Windows of St Bede’s Semaphore 200 Military Road Semaphore South Australia Baptism & Marriage Donated in memory of Jack Hopetoun Albert Raggatt and Eileen Raggatt by their son Edward H Raggatt on 10 February 2002. These represent two important stages of our lives and reminds us of the importance of these commitments that we make at these two stages. The windows were designed and made by local Adelaide artists Lindy Sando and Vaughan Taylor from Kersbrook. The design located in the porch windows at the church entrance demonstrates the linkages between community life and church life values – the perpetuality of the community and the foundation of our closest relationships. St Mary Magdalene The Mary Magdalene window is the generous gift of Mrs. Merle Marten to St. Bede's Church, Semaphore. The John the Baptist window is dedicated in loving memory of Merle's late husband, Roy Marten who died in 1988. The window shows Mary Magdalene in the garden on the first Easter morning. According to tradition, Mary is shown with long auburn hair and a red robe. In her left hand she carries a jar of ointment which she is bringing to the tomb so that she can anoint the lifeless body of Jesus. However, as she approaches the tomb, which can be seen just below her elbow, she hears someone, and turns to meet the Risen Lord. Her face shows apprehension and surprise as she tries to understand what has happened. In the background, the city of Jerusalem can be seen as dawn begins to light the sky. This window is linked thematically with John the Baptist as he was the last in the line of great prophets of the Old Testament tradition, and was the herald of the coming of Christ. Mary Magdalene, as the first witness to the Resurrection, is the first in the line of faithful followers of the Risen Christ. She has been called the "Apostle to the Apostles." Both characters point away from themselves, towards Jesus. St John The Baptist The John the Baptist window depicts John the Baptist, clothed in camel skins and with a leather girdle. His arm is raised as he proclaims, “Prepare the way of the Lord". The sky is turbulent, as is the stream at John's feet, to indicate that the old order is about to be disturbed by the coming of the Messiah. John leans on a prophet's staff, which hints at the cross. The background of the picture shows the wilderness, and the border is, appropriately, Sturt's Desert Pea. At the top of the window is the insignia of the Sovereign Order of St. John, to which Roy Marten belonged. The bulldog in the picture is a reminder of the bulldogs which were part of the Marten household for many years. Dedication to Semaphore Early scenes of Semaphore and beach dedicated to the Gryst family. The first family member, Fisher Pollard Gryst was a pharmaceutical chemist. In the 1950's, Gryst Chemist’s was a dominant chain of retail pharmacies. These windows depict the working life in the early days and general industry around Semaphore and Port Adelaide. Section 1 and 2 of the window show the original Jervois Bridge. Section 2 includes the stonemasons of old. Section 3 includes the Time Ball Tower and the Water Tower, prominent landmarks. The Time Ball Tower - a solid stone structure was built in 1875. At 1pm daily, the black ball drops, signalling ships to rate their chronometers, vital navigation instruments. St Luke the Evangelist St Luke the Evangelist (gospel-writer) is traditionally ascribed as author of the Gospel of Luke, one of the four canonical gospels found in the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In his Gospel, Luke emphasizes Christ's compassion for sinners and for those who suffer. He focuses on the poor and oppressed, encouraging tenderness and compassion for the less fortunate. The Gospel stresses evangelizing people of all nations. Women also have an important place in Luke's Gospel, including reference to the women who accompanied Jesus, and provided for Jesus and his disciples by using their own resources (Luke 8:1-3). St Luke is considered to be the writer of the Acts of the Apostle as well as Luke’s Gospel, and to have accompanied St Paul from Macedonia to Philippi, in the mid-first century of the Common Era. Saint Luke was born a Greek and a Gentile (non-Jew) in Antioch, Syria and died in March, 84 in Thiva, Greece. St Luke is believed to be physician, based on Colossians 4:14, and the witness of ancient writers Eusebius, St Jerome, Saint Irenaeus and Caius (2nd century writer). He is the patron saint of physicians and surgeons. Luke may have been a slave, as it was not uncommon in those times for slaves to be educated in medicine, so the family would have a resident physician. Saint Luke's feast day is celebrated on October 18th. St George This window was donated by the son of Harold Edwin and Adelaide Purches on Saint Georges Day 1964. Harold was an area Commissioner of the Boy Scouts and St George is their patron saint. Saint George was born to a Christian family during the late 3rd Century. His father was from Cappadocia and served as an officer in the army. His mother was from Lydda, Palestine. The youth followed his father's example by joining the army soon after coming of age. He proved to be a good soldier and consequently rose through the military ranks of the time. By his late twenties he had gained the title of Tribune and then Count, at which time George was stationed in Nicomedia as a member of the personal guard attached to the Roman Emperor Diocletian (Reign 284-305). In 303, Diocletian issued an edict authorising the systematic persecution of the Christian across the Empire. His Caesar, Galerius was supposedly responsible for this decision and would continue the persecution during his own reign (305-311). George was ordered to take part in the persecution but instead confessed to being a Christian himself and criticised the imperial decision. An enraged Diocletian ordered the torture of this apparent traitor and his execution. Faith Donated in memory of John Bollard and Charles Henry Moritz December, 1911, by their family. John Ballard was the father in law of Henry Moritz. The Moritz Family was associated with the operation of Fort Glanville, where he was the Sergeant Major. Many parishioners of St Bede’s were involved in the construction of Fort Largs and Fort Glanville. Saint Faith The figure on the Window is the artistic depiction of the virtue of "FAITH". Faith (in Latin - Sancta Fides, French - Saint Foy, Spanish - Saint Fe) is a saint who reportedly lived in Gaul (now France) in the late 3rd Century, called “Virgin and Martyr' in the traditional lists of SAINTS. A girl or young woman from the city of Agen in the region of Aquitaine of France, she was arrested during persecutions of Christians by the Roman Empire and refused to make pagan sacrifices even under torture. Her death was sometimes said to occur around 287 AD or 290 AD, also was said that her death may have occurred sometimes in the large-scale persecution under Diocletian beginning in 303 AD. After her death, a number of legends grew up about her. In the year 866, her remains were relocated to Conques, which was along the pilgrimage route to Compostela. Her feast day is October 6. It is now believed by many scholars that she is simply a misunderstanding of the expression "holy faith." Christ the Good Shepherd Henry Thomas Percy Mackin died August 2nd 1902 Aged at 46 he is one of a number who died young about the turn of the century. In 1883 St Bede's opened Semaphore Collegiate School in Turton St. where Henry Macklin a Lay Reader and Choirmaster of St Bede’s, was later employed as a teacher. Henry Macklin was also a well-known local singer (and highly regarded ), and conductor, and a report in the South Australia Register dated 17 December 1896 gave a glowing account of his ability as a schoolmaster at Semaphore Collegiate School. The Figure in the windows is of Christ the Good Shepherd, looking after his flock. "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me." John 10:14. Mary This window was donated by James Henry Gibbon in memory of his wife Jane Marshall Gibbon, who died on the September 22, 1923. Captain James Gibbon, was a warden of the Marine Board of South Australia and also was a surveyor for Lloyds of London from 1815 to 1919, having a career which lasted 68 years. The figure in the window is Mary, mother of Jesus visiting her cousin Elizabeth with the quotation from Luke's gospel, advising her that she was pregnant. Three months after the angel's annunciation, Mary visited her relative Elizabeth, the elderly wife of Zachary who served as a priest in the temple at Jerusalem. Mary had been told that this couple advanced in age was to have a child, too, "for nothing is impossible with God." "Mary set out and went as quickly as she could to a town in the hill country of Judah. She went into Zachary's house and greeted Elizabeth. "Now when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, 'Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.