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A Tour of the Art of St. Church

Façade (outside front of the church) Statuary St. Vincent Ferrer St. St. Albert the Great Shields Apocalypse Dominican and Province Shields Twelve Apostles

Stained Glass Windows Series – front to rear, east side 2. Annunciation - 1. St. Dominic Receives the Rosary 4. Birth of Jesus - 3. Visitation 6. Finding in the Temple - 5. Presentation 8 Scourging at the Pillar - 7. Agony in the Garden – front to rear, west side 16. Coronation of Mary - 15. Assumption 14. Pentecost - 13. Ascension 12. Resurrection - 11. Crucifixion 10. Carrying the - 9. Crowning with Thorns

Dominican – front to rear, east side St. Vincent Ferrer - St. Dominic St. - St. Agnes of St. John of Cologne - St. Peter – front to rear, west side St. Pius V - St. Antoninus St. - St. St. Hyacinth - St. Raymond of Pennafort

Choir Loft Blessed - Blessed Imelda Lambertini Our Lady Queen of Heaven - Our Lord Christ the King

North Rose Window South Rose Window

Statuary

Side Altars

Other Art Façade of St. Vincent Ferrer Church

Statues of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Albert flank the arch. Over the doors is a statue of St. Vincent Ferrer. The principal shield above the doorway arch contains symbols representing the of Revelation, the Apocalypse. The theme of the visions of the end of time are characteristic of the preaching of St. Vincent Ferrer. The hand of God with rays of streaming light hovers over the “Lamb, standing as if slain”, the symbol of Christ in Glory. Under the Lamb are seven candlesticks. Two reliefs of the Consecrated Host over a Cup with grapevines frame this shield.

The large shields on the side panels of this part of the façade are those of the Province of St. Albert the Great, a cross with three representing the secular and sacred wisdom of the province’s patron. Façade Shields

Twelve Apostles

Rosary Series #1 St. Dominic Receives the Rosary

St. Dominic, according to tradition, receives the Rosary from the Blessed Mary.

He has a 5 pointed star, usually an 8 pointed star, above his head.

The dog with the torch is typical of St. Dominic, whose mother saw the same in a vision before his birth. The watchdogs of the Lord, in Latin: Domini canes.

The middle panel is from the Old Testament. and Eve being driven from Eden by an angel brandishing a flaming sword.

The Monogram of Mary: M and A intertwined with roses and leaves

Rosary Series #2 – First Joyful Mystery The Annunciation

The appears to Mary and announces that she will be the mother of the Messiah. The Dove represents the Holy Spirit who will come upon her. The is open. Lilies symbol her innocent virginity.

The Old Testament is the prophet giving a sign to the king Ahaz, “A Virgin shall conceive and bear a son…”

Five surround the Chi-Rho symbol of the Christ.

Rosary Series #3 – Second Joyful Mystery The Visitation

Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant with . Zachary, Elizabeth’s husband, silenced by the temple angel watches in the background.

The Old Testament imagery is not obvious. There are two deer running and a woman giving glory to God. Rays stream from a divine symbol.

The harp usually reminds us of and his Psalter, in which he has sung of the coming messiah, perhaps represented by the Rho cross. Doves again.

Rosary Series #4 – Third Joyful Mystery The Birth of Jesus

A Christmas scene, the star, the stable, and ox and ass, the sheep. Mary and stand in wonder before the Christ child.

Messianic imagery from the prophet. A child, Alpha and Omega, a Star, and a yoke.

A of glory, a dove of peace.

Rosary Series #5 – Fourth Joyful Mystery The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

Mary and Joseph present the newborn Jesus in the temple where the old man Zechariah holds the child and praises God. Mary brings a candle. An incense burner is there also.

The child is brought to the temple and offered to be an apprentice to the high priest.

Two turtle doves, the poor family’s offering to God in the temple for their child.

