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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: Ascension Lutheran Church

Studio Name: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass

City: East Lansing

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1974

Subject/Title of Window: Bringing Faith, Hope and Love

Brief Description of Subject: The three faceted glass windows on the side of the nave symbolize faith, hope, and love, the products of the Holy Spirit’s work in the people of the church. The window on the left includes the cross, a traditional symbol of faith. In gold tones, the cross illuminates the globe of the earth, thus linking earth to God above. Hope symbolized by an anchor, is shown in the middle window. Green, the traditional color for hope dominates the background in the form of a green tree of life. The letters LOVE spaced in a square were first designed thus by the artist Robert Indiana. From the blue of God’s love a river of gold and orange pours down to earth. Designer Benoit Gilsoul.

Inscriptions: LOVE


Height: 10'

Width: 2'

Type of Glass and Technique: Slab or Faceted Glass (Dalle de Verre)

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