Tabernacle of Our Lady's Messages

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The Tabernacle of Our Lady's Messages is the headquarters of Caritas of Birmingham. It contains a printing press for the organization's many publications, as well as a distribution center, offices, a retreat center with 700-seat auditorium, a recording studio, three chapels and archival storage facility.

The three-story sandstone-clad tabernacle was constructed for $2 million in 1995. It was expanded from 35,000 to 51,000 square feet in 2011, at a cost of $8 million. The cost included the purchase of commercial grade book-binding equipment.

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