St. Maria Angelica  The Parish Church of St. Maria Angelica in Hanover, Germany, is the church of the Old Catholic Parish of Hanover/Southern Lower Saxony ("Pfarrgemeinde Hannover/Niedersachsen-Süd"). The church, which has been in use since 2010 and was consecrated on 3 September 2011, is located on a property that originally belonged to the neighbouring Lutheran parish of St. James ("Jakobikirche"). The land was purchased in 2003 by the Old Catholic parish. Until 2007, the parish was a guest in churches of various other parishes and denominations, then in the chapel of the Annastift hospital. Between 2007 and 2010, the parish held its services in its new parish hall. The building of the church was begun with the laying of the cornerstone on 30 August 2009; the first service held in the church was the Easter Vigil in 2010. Since then, the parish has held its regular services there. The church was designed, planned and built by the architecture firm "Amberge und Schwartze Architekten GmbH". The costs for the construction, as well as for an expansion of the existing parish hall and rectory, were originally estimated at €500,000; in the end it cost roughly €1 million and was financed with the parish’s own capital, additional capital from the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany, donations from other parishes in the diocese, and donations from the general public. On 23 May 2011, the parish assembly discussed a patron saint for the parish and church building. A vote was taken and Angélique Arnauld was chosen as patron. The consecration and dedication took place on 3 September 2011. On 30 January 2013, the parish vestry decided the final form of the name would be St. Maria Angelica, using the Latin form of her name. The church building is in a modern and simple design, yet is clearly based on the traditional design of churches in western Europe. It is an aisleless or hall church in tent form. It has the first full-immersion baptismal pool in the Old Catholic diocese in Germany, situated at the west end of the church’s nave. The church, in accordance with tradition, faces the east. Because the east side of the church faces the street, the church is entered via the parish hall. The sanctuary or chancel, which faces east in the direction of the rising sun, is indirectly flooded by light from the sides.