Rosary Series #6 – Fifth Joyful Mystery The Finding of the Boy Jesus in the Temple

Mary and Joseph seek and find the boy Jesus in the temple, teaching and learning from the scribes. Three elders stand in amazement while Joseph waits in the doorway. Jesus is holding the bible scroll.

The young interprets the dream of the king of Babylon. He shall be weighed in the scales and found wanting.

A lamp and a book, symbolizing study and learning.

Rosary Series #7 – First Sorrowful Mystery The Agony in the Garden

While the three apostles slept, Jesus was comforted by an angel as he agonized over the cup of suffering he must endure

Old Testament: Possibly and the duel with the prophets of Baal.

The chalice of salvation.

Rosary Series #8 – Second Sorrowful Mystery The Scourging at the Pillar

Bound to a pillar Jesus is scourged with whips.

The Prophet is beaten by his enemies.

The pillar and the whips of torture.

Rosary Series #9 – Third Sorrowful Mystery The Crowning with Thorns

The soldiers taunt their prisoner, clothed in a royal robe, by pressing on his head a crown of thorns.

The mother and her seven sons, from Maccabees, are put to the test

The crown of thorns and the rods which beat Christ.

Rosary Series #10 – Fourth Sorrowful Mystery Jesus Carries His Cross

Jesus carries His Cross. Mary his Mother and the women of Jerusalem weep. Simon of Cyrene will help him. The hill of Golgotha is seen with two other crosses already in place.

Abraham leads his son to the place of sacrifice.

The empty cross with its sign, with crossed spear and club.

Rosary Series #11 – Fifth Sorrowful Mystery Jesus Dies on the Cross

Jesus on the Cross, with Mary and John standing alongside.

Moses makes a bronze serpent on a cross, to deliver his people from their danger.

The Pelican, which according to legend, wounds itself to feed its young with its own blood.

Rosary Series #12 – First Glorious Mystery The Resurrection

The guards were sleeping as Jesus rises from his tomb.

The Prophet is delivered ashore after three days in the belly of the whale.

The Phoenix, a legendary bird which arises anew alive from the fire which consumed it.

Rosary Series #13 – Second Glorious Mystery The Ascension

Mary and Peter and the other apostles witness Jesus ascending to his heavenly Father.

Old Testament:

A divine throne with the IHS for Jesus.

Rosary Series #14 – Third Glorious Mystery The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

The Twelve Apostles and Mary receive the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

Symbol of God the Father over the Triangle with rays of light and grace.

The Dominican shield over the whole world.

Rosary Series #15 – Fourth Glorious Mystery The Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Mary is assumed into heaven accompanied by angels.

A holy woman (Mary?, Eve?) greeted by a kingly figure

The Heavenly Jerusalem with Jesus (IHS) at its center

Rosary Series #16 – Fifth Glorious Mystery The Crowning of the Mary as Queen of Heaven

Jesus crowns his mother Mary as Queen of Heaven

Old Testament:

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Mary's Monogram (MA) on a heavenly throne.

Dominican Saints #1 Dominic Guzman

St Dominic de Guzman -- 1170-1221 Blessed Jane of Aza, the mother of St. Dominic had a dream before Dominic was conceived in which she saw a dog with a lit torch in its mouth which lit the world on fire. This vision was later to be fulfilled in the preaching of Dominic and the of Preachers. In 1203 Bishop Diego of Osma requested that Dominic, a priest of Osma, accompany him on a diplomatic mission. This mission led them through the south of where they first encountered the Albigensians or Cathars, proponents of a heretical spirituality, denying the goodness of material creation and the human body. Dominic’s encounter with the heretics inspired him to gather a team of preachers to call the people back to Christian faith and values. He founded a convent of from early women converts. Approval of the brotherhood was soon granted by the . Today the Dominican family is composed of priests and brothers, contemplative nuns, active sisters, and lay Dominicans dedicated to the Order’s mission: to praise, to bless and to preach.

