St. Agnes Parish in Dalton MA; Illuminating Worship with Custom Video from Power Sound of New England

Power Sound of New England, (PSNE), recently completed a comprehensive AV project for St. Agnes Parish in Dalton Massachusetts. Audio Visual Systems: First, Fr. Chris, the parish priest wanted a vivid way for his congregation to view the liturgy, hymns and other visuals during Mass. A custom Church Video system designed by Power Sound of New England featuring an AV installation of two motorized 12-foot projections screens answered the call. The Massachusetts church video projection system can utilize computers set up in multiple locations to operate the church video presentations. At the Academy, the parish wanted a pro sound system combined with video projection for their cafetorium. Church Video – After analyzing the sanctuary Power Sound of New England designed an audio visual system tailored to the unique characteristics of the church space. Very high wooden ceilings with structural beams and a wide sanctuary presented some interesting challenges. The solution: Two screens mounted at angles from the beams. This ensures clear viewing cross church video viewing from all pews. The high contrast screens offer front projection capabilities. The projectors were ceiling-mounted on rods and hung parallel to the chandeliers in order to preserve aesthetics while insuring the AV installation best accommodated the technical design specs of the video projection system. Video Presentations may be controlled from different chosen locations at St Agnes including the front of the sanctuary from a laptop computer or their AV room in the loft. Video Cameras: PSNE integrated the parish’s existing cameras into the new audio visual system. This gives the parish the ability to use the church video system by employing the in-house cameras to record the sanctuary activities. This feature of video projection at churches is ideal for projecting wedding ceremonies, baptisms and other special altar services onto screens for large-format viewing. The church video system can use the cameras to transmit video to their local cable company to broadcast over the public access channel. The Parish Academy; Pro Sound and Video: An AV installation at the parish academy was customized for the school’s multi-use space, the cafetorium. Because the parish wanted reliable sound and video quality, Power Sound of New England designed a pro sound and video system that allows for myriad presentations including music, speaking and performance. St Agnes Parish now has the audio visual system solutions that answer the call of their multitude of requirements all customized to their specifications. To learn more about audio visual systems for churches we invite you to visit Power Sound of New England’s website: http://powersoundne.com/worshipav.html.