Heinz Memorial Chapel Reviews

Heinz chapel: Corinne Bechtel Heinz Chapel Coordinator (412)624-4157
Fantastic to work with, ask for Brynne Bashioum for your wedding coordinator the day of she was amazing. They block the road for parking and have police security as well. They have a bridal suit downstairs and a groom suit upstairs.

They have a reputation for running a tight ship and they do not disappoint! All of the ladies at Heinz were responsive and great to work with throughout the planning process. They answered all of our questions and ran a smooth production the day of our wedding.

As two Pitt grads, we have always dreamed of having our wedding ceremony at the famous Heinz chapel - and it truly lived up to the hype. During the hay day of covid, we were disappointed with how harsh the restrictions on capacity were and ended up changing to a later date. Thankfully in July we were allowed to have all the guests we wanted, no face masks when walking down the aisle, and an overall amazing experience. Melissa and her team were great to work with and ran our rehearsal and day of seamlessly. We are so glad we waited to have it at Heinz chapel because it really made the day special.

I want to thank Corinne, Bill, and the rest of the staff for making my ceremony run perfectly. I was pretty stressed out and unorganized as the days inched closer to my wedding. Corinne was super patience, answered my questions, and provided feedback that helped me make decisions to make the day go smooth. Bill was also helpful with giving me suggestions with my music and coordinating with my pop pop's song for the wedding. I am forever grateful for their assistance.

My family and friends continue to compliment that my ceremony was beautiful. My husband and I are not big on decorating and heinz chapel was perfect for us. The chapel was absolutely beautiful.

The venue speaks for itself! I graduated from Pitt, so it was so special to have our wedding here! Most of our guests were from out of town and had never been to Pittsburgh and they were blown away by how beautiful the chapel was! I planned the entire wedding myself from California, where I now live. The staff made it so easy and were so well-organized. They stick to a strict time schedule and were very professional. Corinne was our coordinator and she was awesome to work with! She listed to all of our ideas and helped make sure everything ran smoothly during the rehearsal and on the day of the wedding. The organ music was incredible too! I really cannot say enough great things and couldn't be happier! What an awesome memory to be married in such a beautiful place!

We could not have asked for a more beautiful spot. And everybody was so informative and nice.

Our wedding ceremony at Heinz Chapel was truly stunning. The space is one-of-a-kind and spectacular, and from the moment we toured it, we knew we had to get married there! The planning process with Wendy was so easy, and Sharon, our ceremony coordinator, was so organized and enthusiastic. She made sure to deal with every single difference in our ceremony with grace and elegance – from uneven numbers of bridesmaids and groomsmen, to my brother (a groomsmen) escorting bridesmaids to where they would stand and running to the back of the church to walk me down the aisle, to an a cappella group singing in the middle of the ceremony. We are so pleased with our experience with their team. Our wedding was also on a Friday, so we did not feel rushed out of the space at all.

The best part of the whole day was that the garden right next to the chapel, which has been under construction since last year when we booked the space, opened specially on our wedding day. We were the first couple who was able to take pictures in the garden, which made it incredibly intimate. We loved our experience! Photo credit to Meredith McKee Photography!

SO happy that we booked heinz chapel. Not only was it gorgeous but it flowed so well and the coordinators were nothing short of amazing.

The coordinators here have everything down to a science. I was worried about the 1 hour but they made sure everything was perfect. The chapel is stunning and everything went smoothly even with a Catholic ceremony.

Heinz Chapel was an amazing place for our wedding! It is so beautiful inside! Wendy did a great job helping us plan, and made sure things ran smoothly for our rehearsal and actual ceremony.

One of the most beautiful places in Pittsburgh to get married in! You don't get a lot of time in the Chapel, but if your ceremony is straightforward without a lot of fluff, you won't have any issues. We didn't. The staff is great to work with and really know what they are doing. I never felt rushed and even though they do multiple wedding every weekend, they make you feel like yours is the only one that day. I'm very happy with our choice to have our wedding there!

