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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: St. John Cantius Catholic Church (closed 2007)

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 6 (gothic arched, more than 2 vertical sections)

Subject/Title of Window: Nativity

Brief Description of Subject: The Nativity is the third of the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. The Nativity story is based on Luke 2: 1-20. Paraphrasing Luke -- the Holy Family has traveled to Bethlehem for the Census. An angel appears to shepherds in nearby fields and gives them the joyous news that a Savior has been born and they are to see him wrapped in cloths lying in a manger. A host of angels then proclaim the great doxology which begins in Latin "Gloria in Excelsis Deo". The shepherds go off to Bethlehem to see the Savior. The window depicts the shepherds viewing the Savior in a stable.

Above the Nativity scene is a roundel depicting the Agnus Dei lying atop a book that contains the seven seals as found in Revelation.

St. John Cantius closed in 2007. This window has been re-purposed to the Church of the Holy Family in Novi, Michigan. In the process of repurposing, the predella panel has been removed.

Inscriptions: Inscription: Ofiarowal Klub Mlodzienca. Translation from Polish: Donated by the Young Men's Club

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