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The Feast of the Ascension is a significant festival on the Christian calendar, commemorating the day when Jesus ascended into heaven 40 days after His resurrection on Easter Sunday. When it comes to artwork celebrating this awesome event, we have a host of spectacular stained glass designs for your church, chapel or home. If you […]

St. Simon and St. Jude Honored in Stained Glass Saints Simon and Jude are the eleventh and twelfth disciples of Jesus, who continued after the crucifixion to do His work, as missionaries traveling together to bring the gospel to Mesopotamia and Persia, and were eventually martyred there.  Saint Simon, or Simon the Zealot and St. […]

Saint Catherine of Siena, Patroness of Italy “No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess to the staying of the body than he who does less, inasmuch as neither virtue nor merit consists therein; for otherwise he would be an evil case, who for […]

Stained Glass to Light Up Church Furniture Beautiful, well-designed stained glass is not just for church windows, it can bring light and color to church furniture as well. Pulpits, altars, communion tables, even chairs and kneelers can be beautifully enhanced by extraordinary stained glass designs from the studios of Stained Glass, Inc. in Greenville, Texas. […]

Saint Isidore’s Feast Day is April 4 Born into a family that included three other saints, Saint Isidore, who served 35 years as the Bishop of Seville, was born in 560 in Cartegena, Spain. His two brothers were eventually canonized as Saint Leander and Saint Fulgentius and his sister was Saint Florentina.  A devoted student […]

Our Lady of Lourdes featured in Stained Glass On February 11, in 1858, a fourteen-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubirious experienced an extraordinary apparition of The Blessed Mother of Jesus in a French grotto. That, and subsequent meetings during that year, have filled Catholics with awe for decades, seeking spiritual solace and healing in the waters […]

Saint Agatha Feast Day Commemorated Saint Agatha’s feast day is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church each year on February 5. Through the centuries, Saint Agatha’s story has evolved into a beloved tale of loyalty to faith and martyrdom. As the story goes, Saint Agatha was born to a wealthy family in Catania, Sicily during […]

Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Feast Day is January 28 Celebrated as perhaps the greatest Catholic philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas’ works are an important part of the education of Roman Catholic priests and theology students. Thomism, named for Saint Thomas Aquinas, embraces the idea that truth must be accepted wherever it is discovered.  Sometimes criticized for his […]

Our Lady of Guadalupe in Stained Glass In 1531, an extraordinary event took place near Mexico City, with the first appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe to a humble man named Saint Juan Diego, who was canonized in 2002. She appeared as a lovely young woman and requested that a church be built on the […]

St. Francis Xavier Feast Day Celebrated in Stained Glass Perhaps the greatest missionary Saint in the Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican Churches, beloved Saint Francis Xavier is celebrated on his feast day December 3.  Depicted in classic stained glass style by artisans in the studios of Stained Glass, Inc., this holy saint is shown holding a […]