designs churches can select the specific features they want, in an AV installation plan that is customized to the unique characteristics of their worship space.”

What clergy are saying about Church Video Projection: 

“Video projection has greatly enhanced the Mass experience”. “The congregation can clearly see hymn lyrics...even the members with poor vision and those sitting in back pews”. “Thank you for bringing such effective technology to our parish”.

Church aesthetics are maintained

See the difference: Church video applications offer many benefits that enhance the way churches communicate. Some features of audio visual systems featuring video projection:

Visual Hymnal: Keep the focus at the pulpit. Eliminate traditional hymnals by placing hymn and song lyrics on retractable screens. A creative way to display religious imagery and church messages.

Overflow: Slim-profile plasma or projection screens in hall or overflow areas offer a streaming video     presentation of Worship Services and Celebrations.

Presentations: Educational and religious films can be displayed for vivid wide-screen viewing.

Perfect for hymn lyrics or imagery.

Security: Video as part of a church AV system can perform as a church security system.

Church video projection is functional yet visually subtle: PSNE audio visual systems are designed with the architectural characteristics of the space in mind so parishes know that they will enjoy the reliable functionality of their AV system while maintaining the important of church aesthetics. AV installations often include colorizing components to match their surroundings. Here, pictured on the right, the retracted screen at this New Hampshire church matches the wall color so it is unobtrusive to the eye.

Video Projection is deepening their connection to worship…and can improve the way you communicate your message to your congregation.

To learn more about audio visual systems including the many benefits of church video projection we invite you to visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html.

New Church Audio in this completely round worship space Custom design and sound system installation from Power Sound of New England

St. Thecla Church in Pembroke Massachusetts

Church Sound that makes the Word and the Music sound better than ever

 

St. Thecla Church; Pembroke, MA

The Project: Fr. McCarthy needed clearer church sound for his congregation. The worship space in this architecturally famed Massachusetts church is completely round and features a beautiful a one piece concrete dome ceiling with a cylindrical skylight. There is an unobstructed view throughout the nave as the church was designed and built without any interior columns. Though beautiful, this creates an “incredibly live” acoustical environment so projecting clear church sound evenly throughout the space has been a challenge.  The old sound system was “muddy” and “no one could hear.” Power Sound of New England was chosen to design a custom church audio tailored to the specific needs of both the Celebrants and the Music Ministry. . The sound system installation plan was designed to provide clear intelligible church sound evenly around the radial style pews.

Totally round space featuring a dome ceiling.

Church audio clarity meets aesthetic quality:  St. Thecla, a western Massachusetts Church, with its beautiful radial sanctuary featured unobstructed views throughout, so the visual impact of the church sound system is paramount. Speakers have been colored to blend with their environment and are virtually undetectable— in fact what stands out is not the 10-foot tower speakers but the greatly improved church sound quality they project.  

Professional speakers are 10’ feet tall & just 4 “wide

A Customized Sound System for the both Word and the Choir: The sound system features settings for the liturgical style of the Celebrants as well as for controlling the sound system of the music ministry. Power Sound of New England has programmed the digital sound scenario selector to the best settings for a variety of the church’s sound scenarios. This unique church sound selector features settings to automatically compensate for softer voices or louder voices. It also features audio presets that automatically set the sound for large and small attendance, automatic seasonal changes as well as for special Masses including weddings funerals and holiday Mass celebrations. The result: Church sound that is exactly right, every time.

Selection of audio setting for any style Mass

Other notable features of the comprehensive sound system installation project include an Ipod for playing recorded music for any occasion. It has been customized with a wireless transmitter so the Celebrant can cue uprecorded music from a variety playlists from anywhere in the church. Another enhancement of the sound system is the nearly invisible “Earset” microphone. It fits over the ear and rests gently against the speaker’s cheek. A great replacement for lapel mics it projects the speaker’s voice through the sound system without any feedback or fading that is a common issue with other wireless microphones.

To learn more about sound systems for churches we invite you to visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html.