We did not have a wedding planner and we only had time to plan our wedding for a month! Karyn was our wedding coordinator and even though we hadn't spoken a lot of times before the wedding, she (and everyone from the chapel) made everything as seamless and as smooth as possible. Everything was well coordinated and the smallest details were well taken cared of. They were all very professional and the ceremony started on time! :)

My husband and I got married at Heinz Chapel this past Saturday and it was amazing! The staff is so knowledgeable and helpful. The chapel itself is breathtaking and all of our guests were in complete awe. We are so pleased and grateful that we were lucky enough to get married here!

I lucked out and got the 4:30 ceremony time at The Heinz Chapel. When I had quesetions, they were prompt to reply and/or return my phone calls. They do have a high volume of weddings on Saturday's but I still felt like I had plenty of time for my ceremony and photos. The Chapel is breathtaking inside and the organ sounds amazing!

My wedding at Heinz Chapel was BEAUTIFUL and PERFECT. I will start off by saying that I had the rehearsal from hell, but it was not Heinz Chapel's fault. My officiant is crazy and wanted us to get married at the altar where the cross is, not the lower section. Nobody ever does weddings like this and I wasn't having it. To make a long story short, we got into an argument and my officiant walked out. Karen is the sweetest and most comforting woman I've ever met. I thought my pastor wasn't going to show up for my wedding so I'm hysterical and they are reassuring me over and over that my wedding will be perfect and they will make sure of it. My maid of honor was texting Karen throughout the night and Karen was telling her that she had called some pastors as a back up in case mine didn't show. She went above and beyond what her job asks of her. My pastor did show up and apologized. I'm still angry with her but Karen gave me a big hug at the end of my ceremony, she knew how much I had gone through. I want to cry thinking about my ceremony, they are such wonderful coordinators and the church is just breathtaking!

We absolutely loved having our ceremony at Heinz Chapel! It's breathtaking! Karen & Wendy were fantastic and coordinated our wedding to perfection. You are not allotted much time in the chapel for the rehearsal or the ceremony, but they move things along perfectly so that you get everything in that you need to without feeling rushed. Having a longer ceremony might decrease the amount of time you have for pictures afterwards, but we found it to be perfect for us with a 25 minute ceremony.

p.s. If considering Heinz, I would suggest looking at their guidelines well in advance of deciding on any decorations, photographers, videographers, etc. Also consider the parking!

They were very helpful and the chapel is beautiful!

Our wedding was beautiful, the staff- especially Tom Meisner- are absolutely the most incredible and professional people in the world, and it was very meaningful to my husband, who is the Pitt grad in our family.

That said- Heinz Memorial Chapel is well known in Pittsburgh as a beautiful wedding venue- and it certainly is- but you must be prepared to deal with certain limitations when you decide to be married there. (Unless of course, you booked two time slots, which would double your cost - something we opted not to do.)

When you book a time slot for your wedding- they are very clear on how much time you will be given at the Chapel. You can not go over this time. This generally means no receiving line, and slightly rushed formal photos.

This was a little tricky for us as we're Roman Catholic- we didn't have a full Mass- just a ceremony. While we were fine (and still are) with our decision- this may not be the best for many couples who can't or won't fit their wedding ceremony into the allotted time.

I'd recommend it to anyone - if they were willing to deal with the time limits - we were more than happy to - our wedding was beautiful and meaningful, and in an absolutely perfect chapel.

Heinz Chapel is sooo beautiful. I would recommend it to anybody!

It had been my daughter's dream to have her wedding at Heinz Memorial Chapel since she was a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh.

I will admit that we weren't too keen on the idea at first - all of the family and friends live at least an hour away from Pittsburgh. And calling and calling and calling a year in advance to reserve a time slot at the Chapel is a very stressful experience. And you are on a very tight schedule for the rehearsal and wedding.

But the Chapel is so incredibly beautiful and the wedding coordinators Anita and Jackie were so kind and helpful. And Steven, the organist was just phenomenal.

My daughter and son-in-law had the fairy tale wedding of their dreams at Heinz Memorial Chapel. My son-in-law remarked that it was just so wonderful to have the wedding there. Guests were awestruck at the architecture and the grandeur of the Chapel.

