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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: Chapel in the Woods; Starr Commonwealth

Studio Name: Burnham (W. H.) Studios

City: Albion

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1951

Subject/Title of Window: Emmaus

Brief Description of Subject: "And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary, the mother of James, and the other women who told this to the apostles; but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

"That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

"And he said to them, 'What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?' ...

"So they drew near to the village ... but they constrained him, saying, 'Stay with us, for it is toward evening ...' So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table ... he took the bread and blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their site." Luke 24

Emmaus is believed to have been a village on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Our window shows the two disciples and Jesus at supper together. In his left hand is the bread, his right hand is raised in blessing.

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: Henry Candler


Condition of Window: Good

Height: 4'

Width: 2'

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

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