Dominic is shown with a star (5 pointed, usually an 8 pointed) over his head, a walking staff, a book with the words: “Vade et praedicare"-- go and preach, and wearing the rosary.

The middle panel is the image of the dog and the torch. Sometimes the dog is portrayed as bearing the torch in his teeth.

A crown of sanctity and the Dominican fleur-de- lis shield is found in each of the saints windows

Dominican Saints #2 Saint Vincent Ferrer

St Vincent Ferrer--1350-1419 St. Vincent was born in , , in the Catalan country. Remarkable legends are connected to his birth and early childhood. As a young man he entered the where he first excelled in philosophy. He then became a dedicated student of sacred scripture learning Hebrew and Greek. Called to service of the Avignon – this was a time of a divided papacy – he served as spiritual counselor and preacher to several pontiffs. Surviving a near fatal fever, he determined to devote his life simply to preaching to the public, for which he received Papal authorization. His missions reached out to both and Moors in southern Spain converting many of them to Christianity. Traveling with an entourage of confessors penitential followers he and He traversed Spain and France as well as and the Low Countries. A revivalist preacher of the last judgment, preaching the Apocalypse, he called many to a conversion of life.

Vincent is symbolized by the -- The Apocalypse -- which tells of the end of time and the trumpets of the angels announcing the final judgment. The book has the CHI-RHO for Christ, who is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.

Dominican Saints #3 Saint Albert the Great

St Albert the Great--1207-1280 The brilliant German Dominican philosopher and theologian stood out from his contemporaries as a careful observer of nature. Albert mastered the recently translated works of Aristotle and strove to put into practice the principles of natural philosophy, confident that science and faith are not in conflict. Albert wrote extensive notes on many branches of science, made maps and charts, and experimented with plants and chemicals. To him is attributed the discovery of the element arsenic. He is considered the church patron of Natural Science and Scientists.

Albert’s further fame comes from his discovery of the immense genius of the young Dominican student Thomas of Aquino. Taking him under his wing Albert shaped the intellectual formation of Thomas and inspired him to be even greater than the one all Europe came to call “the Great.”

He was bishop of Ratisbon briefly, but resigned so that he could return to the classroom and his true love which was teaching. Albert outlived Thomas and as an old man came to the defense of his student when Thomas’ thought was brought under criticism. Albert’s Feast Day: November 15.

The symbols for St. Albert are the crosier of a bishop, the of the teacher and a large book. . He was named "Doctor Universalis" because of his encyclopedic knowledge and writings.

The cross presides over the sun, the moon and the earth, symbolizing Albert's theological wisdom and his vast knowledge of nature. He was named "Doctor Universalis" because of his encyclopedic knowledge and writings. Seven stars represent the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Dominican Saints #4 Saint Thomas Aquinas

St Thomas Aquinas--1225-1274 Probably the most famous Dominican saint in our windows, Thomas is the author of the Summa Theologica which showed the relationship of faith and reason. Thomas, at an early age, was sent to the University of Naples were he met the Dominicans and admired their apostolic life. At the age of 18 Thomas left his family and came to the Dominicans much to the chagrine of his family. His family had dreams of him becoming the abbot of the local Benedictine in Montecasino. His brothers kidnapped him and locked him in one of the towers of the family home. His sisters were sent up to him to help him see the error of his thinking. After about a year Thomas ended up converting his sisters to his own side and with their help, one day when his brothers were lax in their guard duty, he was able to escape and return to the Dominicans. Thomas dedicated his life to teaching and preaching. Thomas was also a man of prayer and the liturgy for Corpus Christi is attributed to his pen as well as the words to the Eucharistic Hymn "Tantum Ergo". Feast Day: January 28.

Thomas great Summa is in his hands. He has the sun of Divine Wisdom on his breast, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove over his shoulder. The master's cap is on his head.

