This is also a unique opportunity that we are giving our readers, namely the publication of the first pictures of the silverware made by Floriano Bodini for the Chapel of the Eucharist.
The Chapel of the Eucharist stands on one side of the Vestry and the Liturgical Hall. As its function is to lead man to God through the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, its interior design has been designed to bring about spiritual elevation.

The Tabernacle containing the Blessed Sacrament is the chapel's most salient feature and the place where Adoration takes place. The Tabernacle designed for the new Church is an octagonal conical stele placed on an octagonal marble base.
The main body of the tabernacle is made of black lava stone from Mount Etna and is three and a half metres high. Its upper part is covered in small, hand-embossed silver tiles depicting the mystery of the Eucharistic bread.
In place of the usual outward-opening doors, the tabernacle has a system with lateral runners. When opened, the two parts of its small door glide to the left and right and push out two tiles. As these suggest arms projecting on either side, the overall impression is that of a cross whose optical and focal centre is the Holy Eucharist.

The hand-embossed silver door of the tabernacle depicts a Pelican, a symbol of the Eucharist and a theme familiar and dear to Blessed Padre Pio, who dwells on it in letters dealing with the infinite love of God for His children.
The image of the pelican, a bird which gives its blood for its young, was likened by St. Thomas d'Aquinas to Jesus Christ: "Oh Pious Pelican, Lord Jesus, cleanse my unclean self with Your Blood".
There are twelve embossed silver reliefs, six from the Old Testament and six from the New.