In 1867, Matthew Arnold wrote "Dover Beach", a haunting poem evoking the "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" of the Sea of Faith. As a boomer who finished Catholic elementary school in 1964 and then watched my Church falter, I've found the roar all too audible. So here I wait, listening for the whispers of that Sea's invincible return.
Monday, May 01, 2006
St. Anthony of Padua, Menlo Park
I really love traditional stained glass, and am starting to amass a nice library of photos. I'll be sharing a few here now and then.
This magnificent roundel is the handiwork an Carl Huneke, a German immigrant of great talent whose windows grace many a church throughout California. Strangely, it's the only traditional stained glass window in an otherwise nondescript 1950's Catholic church, St. Anthony of Padua.