One day, shortly after he had completed his treatise on the Eucharist and about a year before his death, Thomas was praying before the in a church in Naples. Suddenly, from the on that altar came the words "Bene scripsisti de me, Thoma" "Thou hast written well of Me, Thomas. What reward wilt thou have?" To this the Saint replied: "None, Lord, other than Thyself."

Dominican Saints #5 Saint Agnes of Montepulciano

St Agnes of Montepulciano--1268-1317 Young Agnes wanted to enter the convent at the age of six but her parents told her to wait until she was older. At the age of nine she was allowed to enter a Franciscan convent near her home. While in the convent she received many visions and, in one of them, our Blessed Mother gave her three stones in honor of the Trinity and told her to use them to build a convent some day. At the age of fifteen she was named of the Franciscan convent in Proceno which she helped establish and which became her home for 20 years. She was called back to Montepulciano by her religious superior and asked to build a new Franciscan convent. She had a revelation from God that the new convent was to be a Dominican convent and not a Franciscan house. In 1306 the Dominican convent in Montepulciano began with the three stones that the Blessed Mother had given to Agnes earlier in her life-- and nothing else. From these humble beginning the convent was built in short time and was known as a place of prayer and peace.

Symbols of Agnes are the lamb and a book with a cross.

The whips are a sign of the self-mortification that marked her spirituality.

Dominican Saints #6 Saint Catherine of Siena

St Catherine of Siena--1347-1380 At the age of six she had a vision of the Lord enthroned among the saints after which she vowed to be a virgin and to dedicate her life to God. Against the wishes of her family she began a life of prayer and became a member of the Dominican laity. She spent many hours in her room in prayer and was in ecstasy most of the time. After two years of fervent prayer she began to visit hospitals, prisons, and scaffolds. She even traveled to Avignon, France, to persuade the Pope that he should return to . Shortly after her visit the pope did return to Rome. She has left a legacy of many letters to her spiritual disciples. Her most famous book is her "Dialogues." She was a bringer of peace to troubled times. Catherine died at the young age of 33 and has since been named a .

She holds the book of her Dialogues and a lily of innocence.

The papal recalls her many interventions with the popes, pleading for an end to the division of the church. A crown of thorns, encircles her heart filled with divine love.

Dominican Saints #7 Martyr

Peter Martyr--1206-1252 While still a 15-years-old university student at Peter of was so impressed by Dominic that he begged for admission into the order. As a member of the first generation of Dominicans he was privileged to witness the death of the saintly founder. Peter was known as a great preacher and was commissioned to dispute with heretics of northern . Many miracles are attributed to his prayers. One day while on a journey he was ambushed and killed on the road to . While his attackers where killing him he sang the Easter sequence. As he expired and breathed his last, he wrote in the ground with his own blood "Credo in unum Deum."

The weapons display the martyr's wounds in his head and breast. He holds the palm, the symbol of martyrdom and the book of faith.

A crown of glory tops the symbols in the middle pane. Most imagery of St. Peter show him writing the first words of the Credo. Our window shows the next words: "Creator of heaven and earth." Again the palm branches signify martyrdom.

Dominican Saints #8 Saint John of Cologne

John of Cologne or (Gorkum)--d. 1572 In 1572 Anti-Spanish and Protestant pirates put the Dutch town of Gorkum under siege and soon took it. They arrested all the clergy and held them in brutal confinement, attempting to get them to deny the Catholic belief on the Eucharist and Papal succession. John of Cologne was a Dominican parish priest in a nearby village. Hearing of the danger of his fellow priests, he disguised himself and attempted to be of comfort to them Secretly he ministered to these captives and brought the sacraments to them. Eventually John himself was taken captive. In the end, nineteen priests and brothers -- many Franciscan – along with the Dominican, John, were tortured, mocked in public, stripped of their habits, mutilated and hanged to death in a barn.

The palm of martyrdom is in his hands and the hangman's rope around his neck.

Another image of palms surrounded by a symbolic noose. At the center is a flower, and below are eighteen more flowers. There were Nineteen at Gorkum.

