tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post147879665390813199..comments2024-03-27T11:42:47.601-04:00Comments on Another Monkey: The Stained Glass Project: St. John the Evangelist and St. HelenD.B. Echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-49944872711013506922009-12-17T18:32:23.952-05:002009-12-17T18:32:23.952-05:00Thank you for the information! I'll have to c...Thank you for the information! I'll have to check those out!D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-54538689569982066542009-12-17T14:57:01.236-05:002009-12-17T14:57:01.236-05:00This is a great project that you are doing. I loo...This is a great project that you are doing. I looked into the image of the church in the St. Helen window. A tiny model of a church reflects her founding of two churches- the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. I'd like to suggest a book that might help you identify some of the symbols in the windows you are documenting- F.R. Webber's Church Symbolism. It was and remains a go-to guide for many stained glass designers at the studio that I work for. A "quick guide" for saint iconography is Rosa Giorgi's Saints in Art.the stained glass librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10840947515013062692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-8442357999806893632009-03-23T23:49:00.000-04:002009-03-23T23:49:00.000-04:00It is too, too good to be true that the story abou...It is <I>too, too</I> good to be true that the story about St. Helen says the hiding place of the True Cross was identified by a man named Judas!hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-84149517823935587862009-03-19T14:36:00.000-04:002009-03-19T14:36:00.000-04:00MaryRuth, that's wonderful! I have sometimes thou...MaryRuth, that's wonderful! I have sometimes thought about turning this into a book, perhaps as a fund-raiser for the parish. But I always talk myself out of it by thinking about the prohibitive printing costs, and realizing the people most likely to want to buy it are currently in dire financial straits. Also, I'm becoming increasingly disgusted with how much of parish revenues, given by the people of the parish to support the parish, are skimmed off by the Bishop of Scranton. I have my suspicions as to where THAT money is going...but an upcoming court case will help us to see how much of a connection there is between the Bishop and local organized crime figures.D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-6001959734749865472009-03-17T19:56:00.000-04:002009-03-17T19:56:00.000-04:00I really enjoy reading these stories. The parish I...I really enjoy reading these stories. The parish I grew up attending (but no longer do) is going to be celebrating their 100th anniversary starting next year and they are getting things going now. My dad is on the "history" committee and I told him about your stained glass project and he checked it out and thought it was a really cool idea. So they might be doing something similar. I suggested they turn some of the photos into a booklet or notecards to sell for fundraising. Thank you for the idea.<BR/>Weird factoid: Liberace went to our parish! (and my high school)MaryRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287095294067029081noreply@blogger.com