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"For All the Saints" Parish Art Project
October 21, 2007
Let His Light Shine Through You
On Sunday, October 21st, we had a parish-wide art project in preparation for All Saints Day (which was celebrated two weeks later on Sunday, November 4th). In the project, parishioners were invited after the two Sunday morning services to make "stained glass windows" which represented themselves as saints of God. Each one used standard symbols or images that reflected the unique gifts and talents that the individual brings to the Body of Christ. The panels were made from waxed paper using permanent markers. Resources such as listings of symbols of the Saints were provided to inspire the artists. (Scroll to the bottom of this page to see one.) As a result of the project, when we offered ourselves to the Lord on All Saints Day, we had colorful windows through which His light shone!
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To the left you see a window depicting "The Calling of St. James" from the
Cathedral Church of St. James, Diocese of Toronto, Anglican Church of Canada
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Symbols of the Saints
This table of symbols from WikiPedia was used by many to get ideas for their windows.
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Acathius |
crown of
thorns |
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Agatha |
tongs or
shears, veil, bells, two breasts on a plate |
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Agnes |
lamb |
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Ambrose |
bees,
beehive, dove, ox,pen |
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Andrew |
transverse
cross |
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Anne,
grandmother of Jesus |
door,book,
red robe and green mantle |
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Anthony the
Great |
monk's
habit, bell, pig |
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Anthony of
Padua |
Infant
Jesus, bread, book, lily |
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Augustine
of Hippo |
dove,
child, shell, pen, book |
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Barbara |
tower,
ciborium, cannon |
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Bartholomew |
knife |
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Benedict |
broken cup,
raven, bell, crosier, bush |
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Bernard of
Clairvaux |
pen, bees,
instruments of the Passion |
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Bernardine
of Siena |
tablet or
sun inscribed with IHS, three mitres |
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Blaise |
wax, taper
(candle), iron comb |
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Bonaventure |
communion,
ciborium, cardinal's hat |
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Boniface |
oak, axe,
book, fox, scourge,fountain, raven, sword |
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Bridget of
Sweden |
book,
pilgrim's staff |
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Brigid of
Kildare |
cow |
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Catherine |
wheel, a
crown |
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Catherine
of Ricci |
ring,
crown, crucifix |
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Catherine
of Siena |
stigmata,
cross, ring, lily |
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Cecilia |
organ |
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Charles
Borromeo |
cardinal's
robes, communion |
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Christopher |
giant
crudely dressed, torrent, tree, branch or large staff, Carrying the Child
Jesus on shoulder |
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Clare of
Assisi |
monstrance |
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Clement |
anchor,
fish, Mariner's Cross |
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Corbinian |
saddled
bear |
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Cosmas and
Damian |
a phial,
box of ointment |
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Cyriacus |
deacon's
vestments |
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Daniel |
lion |
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Denis |
head in
hands |
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David of
Wales |
harp |
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Dorothy of
Caesarea |
flowers |
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Dominic |
rosary,
star |
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Edmund the
Martyr |
quiver of
arrows |
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Saint
Eligius |
bishop
portrayed with a crosier in his right hand, on the open palm of his left a
miniature church of chased gold; with a hammer,anvil, and horseshoe; or with
a horse |
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Elijah |
cave |
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Elizabeth
of Hungary |
alms,
flowers, bread, the poor, pitcher |
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Emilianus |
monk on
horseback |
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Elizabeth
of Portugal |
crown |
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Erasmus |
windlass |
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Eustace |
hunting
clothes, stag, bull, crucifix, horn, oven |
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Francis of
Assisi |
wolf,birds,
fish, skull, stigmata |
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Francis
Xavier |
crucifix,
bell, vessel[disambiguation needed] |
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Gabriel |
is
archangel, trumpet, armour, wings, scroll stating "Ave Maria Gratia Plena" |
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Genevieve |
bread,
keys, herd, cattle |
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George |
dragon,soldier or knight in armour, often on white horse, especially in the
East |
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Gertrude of
Nivelles |
crown,
taper, lily,mouse |
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Giles |
Benedictine
habit, hind |
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Gregory the
Great |
Papal
Tiara, crosier, dove (often portrayed at his ear) |
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Helena |
cross |
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Hippolytus
of Rome |
papal tiara |
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Hippolytus
the soldier |
military
garb, horse's harness |
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Honoratus
of Amiens |
baker's
peel or shovel; bishop with a large Host; bishop with three Hosts on a
baker's shovel; loaves |
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Ignatius of
Antioch |
a bishop
surrounded by lions or in chains |
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Ignatius of
Loyola |
Eucharist,
chasuble, book, cross. |
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Saint Iria |
palm of
martyrdom |
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Isidore |
bees, pen,
book |
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Ivo of
Kermartin |
depicted as
a lawyer, holding a document, in legal dress. |
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James, son