Dominican Saints #9 Saint Pius V

Pope Pius V--1504-1572 , Ghislieri, was from a poor peasant family. The story is told that one day, while tending the family flock, he met two Dominicans on the road who were amazed at his intelligence. The friars asked for and received permission from the parents to take and educate the young Michael Ghislieri. After ordination he returned home to Bosco only to find that it had been destroyed by the French and his family was nowhere to be found. After a little searching he later found them in a nearby town and was able to celebrate his new state in life with his parents. After a period of time, as an inquisitor preaching against the of Luther, Calvin and the Lombards, he worked among the heretics in the Roman prisons and brought many of them back to the faith. When he was elected Pope in January of 1566, he took the money that was given him for the traditional inaugural banquet and gave all of it to the poor of the city.

Pius continued the task of implementing the Church reforms mandated by the (1544-1563). At his urgings the Catholic monarchs of Europe assembled a fleet to challenge the Turkish domination of the Mediterranean. While all of Catholic Europe prayed the Rosary, the naval was engaged on October 7, 1571, and the Christian fleet won a great victory. To commemorate the victory of the Christian Armada Pope Pius V introduced in 1572 the "festem BMV de victoria" (Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mother of Victory). In 1573 his successor, Pope Gregory XIII, changed this title to "Feast of the Holy Rosary" to be celebrated on the first Sunday of October. Feast of St. Pius V: . .

Dominican Saints #10 Saint Antoninus

St Antoninus--1389-1459 Antonio was born at in 1389 to noble parents of high standing. The name Antoninus, Little Anthony, was the affectionate nickname given him by his fellow citizens because of his short stature. Influenced by the sermons of Blessed John Dominic, a great Italian religious reformer of the period, Antoninus applied for admission to the Dominican Order at age 15, and was accepted a year later. With and Fra Bartolommeo, the one to become famous as a painter, the other as a miniaturist, he was sent to Cortona to make his novitiate under Blessed Lawrence of Ripafratta. Later he was elected the Dominican Superior of Tuscany and Naples, where he zealously applied the reforms of his mentor. In 1445, when Pope Eugene IV was seeking an Archbishop for Florence, Fra Angelico, who was a friend of the Pope, suggested St. Antoninus. The Pope named him Archbishop of Florence and he entered the city in great pomp, as was the custom.

He strove energetically to wipe out public scandals and remedy the many abuses in his Diocese. Prince Cosimo de Medici used to say that everything good that the city had was due to the prayers of its holy Archbishop. He was called by Eugene IV to assist him in his dying hours. He was also frequently consulted by on questions of Church and State. Feast Day: May 10.

His miter (bishop’s ), and pallium, (arch- bishop’s “necktie”). The scales show the prudence of his ability to decide moral issues, to weigh them in the scales of justice. “May God reward you.”

Chalice with Eucharistic symbolism, the consecrated host, heads of wheat and grapes.

Dominican Saints #11 Saint Louis Bertrand

St. Louis Bertrand--1526-1581 Luis Bertrand was a Spaniard, born in Valencia. On his father's side he was related to the famous Dominican saint, Vincent Ferrer. Docile and devout, he early chose to enter the same religious order, and he was ordained a priest in 1547.

His dream was fulfilled in 1562, when his superiors sent him across the Atlantic to Cartagena, in the present , South America. During the next seven years, this dedicated Dominican missionary had great success as a preacher among the Indians. Although he spoke only Spanish and normally had to use an interpreter, the bull of his tells us that he also had, at least on occasion, the gift of tongues.

After laboring on the mainland, Father Louis sailed through the Caribbean Islands, approaching even the Carib Indians of the Lesser Antilles. The Caribs had a reputation for fierceness; indeed, one of their medicine men gave him a poisoned drink. Miraculously, it seems, he was not harmed by the poison. After converting literally thousands of aborigines around Cartagena and the Isthmus of , he went on to Tubera on the coast.

