Holy Family Church   - Table of Contents

ENTRANCE ROOMS - Holy Family RC Church
Our Lady of Charity Parish
1885 South Park Avenue, Buffalo NY

Research by Maureen Evans, 2019

On this page, below:

Narthex 

Old Baptismal area     

South entrance hallway

Photos taken March 30, 2021

Munich Pictorial Style stained glass windows Stained glass windows by Tyrol Art Glass, Innsbruck, Austria

Narthex St. Joseph    ...    One of three transom stained glass windows over the three main doors on South Park Avenue    ...    Guilloche border Holy Family  -  One of three transom stained glass windows over the three main doors on South Park Avenue    ...    Appropriately peaced over the center door, given the original name of the church Mary     ...    One of three transom stained glass windows over the three main doors on South Park Avenue

Old Baptismal Area St. Tarscisius    ...    St. Tarscisius  was a 3rd century young Roman who was on his way to deliver the Eucharist to Christians in prison when he was killed on the streets.    ...      He is depicted with the host of his chest and is the patron saint of altar servers and first communions    ...    Two details below: St. Tarscisius  - #1 detail    ...   IHS    ...    Halo St. Tarscisius  - #2 detail St. John the Baptist    ...    Two details below: St. John the Baptist - Detail #1    ...     Lamb St. John the Baptist  - Detail #2 St. Peter    ...    Detail below: St. Peter  - Detail St. Patrick   - Two details below: St. Patrick   - Detail #1    ...    Crozier    ...     Shamrock St. Patrick   - Detail #2   ....    Legend credits Patrick with banishing snakes from the island, though all evidence suggests that post-glacial Ireland never had snakes; one suggestion is that snakes referred to the serpent symbolism of the Druids of that time and place.

South Entrance Hallway  Transom stained glass windows over the  South entrance    ...    Detail below: Papal tiara    ...    Keys to heaven    ... "From as early as the 8th century to the mid 20th century, the papal tiara was used for the coronation of the newly elected pope. This was last used by Pope Paul VI in 1963. St. Bridget of Sweden    ...    "St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) was born to a knight, married a Lord and bore 8 children including St. Catherine of Sweden.  An influential mystic of the middle ages, she joined the Third Order of St. Francis and also encouraged the papacy to return to Rome from Avignon. She was founder of the Bridgettines order of nuns and monks.  She is one of 6 patron saints of Europe.  She is typically depicted with a a crown, crozier (staff) and book." -  Maureen Evans Detail below: St. Bridget of Sweden - Detail    ...    She is typically depicted with a a crown, crozier (staff) and book    ...    Lamb of god St. Charles Borromeo    ...    Detail below:

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