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Hidden in the mausoleums of one of New York's cemeteries sits a king's ransom of breathtaking stained glass - commissioned by the city's rich and powerful more than a century ago. Officials at Woodlawn Cemetery first stumbled on the glasswork late last year, in a Gilded Age temple erected for a New York merchant and son of a Spanish general. During an audit of the colorful windows, experts discovered a variety none had ever seen before - despite being seasoned officials on the subject. They are now in the midst of an unprecedented survey that will see them peruse about...

The Washington National Cathedral issued a statement on Thursday announcing that it will be replacing historic stained glass windows that depict Confederate iconography with “woke” racial-justice themed windows that honor African Americans. There are 231 stained glass windows in the National Cathedral. The windows that are being replaced were were installed in 1953 and they were removed in 2017.

INTRODUCTION Paintings and statues are portable, but stained glass is architectural. I became interested in art as an architecture student; we took a full-year course on World History of Art, and soon I became a dues-paying member of the county’s Museum of Art. Our thick textbook’s photographs of paintings and statues and ceramics were quite interesting, but—befitting my architectural inclinations and ambitions—I found the churches especially appealing (flying buttresses!) and their stained glass windows absolutely captivating. I still do. The last post in this series, #26, ended with pairs of stained glass windows at two churches in England and America,...

Murals and stained glass windows of Jesus are a “gross form of white supremacy” and “should all come down,” says non-black leftist Shaun King. “All murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends should also come down. They are a gross form of white supremacy. Created as tools of oppression. Racist propaganda. They should all come down.” That was a June 22 tweet from Shaun King, and the “far-left activist,” wasn’t done. “Yes I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down. They are a...

The church window of the Original Congregational Church of Wrentham, done to Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" from the Messiah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRmDO-qt8z4&list=PLYTtL1FB2XCqRlBa-eUkRBSnoioKOtXQk&index=22 ******* Multiple church windows of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Wrentham, done to Riu, Riu Chiu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGJk5cSqfBg&index=1&list=PLYTtL1FB2XCqRlBa-eUkRBSnoioKOtXQk

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – The state of Connecticut dropped all charges against a Yale University employee who smashed a stained glass window he found racially insensitive. Yale had already said it was not pressing charges against Corey Menafee. A state prosecutor said in court that if Yale was not interested in prosecuting Menafee, then there was no reason the state should use its limited resources to proceed with the case.

The Heavenly Elements of the LiturgyBy: Msgr. Charles PopeIn November, Catholics are encouraged to meditate on the “Last Things.” As you know, I write quite often on Hell. But I have written on Heaven, too. In this post I propose simply to set forth how much of our liturgy is a kind of dress rehearsal for Heaven.Indeed, Catholics are often unaware just how biblical the Sacred Liturgy is. The design of our traditional churches; the use of candles, incense, and golden vessels; the postures of standing and kneeling; the altar; the singing of hymns; priests wearing albs and so forth are...

Most Catholics are unaware of the fact that our traditional church buildings are based on designs given by God Himself. Their designs stretch all the way back to Mount Sinai, when God set forth the design for the sanctuary in the desert and the tent of meeting. Many of the fundamental aspects of our church layouts still follow that plan and the stone version of it that became the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. Our traditional church buildings also have numerous references to the Book of Revelation and the Book of Hebrews, both of which describe the heavenly liturgy and Heaven...

Street vendors across downtown Charlotte are selling posters and artwork depicting President Obama as Jesus Christ and the Democratic National Convention is expected to feature a stained-glass window backdrop during their meeting. One poster features an image of the president in prayer with the headline, “Prophecy Fulfilled.” >>SNIP<< The month of August includes a photograph of Obama’s birth certificate with the words “Heaven sent.” The president was born on Aug. 4th. The entry also includes a photograph of Obama along with a passage of Scripture from the New Testament. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only...

Made in the Tiffany style and donated 85 years ago in honor of a fallen World War I soldier, the stained glass window that graces the parish house of the old First Presbyterian Church in Stapleton is a historic treasure. It was nearly stolen, in what would have been a nasty Christmastime surprise, but for divine intervention. A construction boss wanted to sell the 6-by-11 foot window to an antiques dealer for $500, according to police, who estimated its real value at close to $50,000. "Had I not gotten there on time, that window would have obviously been gone, and...

AL ASAD, Iraq (Aug. 30, 2006) -- In the midst of a combat zone it may be hard for one to find beauty, but with the help of one Naval petty officer, service members deployed to Al Asad, Iraq, will get a little taste of heaven when visiting the base chapel. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Donald J. Hodory, builder, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, 9th Naval Construction Regiment, saw a need and took the necessary steps to make the newly constructed chapel more like a religious sanctuary in the States. "The idea for stained-glass windows came more as a...

The altar was old. It was ornate. And it was on the gambling floor of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.James Lang was startled when he saw it there. Lang, vicar of parishes for the Roman Catholic diocese in Syracuse, had a chat with the manager about desecration. The altar eventually was removed."They thought it looked cool," Lang remembers.It also looked like part of a growing phenomenon: Religious artifacts are migrating as America's shifting population leaves empty churches across the Midwest and Northeast. This March, New York City's archdiocese recommended shutting 31 metro parishes, and Boston has...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 21, 2002) -- More than 400 chaplains and chaplain assistants recently assembled a stain glass window to be hung at the Pentagon later this year in honor of the Sept. 11 victims. Each chaplain and chaplain's assistant was given a numbered piece of glass to place in the window frame during the Chaplain Corps Annual Senior Leadership Training conference at Hilton Head, S.C. in early March. "Through creating this stained glass window, we will express our faith as well as honor those we remember who were taken from us," said Chief of Chaplains Maj....