Wherever he went, St. Luis was recognized by all as a most admirable man. While on the Latin American mission, he was appalled by the avarice and greed manifested by the Spanish conquistadors. Unfortunately he could find no way of combating it. The Republic of Colombia adopted him as its principal patron.. Feast Day: October 9.

Symbols: Shell with flowing water; Incense Censer; Book, Key?, Llama.

Dominican Saints #12 Saint Rose of Lima

St Rose of Lima--1586-1617 Rose of Lime is the first canonized saint of the New World. She was a frail child and originally named Isabel but at her baptism the bishop (who was later canonized and is known as St. Turribius) inadvertently named her Rose and the name stuck. Even as a young child Rose was known to pray before the crucifix in her mother's room when she was just old enough to walk. She was a lay Dominican. (A lay Dominican is a member of the order who remains as a lay person but who enters into the prayer life and spirituality of the order. Lay Dominicans can be married or single, male or female.) Hence, Rose never entered a convent and lived at her family home. Rose, with the help of her brother, built a small hermitage in the family garden where she spent many hours in prayer--but only after her 10 hours of daily household duties were completed. She lived a life of abstinence and penance. Rose is a model for all harried twentieth-century Christians because she found ways to pray constantly – even while she worked.

She is portrayed with a crown of roses. She is the patroness of the Americas. Feast Day: August 30.

In the symbol panel, the Infant Jesus, to whom St. Rose had an extraordinary devotion, is surrounded with a circlet of roses..

Dominican Saints #13 Saint Catherine de Ricci

St. Catherine de Ricci--1522-1589 Catherine was the child of a noble family near Florence. Her own mother died while she was very young and so, taking the Blessed Mother as her stepmother, she developed a great devotion to Our Lady. When she was a little older, she went to a monastery where her aunt was the abbess. While in the convent she spent many hours in prayer. She would often pray before the crucifix and soon developed a great devotion to the Passion. Once her education in the convent was completed she declared her desire to become a Dominican Sister but her family interfered and took her home where she became deathly ill. Her father finally relented and she returned to the convent. At the age of 13 she received the habit from her uncle who was the confessor of the convent. She was often in ecstasy and, at the age of 20, she received the stigmata (the wounds of Christ in her own flesh) and began her weekly ecstasies of the Passion--which went on for the next 12 years. It is said that, when she was in her weekly ecstasies, her face would change and show the different pains and agonies of Jesus as he went through his passion. She was also superior of the convent for many years and under her leadership the convent was kept in good order. She was a kind and gentle superior who especially looked after the ill and the sick of the convent. Many troubled people from the convent and the surrounding area would come to her for advice, spiritual direction and prayer. Feast Day: February 13.

She is portrayed with a crown of thorns and the image of the suffering Christ, representing her weekly ecstasies of the passion.

Symbols: Crosier with lily insert over a cross; four roses.

Dominican Saints #14 Saint Margaret of Hungary

St. Margaret of Hungary--1242-1271 Daughter of King Bela IV of Hungary, she was destined for religious life from her birth because of a promise her parents made to God when the Tartars were attacking Hungary. Her parents vowed to dedicate their first born to God if they were protected from the scourge of the Tartars. This did come true so, at the age of three, Margaret was sent by her parents to live in a Dominican convent. She demanded the habit at the age of four and received it. Margaret soon learned the office by heart and began acting like the older sisters in the convent. When she was 18, the king of wanted to marry her so her father King Bela petitioned the pope and received permission to release Margaret from her vows. When Margaret heard this she responded by declaring that she was God's from birth and said "I esteem infinitely more the King of Heaven and the inconceivable happiness of possessing Jesus Christ than the crown offered me by the king of Bohemia.” She remained in the convent and, despite her noble birth, she was a humble and exemplary sister of St. Dominic. Canonized in 1943. Feast Day: January 18.

Margaret is portrayed with the crown she rejected for the cross of her vocation.

