Saint Aloysius

In art, St Aloysius is shown as a young man wearing a black cassock and white rochet, or as a page. His attributes are a lily, referring to innocence; a cross, referring to piety and sacrifice; a skull, referring to his early death; and a rosary, referring to his devotion to the Virgin Mary.

Text taken from Wikipedia.

Picture taken at St. Bernard Church in Burkettsville.

Saints In Stained Glass

I was contacted by Brent Devitt asking if I would be willing to contribute some of my images to a project he is working on for the Shrine of the Holy Relics. Below is an E-Mail I received from Brent outlining the project.

This project is an attempt to bring an “illuminated” face to the saints whose relics rest in the Shrine of the Holy Relics. Many stained glass images of saints are found throughout the churches of the world, many in fact in the churches of the Land of the Crossed Tipped Churches. The project involves finding as many images of the saints as possible with a special effort on finding images from area churches. A short biography, a list of patronages, names origins, and attributes or symbols often found in images of the saints. accompanies each image.



The sisters who care for the Shrine remark that often visitors have questions about the saints. This project will provide the kind of information and images that will complement that sacred relics found in the shrine. Russ Martin has generously offered to lend some of his images to the project to add to some taken by Brent Devitt of Beavercreek Ohio near Dayton. Brent is a Catholic Elementary School Principal at Ascension School in Kettering Ohio. He was taught in elementary school by some of the Precious Blood Nuns whose origins in Ohio were at Maria Stein. In some ways this is a tribute to the teaching sisters who shared the stories of the saints with so many young people over the years.

Jesus Is Condemned to Death

Station One of the Stations of the Cross.

Picture taken at St. Remy Church in Russia, Ohio.

Immaculate Conception (Stained Glass)

If your a big fan of stained glass windows, the St. Bernard Church in Burkettsville is a must see church if you are ever in the area. This stained glass window of the Immaculate Conception is just one of many beautiful windows you will find in the church.

The Coronation of the Virgin Mary

The beautiful stained glass window of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary can be found in the St. Bernard Church in Burkettsville.

Ascension of Jesus (St. Bernard)

This wonderful stained glass widow showing the Ascension of Christ can be found in the St. Bernard Church in Burkettsville.

Jesus Falls The Second Time

While visiting the St. Nicholas church--the sun light shining in on this Station of the Cross through the window caught my eye. What held my interest was the fact that the Roman Guard did not look all that menacing and the small child carrying the INRI placard. It never ceases to amaze me how different artist interpret The Way of the Cross.

Another Three In One

This wooden altar relief was taken at the Saints Paul and Peter church in Newport. We have the Four Evangelist, Alpha and Omega and the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

I had to use my flash and even though I bounced it off the wall it still made for some unsightly highlights.

Jesus Meets His Blessed Mother

Exhausted, spent, see Jesus onward go,
With feeble step, in anguish faint and slow,
At last His grief-worn Mother He can see
Exclaiming: My Son, my heart is rent for Thee.

Picture taken at St.'s Paul and Peter church in Newport.

St. Nicholas Stained Glass Windows

I've been in and out of so many churches that I sometimes forget where I've been and what I have yet to post. While looking for something else on my hard-drive I came across these pictures of stained glass windows I took while visiting the St. Nicholas Church.



I am not sure who this lovely lady is.



Or this stately gentleman.



There were two large windows this one of the Holy Family and one of the Annunciation. Unfortunately the Annunciation came out blurry.