Grace Cathedral, San Francisco - East Rose Window, Silk Pocket Square
| The magnificent East Rose Window depicts the great poem written by Saint Francis of Assisi, "Canticle of the Sun." The poem is a song to God celebrating the beauty, kinship and sustenance of nature. The largest window in Grace Cathedral, it has 3,765 pieces of thick faceted glass, and was designed and executed by Gabriel Loire of Chartres, France. He commented, "This window stands testimony to the possibilities of dream and prayer." Each year more than 3,000,000 visitors come to see the beauty of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Completed in 1964, this building is the third-largest Episcopalian Cathedral n the nation. ...Read more |
| The magnificent East Rose Window depicts the great poem written by Saint Francis of Assisi, "Canticle of the Sun." The poem is a song to God celebrating the beauty, kinship and sustenance of nature. The largest window in Grace Cathedral, it has 3,765 pieces of thick faceted glass, and was designed and executed by Gabriel Loire of Chartres, France. He commented, "This window stands testimony to the possibilities of dream and prayer." Each year more than 3,000,000 visitors come to see the beauty of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Completed in 1964, this building is the third-largest Episcopalian Cathedral n the nation. ...Read more |
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