Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Table of Contents

SANCTUARY and ORGAN LOFT  - Our Lady of Perpetual Help RC Church
115 O’Connell Street, Buffalo NY


On this page, below:

Sanctuary

Organ Loft

May 27, 2022 Photos


Sanctuary



Sanctuary             Transepts               Nave


Sanctuary             Transepts


Ribbed vaulting               Clearstory stained glass windows: the Four Evangelists flank Our Lady of Perpetual Help window



Sanctuary              Apse



All windows in the church are by the  Tyrolese Art Glass Company                      Clearstory stained glass window:   St. Mark and winged lion



Clearstory stained glass window: St. Matthew and winged man



Clearstory  stained glass window:  Our Lady of Perpetual Help


Clearstory stained glass windowSt. John and eagle



Clearstory stained glass windowSt. Luke and ox



Looking into the  transept   from the sanctuary                    Transept              Clearstory stained glass windowSt. Paul, detailed below


Clearstory stained glass windowSt. Paul



Looking into the transept from the  sanctuary                     Transepts                     Clearstory stained glass windowSt. Michael the Archangel, detailed below:


Clearstory stained glass window:  St. Michael the Archangel and Satan



  Main altar            Marble imported from Italy






Angel



Cross bottony                   Tabernacle



IHS



Marble inlay floor



 Hoodmold                Door: Upper Cinquefoil pattern                Door: Lower Hexagonal pattern



Beneath fluting:  marble floral carving in necking of a Tuscan column






 


Organ Loft

 

View from the sanctuary

All windows in the church are by the  Tyrolese Art Glass Company




Rose window

King David, the Psalms creator in the Bible,  in the center of four angels, is depicted playing a harp in heaven.   The Seraphim angels have six wings and a Holy Spirit tongue of fire.




King David playing a harp




The Seraphim angels have six wings and a Holy Spirit tongue of fire





Trefoil arches






Special thanks to Pastor Fr. Paul Seil for his cooperation and to Susan Travis for her assistance in 2022

Photos and their arrangement ©  2022 Chuck LaChiusa
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