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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: Chapel in the Woods; Starr Commonwealth

Studio Name: Burnham (W. H.) Studios

City: Albion

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1950

Subject/Title of Window: The Nativity

Brief Description of Subject: "And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn." Luke 2

The star shines down upon the stable, touching the roof with gold. The gold of the star is repeated in Mary's halo and in the mantle wrapped about her. Joseph, with staff in hand, stands in the background. A lamb stands near the manger, symbolic of the "Lamb of God who has come to take away the sins of the world."

From "May All Who Enter This Chapel-in-the-Woods Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad in The Love of Jesus Christ Our Lord," by Starr Commonwealth For Boys, Albion, Michigan.

Inscriptions: Ada Warner Biggs


Condition of Window: Good

Height: 4'

Width: 2'

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

The Nativity
The Nativity
Birth of Christ
Birth of Christ

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