So delighted to have just installed the last section of the Our Lady of the Atonement window at St. Joseph the Worker in Richmond!

This 115 square foot window encompasses four sections of authentic stained glass, including traditional glass painting, staining and kiln firing.

The design centrally depicts Our Lady of the Atonement with the Christ Child. Behind the figure, abstract shapes indicate the Eucharistic symbols of the Chalice and Host. Within those symbols are depicted images representing the Crucifixion; three Nails, the Crown of Thorns, the Lance, the Sponge and the Whip(s). The iris is depicted to represent the Sorrow of the Virgin for the Passion of Christ.

The left hand window depicts St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare of Assisi. The right hand window depicts Father Paul of Graymoor, Founder of the Friars of the Atonement, and celebrates the long and special connection that the Friars have had with St. Joseph the Worker Parish. Also depicted is Mother Lurana, Foundress of the Sisters of the Atonement. 

The four sections are designed to be viewed as a whole, enhanced by the divisions rather than defined by them. Visual pathways lead the eye of the viewer around the window, always returning to the central figures of the Virgin and Christ Child.  This is the focus to achieve art work with visual impact which provides a new dimension each time it is viewed.

Our Lady of the Atonement (detail)

St. Clare and St. Francis of Assisi (detail)

Father Paul and Mother Lurana,  founders of the Society of the Atonement

Installation day.