Stained Glass Windows were not part of our budget nor were they anticipated to be in place for many years. However, due to a number of churches closing in the Diocese of Cleveland, we are able to acquire stained glass and several other major liturgical items that under normal circumstances would not be affordable. While we are saddened by the closing of nearly 50 parishes in the Cleveland area, we feel blessed to be the new home for not only a large number of windows, but also Stations of the Cross, statues, and a number of other key sacred items that would be quite appropriate in our new church.  This window of St. Peter holding the Key to the Kingdom is now on display in the Breezeway of the Parish Activities Center.  It has been repaired and resized for our new church and will be installed in the west wall of the Crossing Tower.  More information about this window and others are in the PDFs below.

Our new church has 164 windows in total. There are two basic shapes - the arch and the rose (round) with multiple sizes. Our goal is to install stained glass in all windows with either existing windows from the closed Cleveland churches or with newly designed stained glass. We are able to fill a large percent of our windows with existing stained glass from three of the Catholic churches closing in the Cleveland Diocese. The Cleveland Diocese desires that the sacred items from the closed churches be used in other Catholic churches. The items are being sold at reasonable prices. In our case, the windows are 90 to 100 years old and beautifully made by true artists. The windows match our traditional architecture very well. However, they all require resizing and reconditioning to fit our openings and there is a cost to complete this process. We are most hopeful that some of our parishioners will help us underwrite this project by purchasing a window. More than one family could pool resources to buy a window. Once completed, we will have magnificent stained glass windows in our new church much sooner than we had planned. The windows from the three churches are surprisingly similar in colors and will work very well together. Since there are not enough existing stained glass windows for our entire church, some windows will be created new just for us. We have all the Cleveland windows on hold at this time. Please help us make this window project a reality.

If you are interested in donating a Stained Glass Window, a Station of the Cross, or any of the other Religious items available, please contact our Parish Development Director, Helmut Naunheimer at 614.882.2109 ext. 248.  (Payment plans available)

 

Below are 10 PDFs that outline in more detail all the items available:

 

OUR NEW CHURCH

St. Paul Parish embarked on a historic journey in recent years by developing a complete Facility Master Plan.  This plan was born after all parishioners were surveyed for their views and opinions.  The vision of our parishioners helped our Parish Building Committee develop the four major areas of need listed below.  The construction of our new church is all that remains.  

  • Improvements to the school building
  • Additional parking and site improvements
  • A new Parish Activities Center
  • A new and larger church

 

Church Design Photos

 

Church Construction Photos