St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights has been awarded a $45,000 Sacred Sites grant from the New York ...

OCCUPYING part of a former Victorian convent, St Clare’s Chapel is a masterclass in the restoration and reinvention of sacred architecture.

The 11 stained glass windows in the chapel were from Sacred Heart, an Italian parish. “Many of the items in the chapel are of a personal nature to our parishioners,” Gallagher said.

But, as an industry, stained glass-making faded in Glasgow, as it did in the rest of the UK. In the Victorian era, its studios would have functioned like mini-production lines.

The grand stained-glass windows cast morning light like grace itself. Tip: Climb the 100-step staircase from Session Road if you’re feeling penitential (or if you skipped leg day). 2.

Miraculously none of the stained glass windows were destroyed during that period. Many people worried over the state of the old church and many tried unsuccessfully to raise the money to restore it.

The stained glass windows in Meadow Brook Hall’s two-story ballroom have withstood time for nearly a century, but on Monday night, an act of vandalism left a set shattered.

It has also made stained-glass windows with contemporary artists such as Miro, Chagall, and, more recently, Imi Knoebel in Reims and Jean-Paul Agosti, for the Sacred Heart Church of Geneva.

Stained glass: 1) King David, Augsburg Cathedral, Germany, early 13th century; 2 + 9) Cologne cathedral, Germany, 15th century; 3) Malbork Castle, Poland, 14th century; 4 - 6) Cathedral of St. Michael ...

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