St. Francis of Assisi Chapel

Rising from a promontory that dominates the grandeur of God’s creation, St. Francis of Assisi Chapel integrates elements of Mayan architecture with a Colonial-style bell tower and a living tree.

Here, as in the majority of the Park’s buildings, ample use was made of the noble properties of native materials:  the carved crucifix is made of sapodilla, the altar of limestone and the benches of thorn tree wood.

Sunday Mass is given in this beautiful oceanfront chapel that has witnessed the weddings of the rich and famous, baptisms and celebrations to give thanks for life’s abundance.