| The Stained Glass Windows | |||||||
 
The seventeen commemorative stained glass windows were designed especially
for this church in the late 19th century by the English firm of Clayton
and Bell, on a subject chosen by Nevin. The eleven windows in the
nave are double lights, and narrate the story of St. Paul as told
in the Acts of the Apostles. above them in trefoil and quatrefoil
are the Apostles and of St John the Baptist. Here we see the third
window, representing the laying on of hands; the ordination of St.
Paul to the apostolate, with below it the healing of Paul's blindness.
In the baptistery one of the windows represents St. Paul's baptism and that of the jailer at Philippi, the other depicts our Lord taking children in his arms and giving the commandment to His disciples to go and baptize all nations. The great rose window high up on the west wall represents Christ the King surrounded by eight early Roman martyrs: Sts Igantius, Agnes, Sebastian, Cecilia, Lawrence, Pudenziana, Clement and Petronilla. The windows in the Parish Hall were once in the apse but were removed
when the apse mosaics were put in place. The one on the left represents
the Annunciation and the Nativity. In the center is depicted the
risen Christ and Paul's vision on the road to Damascus, while in
the last we see Jesus taken by the Roman soldiers in Gethsemane,
and Pilate presenting Jesus to the mob on Good Friday. |
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