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Domiane Forte ('00)

鈥淲hat do you do with the Church鈥檚 patrimony?鈥 asks architect Domiane Forte (鈥00) in the National Catholic Register. 鈥淭he first and foremost duty is to keep it within the Church.鈥

The story, , discusses Mr. Forte鈥檚 work on the St. Dominic Chapel, which he is designing for the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation in Nashville, Tenn. The principal of , an architectural firm based in Santa Paula, Calif., Mr. Forte is also chairman of the College鈥檚 Greater Los Angeles Board of Regents.

After graduating from the College in 2000, he studied classical architecture at the University of Notre Dame under Duncan Stroik, the design architect for Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel. Upon earning his master鈥檚 degree, Mr. Forte worked as a senior project manager for Appleton & Associates, Architects, in Santa Barbara, Calif., before launching his own practice in 2011. Earlier this year, he produced two artist鈥檚 renderings of the College鈥檚 next planned building, St. Gladys Hall.

Dedicated to preserving the Church鈥檚 patrimony of sacred architecture, Mr. Forte has recently begun work on another church design 鈥 for Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Bakersfield, Calif.