Located on the Gulf of Mexico, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church of Pass Christian, Mississippi, has served the spiritual needs of the community for more than 150 years. Within that time, the church has been re-built twice due to damage from natural disasters. In 2007, the diocese approved construction of a new church combining three smaller churches of the parish into the single church of Most Holy Trinity.
The new facility served the parish until 2017 when the diocese authorised construction of a new church building. After five years of planning and preparation, the new church opened its doors in 2021. Its sanctuary features high ceilings with hard tile flooring and solid wood pews, creating a highly reverberant environment.
To address this problem, the church contacted Rain Jaudon, owner of Magnolia AV Solutions, to design an audio system for optimal coverage in both the sanctuary and the upstairs choir loft. Jaudon, in turn, contacted independent manufacturer’s representative Richard Hembree of Griffith Sales Associates to assist with the installation.
‘Steerable arrays work best in reverberant spaces,’ Jaudon says. ‘The combination of adjustable pattern control with exceptional speech intelligibility make them a perfect choice for many houses of worship.’ He duly chose a system from Renkus-Heinz to keep the congregation engaged during worship services.
Acoustic panels were attached to the ceiling to reduce the sanctuary’s reverberation time while a pair of Iconyx IC24-RN steerable arrays were set to address the congregation, with two ultra-compact DC12/2 steerable arrays installed as fill in the church transept. Multiple compact CX41 loudspeakers have been mounted on microphone stands and are used as personal monitors for the choir, with a CA82-RD1 point-source enclosure flown from the ceiling to support the general audio needs in the choir loft. Both the church leadership and the parishioners are happy with the installation, stating ‘the choir sounds like angels’.
‘I’ve been installing Renkus-Heinz loudspeakers since 2008; they are solid performers and the company stands behind its products,’ Jaudon says. ‘I recommend Renkus-Heinz whenever possible.’
