The first of these two chapels is dedicated to Saint Augustine, known for his dramatic conversion from a life of sin. The other is dedicated to Saint Hildegard of Bingen, the great reconciler of the twelfth century.

The reconciliation chapels are designed to enhance the celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The light piercing through the walls, the gilded domed ceiling, and the rough walls speak to the meeting of human sinfulness and divine love and forgiveness in this sacrament.