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   Stained Glass Windows
 

Dedicated on August 19, 2001

    Each window has three round etchings encircled in red, with a connecting brown cross.  The different colored pieces of glass surrounding the windows, represent all the people no matter which race or creed, make up the Body of Christ.  The three etchings per window represents the Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit.)  The twelve different colored stones symbolize the Twelve Tribes of Israel of the Old Testament, and the Twelve Apostles of the New Testament.  The red encircling each etching represents the Blood of Jesus.  The brown cross connecting the three etchings represents Jesus dying on the cross for you. 

    The three etchings connected by the cross constitutes the "key" (Jesus) to the Kingdom.  Jesus said to Peter "You are Rock and on this rock I will build my church, and the jaws of death shall not prevail against it.  I will entrust to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven." (Matthew 16:18-19)

    The five windows on the north side of the Church depict the fifteen decades of the rosary three etchings per window.  The first five etchings are the Joyful Mysteries, the next five etchings are the Sorrowful Mysteries, and the last five are the Glorious Mysteries.  On the south side of the Church the first three windows depict the Universal Church and the last two windows depict the Local Church.