I guess they can still make pretty stained glass! [Adoremus Bulletin]

Kaesekopf · August 17, 2015, 01:36:06 PM

From the cover of the Adoremus bulletin:
"We illustrate the indebtedness of our center to both St. Thomas Aquinas and Blessed John Newman in the stained glass window above the high altar. It's the largest stained glass window installed in a Catholic Church in 100 years. It was built in Munich by Franz Mayer & Company. Measuring 20x24 feet, it pictures Christ on the heavenly throne surrounded by angels and saints that have to do with either learning or working with youth. To his right is St. Thomas, the Angelic doctor and great teacher of the faith, and to his left is Blessed John Henry Newman, who is the patron of Newman Centers, Catholic campus ministries and the apostolate to college students. The window also includes St. Albert the Great (not pictured), a teacher of St. Thomas renowned in his own right for his contributions to philosophy and theology, and St. John Paul II, a great icon for the youth. The window also shows Blessed Giorgio Frassati and St. Therese of the Little Flower. All these figures in the window depict something related to young people, to the teaching or evangelizing of the youth."
– Bishop James D. Conley, Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln.

The Stained Glass Window in St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Lincoln, Nebraska

For a better photo, check out the Adoremus Bulletin for July.

Maximilian · August 17, 2015, 02:08:58 PM

Impressive.

Arun · August 17, 2015, 04:19:18 PM

that's real nice

dymphna17 · August 17, 2015, 06:40:35 PM

That is very nice. I'd love to learn how to do that. I'll bet there are youtube videos on how to do it.

Arun · August 17, 2015, 06:55:32 PM

Quote from: dymphna17 on August 17, 2015, 06:40:35 PM
That is very nice. I'd love to learn how to do that. I'll bet there are youtube videos on how to do it.

wonder if my landlord would mind if i did that here...

we did once, a long time ago, have some stained glass window images photocopied onto this clear plastic stuff like what they use for an overhead projector, and stuck it to the windows. looked pretty cool.

dymphna17 · August 17, 2015, 09:04:58 PM

Our neighbors made some stained glass pieces, had them framed, and hung them in the window to get the effect. That way they didn't ruin anything and were able to take it with them when they moved. Great idea!

Kaesekopf · August 20, 2015, 10:42:25 AM

Found a better picture on Fr James Bradley's Facebook page:

Lynne · August 20, 2015, 10:55:55 AM

gasp!

Kaesekopf · August 20, 2015, 11:00:09 AM

Quote from: Lynne on August 20, 2015, 10:55:55 AM
gasp!

Right!?

Akavit · August 20, 2015, 08:45:08 PM

The oft-heard phrase "they don't make them like they used to" isn't very accurate. Great artisans still exist in every trade. I'd even argue that thanks to fast travel and free information, today's artisans are some of the best.

It's the lack of the long-view in contemporary society that prevents things like this from being more common. In one of his conferences, Duncan Stroik commented that a major issue in church architecture is the mindset that churches are built in 5 years. Committees cut costs until they can squeeze every last item into the budget afforded by a single capital campaign. The result is an uninspiring structure (needed to save money for stained glass) and lousy stained glass (wasn't enough left over in the budget for quality work).

They should be built over decades or even centuries. It was common practice to raise a church with ordinary glass then add the stained glass when money permitted. Patience wins all (now who said that?).

Back on topic, some of the awe-factor is missing for me because I literally grew up attending Mass at a small church with windows that had this exact style and coloring. It sort of makes me take this for granted because I just expect all stained glass to look like this.

Arun · August 22, 2015, 09:38:38 PM

Quote from: Akavit on August 20, 2015, 08:45:08 PM
The oft-heard phrase "they don't make them like they used to" isn't very accurate. Great artisans still exist in every trade. I'd even argue that thanks to fast travel and free information, today's artisans are some of the best.

It's the lack of the long-view in contemporary society that prevents things like this from being more common. In one of his conferences, Duncan Stroik commented that a major issue in church architecture is the mindset that churches are built in 5 years. Committees cut costs until they can squeeze every last item into the budget afforded by a single capital campaign. The result is an uninspiring structure (needed to save money for stained glass) and lousy stained glass (wasn't enough left over in the budget for quality work).

They should be built over decades or even centuries. It was common practice to raise a church with ordinary glass then add the stained glass when money permitted. Patience wins all (now who said that?).

Back on topic, some of the awe-factor is missing for me because I literally grew up attending Mass at a small church with windows that had this exact style and coloring. It sort of makes me take this for granted because I just expect all stained glass to look like this.

yeah i've always noticed many of the best stained glass windows i have seen have a tendency to include a request to pray for the financier's soul in the work somewhere.