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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Studio Name: Connick (Charles J.), Ltd.

City: St. Joseph

Window Shape: 3 (arched)

Date of Window: 1952

Subject/Title of Window: Children of Prayer

Brief Description of Subject: The figures in attitudes of prayer and the angel bearing incense indicate the subject of the window. Incense has long been a symbol of sacrifice and prayer. It is consumed as it is used and the sweet smell of smoke ascends to heaven. The medallion below shows a pelican feeding its young by its own blood. The ancients, believing that this was the pelican’s nature, saw in this figure of the sacrament of Holy Communion, in which the Son of God feeds us through His Blood.

Condition of Window: Good

Height: 44"

Width: 14"

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

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