When parishioners returned to St. Edmund the Martyr Church after a fire, one familiar face was still missing: the Blessed Mother in the stained-glass window above the front entrance. Now, that image has been restored.
When parishioners returned to St. Edmund the Martyr Church after a fire, one familiar face was still missing: the Blessed Mother in the stained-glass window above the front entrance. Now, that image has been restored.
The Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville on Long Island and Blessed Sacrament Church in Buffalo have each received a grant from the New York Landmarks Conservancy to help restore their stained glass windows.
The stained-glass windows of a church can do more than serve as a beautiful backdrop for the celebration of Mass. They can also deepen one’s connection to their Catholic faith.
A stained glass window in a Brooklyn Catholic church has given one family a chance to reconnect with its roots, and for distant cousins who didn’t know about each other’s existence to meet and establish ties.
Natural light has disappeared from three cherished stained glass windows at the Oratory Church of St. Boniface in Brooklyn.