A Massachusetts Church; Video Projection for Education

More visual education with video projection at St. Agnes Parish in Dalton MA

In this PSNE blog post, we will share phase 2 of new AV installation at both the Chapel Conference Room and the Academy of St. Agnes Parish. The parish wanted video projection their conference space, which is a former chapel and the Academy library. The building once housed a convent and over time has evolved into the academy. The parish asked Power Sound of New England to first develop and design a church video projection system for the sanctuary.

The project in the main church was completed in the Fall. (Read about it in the post below) That phase of the AV installation was completed in time to utilize the video projection as a learning tool for the new Roman Missal. St. Agnes parish pastor, Fr. Chris Malatesta, employed the new audio visual system as a tool for teaching the congregation. Fr. Chris displayed text onto the large format screen and during Mass the congregation, along with Father practiced the new Mass Translations prior to the November implementation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition.

The Project Phase 2: Church Video Projection for the Chapel Conference Room and the Academy Library. The goal: more visual education!

Other important features of the video projection system included design and AV installation featuring components that would be visually discreet in the conference space therefore maintaining the glorious architecture of the former Convent Chapel. In the library and the chapel ceiling mounted projectors and motorized retractable screens were installed offering an on-demand feature that makes the systems

Fr. Chris Malatesta spoke of entrusting PSNE with the Parish’s comprehensive church video projection project:

“After meeting with Troy we knew; ‘Power Sound’ had an exceptional sense of our worship needs combined with technical savvy.”    

 ~ Fr. Chris Malatesta: St. Agnes Parish

Church video projection by PSNE has many that applications can be used to deepen the connection to education…and to worship. Conference space, School, Sanctuary ...anywhere.

St. Agnes Parish’s video projection solutions features:

For the Chapel Conference Room at the Academy

• Video for RCIA Ed

• Parish Board meeting presentations

For the Academy Library

• Enhance communication with visual technology

For the Sanctuary

• Project hymn lyrics and liturgy

• Display religious imagery and parish announcements

• Show memorial presentations during Funerals

• Project video of Mass to overflow areas

 

Custom Church Video offers more way to connect your congregation to worship than ever before. If you would like to explore some of our custom applications for video projection and complete audio visual systems for worship visit our website: powersoundne.com/churchvideoprojection.html 

A Massachusetts Church; Video Projection for Sanctuary, Chapel and Academy

St. Agnes Parish in Dalton MA + 

New Video Projection = 

More Visual Worship

Power Sound of New England installed video projection, as a 3-part project, at St. Agnes Parish in Dalton. Like many parishes with plans for comprehensive Audio Visual system renovation, the parish decided to have PSNE propose a master plan for the AV system design that could be executed in phases that accommodated schedules and budgets. Overall, the parish wanted video projection for the sanctuary, the chapel and the Academy.

The first phase of the project was completed back in the fall and the timing was not mere coincidence.

Hymns, religious imagery and

bulletins can be prominently

displayed on two large screens.

The Project Phase I: Church Video Projection for the sanctuary. The Fr. Chris Malatesta wanted a creative and effective way to utilize video projection to help deepen the connection to worship. He especially wanted to help the congregation learn the New Mass Translation. He chose to have the AV installation completed weeks before the new Roman Missile. This allowed for his idea to help the congregation learn the New Mass Translations. Video projection was used to display them during Mass and together the congregation practiced. A visual way to earn Father knew it would provide a far more effective tool than small printed cards they could be hard to read. Another great feature of this was that everyone could lift their voices toward the altar as they spoke.

Angled large-format screens provide

beautiful views from every pew.

Other great features: Church video is used in the sanctuary for a variety of displays. Hymn lyrics, religious imagery, and the liturgy can be projected onto the large-format screens. More visually enriching Youth Masses and RCIA education also realize the benefits of the church video projection system.

Fr. Chris Malatesta was enthusiastic when we asked how the parish was enjoying the new video system in the sanctuary…

 “We love it!"

“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 the (retracted) screens out to parishioners

who had not noticed the new equipment. They blended nicely. Very attractive.”

~ Fr. Chris Malatesta: St. Agnes Parish

In the next PSNE blog post, we will showcase the features of the new AV installation at both the chapel and the Academy of St. Agnes Parish.

To learn more about custom audio visual systems for worship visit our website:

http://powersoundne.com/ churchvideoprojection.html

Scenes from Church Sound Renovation Project in Laconia, NH

Sacred Heart Church in Laconia is enjoying New Pro Sound for Worship

Column-mounted BOSE loudspeakers  - 10-feet tall 4 inches wide!

Church audio needs are unique to the worship experience. Intelligibility is often compromised by the acoustical environment of glorious old (and new) churches. Common church audio issues include dead spots, feedback, lack of clarity, and of course volume fluctuations from front-to-back of the sanctuary.

Power Sound of New England recently installed a new custom church sound system at a Sacred Heart Church at Andre Bessette Parish in Laconia that has given them “Phenomenal quality!”

Speakers for Music Ministry

Fr. Marc Drouin’s main concern about the old PA sound system was the poor audio intelligibility. Our custom system was crafted as part of a comprehensive AV installation project giving the parish incredible sound quality in the sanctuary, as well as a new pro sound and video projection system in their conference room.

PSNE, New England’s only professional AV installation and custom sound systems specializing in AV for worship, was chosen by Fr Marc. He had worked with PSNE at other parishes for their Audio Visual system renovations so he called on us again for the design and installation of the state-of-the-art PA sound system renovation at Sacred Heart.

The Project: One of the primary goals was to ensure that older parishioners and those hard of hearing would be able to enjoy the quality of pro sound components which were integrated into the sound system installation. The system also has a design feature to amplify the music ministry with special care of the unique characteristics of singing and instrumentation. Another phase of the AV project was to design a new PA sound system for the parish’s conference room. A second facet of the AV installation project was the design and integration of a video projection system in the conference room.

The result: Both the church audio and the audio for the meeting space are performing beautifully!

Beneath the cover; Electronics are easily accessed

NEW - For the Music Ministry... 

Custom PSNE Music Ministry Cabinets  are  custom-crafted to organize  wiring &   AV components, beautifully!

Music Ministry Cabinet

For the more than four decades that we have been designing custom sound systems to address the unique needs of church sound we have striven to be sure we are in tune with the worship. They are the only New England-based company that so thoroughly recognizes the AV needs of worship and specializes, almost exclusively, in Church Audio and Video solutions.

To learn more about custom audio visual systems for worship visit our website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.