Here is a slideshow displaying the majority of the stained glass windows at St. Mary's. (And some other things, too.) I personally have traveled around the country and have lived and traveled in western Europe and can tell you that these stained glass windows are among the most beautiful I've ever seen. They are particularly beautiful when the sun is streaming through them in the morning.
As you may be able to see from the pictures, each window was paid for by a Society or a family. This was no small task for mostly rural people without much money. Nevertheless, these families, couples, individuals, and religious groups sacrificed so that today we could have the beautiful little church with which we are now so greatly blessed.
We give of ourselves to our local church out of love and devotion to Our Lord and His Mother. These stained glass windows were painstakingly designed, created, and installed so that when we attend Holy Mass we may sense God's presence and that of the saints and angels. Truly Holy Mother Church teaches us that the blessed angels hover around the altar at Mass! Surely the saints also look on during so great an event.
The descendents of the contributors of these windows intend them for use at St. Mary's and not to be sold off at some auction as if they were nothing more than any standard piece of household furniture. Let us not forget the importance of their lives and contributions to St. Mary's. It is because of our forbears that we have our Faith.
Created with flickr slideshow.
As you may be able to see from the pictures, each window was paid for by a Society or a family. This was no small task for mostly rural people without much money. Nevertheless, these families, couples, individuals, and religious groups sacrificed so that today we could have the beautiful little church with which we are now so greatly blessed.
We give of ourselves to our local church out of love and devotion to Our Lord and His Mother. These stained glass windows were painstakingly designed, created, and installed so that when we attend Holy Mass we may sense God's presence and that of the saints and angels. Truly Holy Mother Church teaches us that the blessed angels hover around the altar at Mass! Surely the saints also look on during so great an event.
The descendents of the contributors of these windows intend them for use at St. Mary's and not to be sold off at some auction as if they were nothing more than any standard piece of household furniture. Let us not forget the importance of their lives and contributions to St. Mary's. It is because of our forbears that we have our Faith.