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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: St. Thomas a'Becket Church

Studio Name: Hall, (Sarah) Studio

City: Canton

Window Shape: 4 (rounded or rose window)

Date of Window: 2000

Subject/Title of Window: Red Vestments

Brief Description of Subject: The North Tower window represents the liturgical seasons featuring red vestments, including Pentecost, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Confirmations, etc. The tower windows bring the “light of heaven” into the sanctuary, and this, combined with the windows’ theme of community and Church, provides a strong message of hope. The theme of the tower windows is “the liturgical seasons.” The tower above the altar is also reminiscent of a functional bell tower popularized in the cathedral design. Although we do not have chimes on the hour, our tower floods the altar area with natural light and colored images from the stained glass above depending on the time of day and the angle of the sun. The windows were designed, full-sized and hand painted by Sarah Hall with technical assistance and installation by Helga and Norbert Sattler. Lamberts full antique glass was used exclusively with traditional glass paints for the windows. All of the work was done in Canada.

Height: 8'

Width: 8'

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

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