[Magdalen] Calvary, Pittsburgh

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Mon Jun 15 19:41:53 UTC 2015


The Friends Meeting House in Dayton, VA has stained glass windows (!!!!).
However, they came with the place, as it used to be a Presbyterian church.
Apparently there was a huge debate over leaving them in place, but it was
finally decided that their historical value was important, and the fact
some Friends found meaning in them.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/15/2015 3:25:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> cervus51 at gmail.com writes:
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> Doesn't East  Liberty Presbyterian​ also have a window  depicting the
> Assumption of the BVM, which is another unusual thing for a  Presbyterian
> church? I was told they call it motherhood or something like  that.
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> I don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me.  A wise bishop once told me
> that
> you can get away with anything in stained glass.  Three dimensional
> imagery
> is another story.
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> The glass at East Liberty is first class, and I think by Connick.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Hope_(Pittsburgh)
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> David Strang.
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