A Stained Glass Tour: The Chapel of the Apostles (Overflow Room) -- Concept

Chapel of the Apostles Windows, as installed on the East wall of the Chapel;
Photo taken in full sun, so colors are somewhat washed out. The effect of white in allowing maximum illumination from these windows is easy to see!

The Chapel of the Apostles windows were ordered separately, and installed in June 1949. The decision to order them was made on October 4, 1948, when the Church Council authorized the Council president to sign a contract with Connick and Associates "for 6 windows for the East wall of the Chapel amounting to $1500.00" (Council minutes Oct. 4, 1948). So far I have not found any plaques or mention of memorials/dedications for these windows.

The concept for these windows was to differ from the aisle windows in presenting single, significant figures rather than events, focusing on six specific apostles (as noted in the order document):

St. John the Evangelist (chalice and serpent)
St. James (pilgrim's staff and gourd; shell of baptism)
St. Peter (keys)
St. Paul (sword and book inscribed with the fountain)
St. Matthew (book of his gospel and purse)
St. Thomas (carpenter's square)

The header panels contain "symbolic flames of divine zeal," and each window presents one of the apostles in a large oval medallion, with a representative text for each in the open book below the medallion. The vine and grapes border, used for the nave and sacristy windows, is maintained.

The windows were designed to be rich and colorful, but still light and brilliant to admit a maximum amount of illumination. This was managed, in part, by the large amount of white glass used as background for all six.