Stained-Glass Window Restoration
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Fundraising Goal
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$650,000
There are many opportunities to support the restoration project.- Donations of any amount
- Sponsorship of an entire window for $55,000
- Mutliple families can sponsor a window together
- Pledge to donate over the course of the project, adapting to your budget
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Preserve Beauty
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These windows have graced our church for 110 years during times of joy and sadness. They have seen our children baptized and our elders mourned. Their depictions lift our hearts and teach our young. They are as indispensable to our parish as the brick and mortar of the walls they grace...and they need our help! -
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HistoryMost Holy Trinity Catholic Church contains a magnificent collection of narrative style stained glass windows; produced by Mayer of Munich, Germany.
Mayer of Munich has produced beautiful narrative stained glass for over 170 years. The studio was especially popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and was principal provider of stained glass to large Roman Catholic churches that were constructed throughout the world during that period. Mayer of Munich were stained glass artists to the Holy See and consequently were popular with Roman Catholic clients.
The level of hand-painted detail within our stained glass windows is extraordinary! Windows of this caliber are not obtainable by most churches today due to budget constraints. Each of our many stained glass windows is a treasure of artistic composition and fine craftmanship.
These stained glass windows have graced our church for 110 years during times of joy and sadness. They have seen our children baptized and our elders mourned. Their depictions lift our hearts and teach our young. They are as indispensable to our parish as the brick and mortar of the walls they grace.
They are treasured... and they need our help!
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Restoration Includes
- Re-lead restoration of all 12 large narrative-style Nave windows
- Removal of the existing storm covering at 15 windows
- Exterior painting of wood frames and steel muttons at 15 windows
- New vented storm covering system at 15 windows
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Re-Lead Restoration Process
- Windows will be carefully removed and transported to the studio in Virginia.
- Individual stained glass panels will be photo documented prior to the studio restorations.
- Stained glass panels will be dismantled and cleaned. The old lead will be reccyled.
- Stained glass panels will be reassembled using new restoration grade lead to resist future bowing.
- Stained glass will be transported back to the church and reinstalled.
- New vented protective storm covering will be installed to the exterior of the restored stained glass. The clear glazing will be tempered safety glass.
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