The Humanity of Jesus In Stained Glass

It always amazes me on how artist are able to capture the humanity of Jesus in stained glass. I used PhotoShop to add my own artistic touch.



The stain glass window is Jesus praying in the garden. The window is from St. Joseph in Wapakonetta.

The Joyful Mysteries (In Stained Glass)

I took these this weekend at St. Joseph in Wapakonetta. This set of pictures will be featured in my upcoming show of the Cross Tipped Churches at the Library in February.

The Annunciation.

Fruit of the Mystery: Humility

The Visitation.

Fruit of the Mystery: Love of Neighbor

The Nativity.

Fruit of the Mystery: Poverty (poor in spirit), Detachment from the things of the world, Contempt of Riches, Love of the Poor

The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.

Fruit of the Mystery: Purity, Obedience

The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple.

Fruit of the Mystery: True Wisdom and True Conversion, Piety, Joy of Finding Jesus

Cameo Monnin

Cameo Monnin, is the local artist responsible for the restoration of the statues of St. Remy's Church in Russia Ohio. She is currently working on some other restoration projects for the church. Look for some upcoming post featuring her progress and work.

Pictured here is the Pieta statue before it was restored (Picture courtesy of Cameo Monnin).



This is my picture of the restored version that now greets visitors at the door.



The transformation is remarkable. You can see more before and afters of the work she has done on her website Cameo Designs.

This post also is another Cross Tipped Church Milestone as it is my 200th Post.

Pearl Cemetery Fall

What do you do when your bored watching football? You take a quick break and go to a local cemetery for some Fall foliage shots. Other than field tree lines this was the closest thing to fall I could find in time to make it back for the next kick off.







I plan on taking some church pictures this weekend.

St. John Freyburg Cemetery

I took Sidney-Freyburg to Wapakonetta and found the St. John Cemetery in Freyburg that I had missed on my previous visits.



Some of the church cemetery's are located beside or behind the church and some like this are located some distance away.



I have always been fascinated with the Crucifixion monuments you find in Catholic Cemeteries.



I rarely pass without stopping and taking a picture if I have the time and my camera.

St. Rose Wooden Carvings (Part 1)

The detail sculptures and carvings in this church are simply amazing. I am calling this Part 1, because I ran out of light and time and only got pictures of these two main carvings. The first one pictured at top is "I think the story of Joseph meeting his brothers in Egypt during the famine". The second one is pictured below and I must admit I am not sure what story it tells. Hopefully one of my viewers will fill in the blank. My guess would be the Story of Ruth and Boaz at the threshing floor.

St. Rose (Main Altar Sculpture Reliefs)

The main altar of St. Rose has relief sculptures both at the top and bottom. At the top left Christ Crucifixion and Death. Followed by Christ Resurrection on the right.



The bottom relief is the Institution of the Eucharist.



These four panels line the bottom as well. Notice the dice in the panel with Christ Garments.





Not to be left out an no less amazing are the wooden carvings found in this church. Look for those in my next post.

Dave the Egyptian posted the following comment. It was so informative I added it to the post. Thanks Dave.

Russ you may already know this but the ambo and front altar are made from the communion rail parts and the carvings there are from the gates of said rail. the stand holding the song numbers is made from the additional fretwork that was removed from the altars decades ago, found hidden locally and reused, the main and side altars used to have huge amounts of fret work on them, much of it cracked and had to be repaired or removed, at least they saved some of it

Thanks Dave, It's tidbits like this that continue to amaze me and make me want to dig deeper into the history of these churches.

St. Rose Mary and Joseph Altar Reliefs

You cannot help but notice the stained glass windows when you enter this church, but as beautiful as they are I find the relief sculptures to be just awesome. Pictured above is the Annunciation found on the Altar of Mary. The Death of Joseph, pictured below is depicted on the Altar of Josepth.



Look for the sculpture reliefs from the Main Altar in my next post.

St. Rose (Face Lift)

While on my recent outing, I stopped by St. Rose Catholic church and found the church in the middle of a face lift.



Inside and not in need of a face lift I found the Patron Saint Rose.

St. Joseph Wapakonetta (Joseph and Jesus)

I posted a winter picture of this statue of Joseph playing with a very young Jesus before. This time I thought I'd come back and spend some more time with it.



This next one is my favorite of the bunch.



The statue is located outside of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wapakonetta.