Symbols: A lily, a yoke and thorns. Innocence embarrassing a life of willing mortification.

Dominican Saints #15 Saint Hyacinth

St Hyacinth--1185-1257 Born in shortly before 1200, the young Hyacinth came under the influence of Ivo the bishop of Crakow. He appointed him a canon of the cathedral and sent him to Paris and Bologna to study theology and canon law. Ivo journeyed to Rome with Hyacinth, his relative Ceslaus, and two other clerics. In Rome, they met St. Dominic. Ivo asked Dominic to send some friars to Poland. Dominic invited Hyacinth and his companions to join the order in Rome and promised to send them back to Poland. Hyacinth, Ceslaus, and the others, completed the novitiate and were accepted to the Order by Dominic. At that time, Hyacinth was a little over twenty years old.

It is said that Hyacinth walked 25,000 miles throughout northern Europe in his Dominican life of establishing houses, preaching, and working miracles. He undertook missionary activity in Ruthenia and Prussia. The mission to Kiev was undertaken in 1228-1233. One day, during his mission in Ruthenia, Hyacinth was celebrating the Holy in a church in Kiev. When he finished, someone told him that the Tartars had invaded the town, plundering homes and murdering the inhabitants. Without thinking, Hyacinth took the ciborium with the from the altar and intended to runaway. Suddenly he heard a voice: 'Hyacinth, you have taken my Son but you are leaving me?' After this he took the statute of the Blessed Mother, which felt weightless under his arm, and safely left the city. Our window portrays him carrying the statue.

Symbols: Sunflower (?); with Marian monogram; burning church.

Dominican Saints #16 Saint Raymond of Pennafort

Raymond of Pennafort--1175-1275 Raymond was a relative of the King of , in Spain. He pursued a scholar’s career and became a master of Canon Law at the . His updated collection of Church law remains a foundation of that study. It was at Bologna that he first encountered the Dominicans. Raymond himself entered the Order at the age of forty-seven and many of his students followed him. Raymond was known as a quiet man who spent many hours in prayer and devotion.

Legend has it that once he went with King James to the Island of Majorca to preach about Jesus. The king, ruled by passions, was giving bad example. The saint commanded him to send the woman away. The king said he would, but he did not keep his promise. So Raymond decided to leave. When the king declared he would punish any ship captain who would return him to , Raymond put his trust in God, spread his cloak upon the water, tied up one corner of it to a stick for a sail, made the Sign of the Cross, stepped onto the cloak, and sailed along for six hours until he reached port. St. Raymond was one hundred years old at the time of his death. Feast Day: January 7.

The Keys are symbols of his great skill in codifying Church law..

Windows in the Choir Loft Martin de Porres and Imelda Lambertini

St. Martin de Porres 1579 - 1629

Canonized in 1962. Martin de Porres was born of a Spanish father and a black mother. Because of the color of his skin he knew discrimination and neglect in his childhood. He was apprenticed to a barber-surgeon who taught him healing arts. He became a lay brother (today called cooperator brother) in the Dominican Convent of the Holy Rosary in Lima. Martin was known for curing both people and animals as much through prayer as through healing arts. He was renown for his charity, compassion, humility, prayer and penance. There were so many miracles attributed to Martin that he was called a saint in his lifetime. He is considered the Patron of Racial and Social Justice.

Blessed Imelda Lambertini 1322-1333

When Imelda was eleven, after the convent’s Ascension Day community Mass, when the nuns were leaving the church, some were startled to see what appeared to be a Sacred Host hovering over Imelda as she knelt in prayer before the closed tabernacle. They called the priest who, because of such a miracle, gave to Imelda her first communion, which was also her last communion. The rapture or ecstasy of love and joy she experienced in receiving the Lord was so great that it broke her heart; she collapsed unconscious to the floor and it was found that she was dead.

Windows in the Choir Loft Mary Queen and Christ the King