The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-27
FINE WINDOWS
FOR ST. MARY'S
Art Glass for New Cathedral to Be
Placed in Position Soon.
salt Lake Herald.)

Immediately AFTER the ARRIVAL OF dI
| expert from Chicago. who is expected
daily, the work of placing in position
the splendid art windows of st. Mary's
cathedral will begin. Agents of the
Royal Bavarian Glass company of Mu-
Mich. which manufactured the windows
have advised Bishop Laurence Scanlar
in a letter received a few days ago that
the expert will be in Salt Lake before
the end of this month.
The windows have been in Salt Lake
about two months. They have not been
taken from their packing cases yet. and
will not be disturbed until the expert
arrives to take charge OF the work.
Bishop Seaman believes the windows
will be in place about month after
the work on them begins.
OF Fine Workmanship.
Although the windows have not been
; seen by any person in Salt Lake. the
f; designs are known and Bishop Seaman
has the assurance of the manufacture
ers that the workmanship is unusually
good. The Munich house took great
interest in the contract because orders
for work of this high grade have sell
dom come from western America.
The transept windows will be the
largest in Utah, if not in the entire
west. Bishop Seaman says he believes
there may be larger windows in some
of the Pacific coast churches. but he
is certain that no windows of this size
are in Utah. Each of the two will be
thirty-three feet two inches high and
nineteen feet four inches wide
The protective windows. made of
glass one-fourth of an inch thick and
designed to prevent damage to the art
glass by the elements, were placed in
ion 10 CT col L..
bic to begin the work of placing the
art glass as soon as the expert arrives.
May Be Open in Year.
The placing of the windows will be
another great step toward the compile
ton of the great cathedral, which has
been in course of construction almost
seven years The beautiful marble al
tar, a gift of Miss Fannie E. O'Meara
of Salt Lake, and the great organ are
still to be built. but the work is now
so we'll in hand that Bishop Scanlan
hopes to have the cathedral ready for
opening in less than a year.
The construction of the building has
been under the personal direction of
Bishop Seaman from the first He said
this week that one of the chief causes
of satisfaction to him in connection
with the cathedral is that no person
has been injured in the seven years of
work. There has been no accident of
great consequence since work began.
Musical Designs.
The great circular rose window in
the front of the church is a gift of the
Altar society of the cathedral. The
window will be twenty-five feet in d.
ameter and its center will be about
ffty-five feet above the floor of the
church and seventy-five feet above the
sidewalk. The window will be directly
behind the choir and the organ will be
built around the window The musical
idea will be carried out in the designs
of the window. st. Cecilia, seated in
the attitude of playing the organ. will
occupy the central circle. In the twelve |
other circles will be depicted the twelve |
most distinguished female musical
saints in the history of the church. each |
with her favorite instrument in her
hand. The diameter of this window is
the same as that Of the railroad tun-
nels leading under the river to New |
York City. locomotive would pass
through it with ease.
The large windows of the transient.
nave and sanctuary, fifteen in number, |
viii portray fifteen mysteries of the
rosary, each representing one of the |
scenes of the life of Christ. |
The nave. has eight windows and the
sanctuary has two
List of Donors.
The transept windows. already re-
ferred to as the largest in the building.
are gifts of Mrs. Mary Judge of Salt
Lake, one as a memorial to her dead
husband, John Judge.
The nave windows are each twenty
six feet six inches by five feet four
inches. Two are gifts of Miss Ellen
Hayes of Ely, New, one as a memorial
to her dead brother, William HAYES.
Mrs. Patrick Kerwin of Salt Lake gives
1ne as a memorial to her dead hus-
band. w j. Halloran gives one as a
memorial to Mrs. Halloran; Kearns' st.
AIMS orphanage gives one as a me-
mortal to Patrick Phelan, who left all
his estate to that institution: John
keogh gives one as a memorial to his
wife; Thomas j. Lynch of Tonopah.
New. gives one as a memorial to his
'ather and mother, and Rev. D. Kelly
gives one as memorial to his father
md mother.
The five sanctuary windows are each
eighteen feet by four feet nine inches.
Peter Butler of Salt Lake gives one as
| memorial to his wife; Richard Riepe
II Ely, New, gives one: Mrs w. Nc
Cask1ll gives one as memorial to her
Archbishop W. P. Riordan of ;
san Francisco gives one and one is q
memorial to Mrs. Thomas Marshall.
OF the eight baptistry windows, each
hree feet nine inches by one foot eight
inches. three are gifts Of Bishop Scan /
an as memorials to some of his. hum
'ler friends who have died. The me- {
norials are to Margaret Fitchett, Cor
elius Q'Keefe and NJ. Cullen. The {
Their baptistry windows are gifts from
he JUNIOR choir of st. Mary's, Stephen {
1avin, Rev. NJ. Curran, P. Welsh and
Irs. Joseph Dixon of St Louis.
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