The company that built the has received several project awards for its construction. The shrine, 700 SE 89, was completed in February 2023 and it is the largest Catholic church in Oklahoma. The Catholic Church in Oklahoma had the shrine built to help share the life and legacy of Blessed Stanley Rother with the world.
Over the years, thousands of pilgrims from around the globe are expected to visit the huge shrine church and campus named for Rother, an Oklahoma priest who is on the . Pope Francis proclaimed Rother a martyr for the faith in 2016. He is the first martyr from the United States and the first U.
S.-born priest to be beatified. Boldt is headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, and has 18 offices nationwide.
Throughout the shrine project, Boldt engaged more than 30 local trade contractors and employed 100 to 150 workers on-site most days, with 90% of these being local Oklahoma companies. Boldt worked with diverse materials like bricks, stone, glass, tile and copper and installed 17 century, handcrafted liturgical pieces, statues and murals to give the shrine more meaning. Also, a 55-foot replica of Mexico’s Tepeyac Hill took nine months to build and required Boldt to create a unique support system to ensure the landmark will remain in place.
Most notably, Boldt overcame challenges to install a 65,000-pound, 34-foot-tall dome on the shrine more than 200 feet in the air. Boldt prefabricated the dome on the ground before lifting it into place to ensure accuracy, as well a.