If you are fortunate enough to qualify to be married at Heinz Chapel (Pitt alumni or Heinz employees), I highly recommend that you take advantage of the opportunity! Your wedding ceremony will be special wherever you hold it, but Heinz is a breathtaking location. I cannot describe the atmosphere and beauty of the Chapel accurately. My husband voted the Chapel as the key to our wedding and he is so glad we decided to travel the hour south to have our wedding there.

The staff at the Chapel are extremely helpful! You can stop in during normal hours and tell them you are getting married there--or plan to get on the list to be married there and they will give you a special tour of the bride's & groom's rooms and let you past the velvet rope to stand at the altar! They will also show you the various seating arrangments for your attendants and different ways to walk down the aisle.

During the rehearsal, the staff was very calm and sweet. They also let us do some things they had never had done in the church before and were extremely generous. The week of the wedding, our coordinator called me and went over the order of procession and seating, etc. She also checked on a couple things for me and called me right back.

The ceremony went extremely well and our coordinator Anita was very calm, helpful, and nice.
In a place that holds over 500 weddings annually, the staff made our day feel especially special and important!

The beauty of Heinz Memorial Chapel speaks for itself. It is the perfect wedding ceremony venue. The staff at the chapel is absolutely fabulous. They are very organized and timely and think of all the details you don't! Many of our guests said it was the most beautiful place they had ever seen.

We absolutely LOVED getting married at Heinz Chapel!!! Picking & reserving a date can be very nerve-racking, especially due to the high volume of calls received, however we got the date we wanted and were so excited!! There is a time restriction, but that was okay for us. Our wedding coordinator was Tom Meisner and he was incredible. He was so helpful and thorough, and answered every question we had. Any concerns I had before that day, he took care of. I had absolutely no concerns about how things would go that day. Tom had everything under control! The chapel is absolutely gorgeous and the organ music is amazing. The chapel makes for a great background in pictures as well! Even with only an hour for the ceremony & pictures, we got everything done in plenty of time. It was the best!

This venue was just spectacular. It has the feel of a cathedral but is small enough so that even if you don't have alot of guests, the place looks filled with people. When I booked, a wedding coordinator from the chapel was assigned to my wedding and he was amazing. All the stress was lifted off of me when he took charge of the rehearsal and wedding day. He listened to what I wanted and made it happen with professionalism and courtesy. I had a large wedding party comprising some difficutlt personalities and he handled everybody with ease. The organist did a great job and was on the moment perfect in his playing. Most of my wedding guests were out of towners for wedding guests and they were blown away by the architecture and windows. The timeframe of a single slot rental was a bit tight and that too should be noted. I had to drop a song, a reading, and not have a receiving line in order to fit the timeframe rented and to allow time for pictures. But despite having to shorten up the ceremony, it was worth it. Plus, the fact that it is a nondeminational chapel suited the fact that we come from different faiths and the chapel served as neutral religious ground for our respective families who are strong in their differing faiths. What I also liked about the place too was that my videographer, Peter Wolffe, was affiliated with the chapel and was able to use the fixed cameras to the walls of the chapel. Those cameras allowed for full video coverage without having a large camera in our faces during the ceremony. We were nervous and excited enough and the discretness of the cameras eased that extra tension that would have been there. I also liked how this place has a calendar on their website so you can see what days and times are available and which time slots around you would be taken if you chose that day and time. Since I wasn't going to wait a year to get married, that calendar helped me alot with setting the date. It is a pricy venue when compared to other places and it was absolutely worth every penny. Sometimes you have to know when to spend because in the end you do get what you paid for. I am so happy with this choice and highly recommend this place.

I LOVED the ceremony!!!! The location is PERFECT- stained glass, stone floors, carved wooden pews. They are 100% flexible about religious/civil services- anything you want to include or omit from the ceremony is fine with them. The coordinator was the little Italian mother I never had and kept everyone in line (including the groom's friends) and I didn't have to be bridezilla!! Everything was seamless. The only drawback for whoever is reading this is that either the bride or groom needs to be a University of Pittsburgh Alum.