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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: St. Mary's Church

Studio Name: Emil Frei Associates, Inc.

City: Adrian

Window Shape: 3 (arched)

Date of Window: 1929

Subject/Title of Window: Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple

Brief Description of Subject: Shows the Christ child teaching in the temple.  Mary and Joseph who have been searching for him appear in the background.  Rose portion : Menorah, tablets of Moses, Rainbow, and crossed trumpets.

The Fifth Joyful Mystery
Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple
Left Panel: Christ as a young boy is speaking. Two men in the background listen. One holds a closed book. Scrolls written in Hebrew lie at the feet of Christ.

Right Panel: Three men listen, one is seated with an open book on his lap. The writing in this book is Latin. In the background Mary and Joseph enter the Temple in search of their son.

Rose Window above these two panels:
This window contains the symbols of the teaching authority of Christ: the rainbow to signify the covenant, the tablets of Moses, a Menorah, and two crossed horns (trumpets).

Inscriptions: In honor of Saint Aloysius


Condition of Window: Good

Height: 20'

Width: 4'

Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass, Lead Came

Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, detail 1
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, detail 1
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, detail 2
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, detail 2
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, detail 3
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, detail 3
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, detail 4
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, detail 4
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, Rose
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, Rose

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