Stained Glass

Stained glass windows were used to provide light to the rooms and again as pictures to tell the Bible stories to people who could not read.

The large round panes show Bible charasters. The smaller scenes around show modern day people, inventions, and activities. This is the poets window, our favorite was the sports window. Modern day scenes included children sledding, baseball, soccer, riding a bike, skiing, many others. We were told the window had every Olympic sport represented.

This was Serena's favorite part of the chapel. " The magnificant Gothic nave features 14 themed bays honoring professions and human endeavor. Stained glass windows depict thematic scenes with religious and secular images including a 1925 prototype television, a human skeleton, St. George and the Dragon, and Michelangelo carving David. The Acts of the Apostles tapestries hanging in many bays are based on 16thcentruy drawings by Raphael."

"The Poets Corner salutes America's literary greats, whose names are inscribed in stone plaques in the floor. Among the writers honored are Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickenson, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Gertrude Stein."

"The magnificant 40 foot diameter Great Rose window in the West Facade is the largest in the United States. Designed by Charles J. Connick, it contains over 10, 000 pieces of glass. The figure of Christ at its center is 5 feet 7 inches tall."

Abby's stained class art from the craft room.

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