of Zebedee |
pilgrim's
staff, scallop shell, key, sword |
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James, son
of Alphaeus / James the Just |
square
rule, halberd, club, saw |
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Jerome |
lion,
cardinal clothing, cross, skull, books and writing material |
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Joan of Arc |
shield,
Cross of Lorraine |
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Joanna |
lamb |
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John
Berchmans |
Rule of
Saint Ignatius, cross, rosary |
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John
Chrysostom |
bees, dove,
pen |
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John of God |
alms,
heart, crown of thorns |
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John the
Baptist |
lamb, head
on a platter, animal skin (the camel-skin coat of the Gospels), often
portrayed carryiing a long crudely made cross |
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John the
Evangelist |
eagle,
chalice sometimes with a snake in it, kettle, book |
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Joseph,
spouse of Mary |
Infant
Jesus, lily, rod, plane,carpenter's square |
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Jude |
sword,
square rule, club, ship |
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Justin
Martyr |
axe, sword |
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Juthwara |
round soft
cheese |
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Knut of
Denmark |
Nordic king
with royal insignia, dagger, lance or arrow. |
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Lawrence |
cross, book
of the Gospels, gridiron, palm frond, purse of money |
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Leander of
Seville |
pen |
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Leonard of
Noblac |
lock,
chain, manacles or fetters |
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Liborius |
pebbles,
peacock |
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Louis IX of
France |
crown of
thorns, nails |
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Lucy |
cord, eyes
on a dish, lamp |
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Luke |
ox, book,
brush, palette |
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Margaret |
dragon in
chains |
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Mark |
winged
lion, book |
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Martha |
holy water
sprinkler, dragon |
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Martin of
Tours |
goose |
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Mary
Magdalene |
jar of
ointment |
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Matilda |
purse, alms |
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Matthew |
winged man,
purse, lance |
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Maurus |
scales,
spade, crutch |
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Michael |
scales,
banner, sword, dragon |
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Monica |
girdle,
tears |
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Nicholas |
three
purses or balls, anchor, boat, child |
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Oda of
Scotland |
depicted
wearing a long blue gown with one shoulder bare; usually carries a staff or
a book; always shown with a magpie on her hand and a crown under her feet |
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Pantaleon |
nailed
hands |
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Patrick |
cross,
harp, serpent, baptismal font, demons, shamrock |
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Paul |
sword, book
or scroll, horse |
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Peter |
keys, boat,
rooster, short silver hair |
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Petronilla |
set of
keys, dolphin |
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Philip the
Apostle |
column |
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Philip Neri |
lily |
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Philomena |
anchor |
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Quentin |
Seven-pointed star |
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Quiteria |
depicted
with a dog on a lead; depicted with her head in her hands, emerging from the
sea. |
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Raphael |
fish |
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Rita of
Casica |
roses,
roses and figs,crucifix, thorn, sometimes with a wound in her forehead |
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Roch |
angel, dog,
bread |
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Rose of
Lima |
crown of
thorns, anchor, city |
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Sebastian |
arrows,
crown |
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Simon |
crossed
oars, saw |
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Teresa of
Avila |
heart,
arrow, book |
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Theodore |
crocodile |
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Therese of
Lisieux |
roses
entwining a crucifix |
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Thomas
Aquinas |
chalice
monstrance, dove, ox |
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Thomas the
Apostle |
lance, axe |
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Thomas More |
axe |
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Tudwal |
dragon |
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Urban |
portrayed
in art after his beheading, with the papal tiara near him |
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Urban of
Langres |
bishop with
a bunch of grapes or a vine at his side; a book with a wine vessel on it |
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Ursicinus |
book and
fleur-de-lys |
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Ursus of
Aosta |
birds on
his shoulder; wearing fur pelisse in a religious habit |
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Vedastus |
wolf
carrying a goose in its mouth; child; bear |
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Victor of
Marseilles |
windmill |
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Vincent de
Paul |
children |
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Vincent
Ferrer |
pulpit,
cardinal's hat, trumpet, captives |
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Vitus |
cross |
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William of
Montevergine |
wolf and
pastoral crook |
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Winnoc |
hand-mill,
bridge, grinding corn |
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Wolfgang of
Regensburg |
a church
building with an adze lodged in the roof, a wolf |
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Francis
Xavier |
crab with a
cross |
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Yrieix |
Bishop's
Mitre |
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Zachary |
Making
peace with King Luitprand. Sometimes he may have an olive branch and a dove
over him |
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Zenobius |
flowering
tree; bringing a dead man or child back to life |
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