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Stained Glass in St. Michael's Basilica

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St. Margaret Mary

This stained glass window is dedicated to Saint Margaret Mary (1647-1690) and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was donated to St. Michael’s church by the MacDonald family.
Saint Margaret Mary experienced a number of visions of Jesus Christ concerning devotion to his heart as a symbol of his great love for all humankind. The artwork on this window was done by J.P. O’Shea and Company in Montreal.
Above the main window appears the image of an angel holding a thurible for the burning of incense. The banner below the angel has in Latin the words Ignem veni mittere in terram. This may reflect where it is written, ‘Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire from the altar, which he then threw down on the earth…’, (Rev. 8:5.)

Saint John the beloved disciple

This stained glass window is dedicated to Saint John the apostle, the beloved disciple of Jesus. The window depicts Saint John leaning over to Jesus during the last supper and is located at the south end of the basilica in the sanctuary. It reflects on these words from sacred scripture, “The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus; Simon Peter signed to him and said, ‘Ask who it is he means,’ so leaning back on Jesus’ breast, he said, ‘Who is it, Lord?’” –John 13:23-26.
The window was donated to Saint Michael’s church by Thomas Flanagan and Misses Catherine and Ellen McCarthy. The artwork on this window was done by J.P. O’Shea and Company in Montreal. Above the main window appears the image of an angel holding a golden chalice. The banner below the angel has written in Latin the words, Meum discipulus diligebat Jesus. This may reflect what is written, ‘Jesus, the faithful witness’, (Rev. 1:5)

The death of Saint Joseph

This window depicting the death of Saint Joseph is located at the south end of the basilica inside the sanctuary and is the second window on the southwest side. Saint Joseph is assisted at the hour of his life by Jesus and Mary and is considered to be the patron of a happy death.
The window was donated by Messers J.D. O’Leary and Flynn. The artwork on this window was done by J.P. O’Shea and Company in Montreal. Above the main window appears the image of an angel holding a palm in its right hand and the banner below the angel has written in Latin the words, Beati qui in domino moriuntur. ‘Happy are those who die in the Lord!’ Rev 14:13

Saint Jean Eudes

This window depicts Saint Jean Eudes (1601-1680) kneeling before Jesus and Mary. He was the founder of the Eudist Fathers, a society dedicated to the training of diocesan priests. The Eudist Fathers had a great devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The window of Saint Jean Eudes is located at the south end of the basilica inside the sanctuary and is the first window on the southwest side. Local tradition holds that Bishop Patrice Alexandre Chaisson, the third bishop of Chatham, himself and Eudist, donated this window to the parish but no name appears on the window’s sponsor banner. Atop the window is an angel and on the banner under the angel written in Latin are the words, Ave cor sanctissimum Jesus et Maria. ‘Hail the holy hearts of Jesus and Mary.’

Christ the Pantocrator

This window is situated high up in the choir loft at the north end of the basilica. It depicts Jesus Christ sitting on the throne of glory and brings to mind the words of Saint Matthew, “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. All the Nations will be assembled before him and he will separate men one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats,” (Matthew 25:31-46).

Jesus at Jacob’s Well

This window recalls the meeting between Jesus Christ and a Samaritan woman. It was donated to Saint Michael the Archangel church, dedicated in the memory of the deceased members of the Cassidy and Hays families.
The Iconography in this window recalls the words of the gospel of Saint John, “So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well… There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink…’ The Samarian woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me a woman of Samaria?’ (John 4:5-22)

Decorative Only

This window has not been designated any theme and is still open for a sponsor.

Jesus cures the blind man

This stained glass window was donated to Saint Michael the Archangel church in 1972 in memory of Doctor Patrick Francis Duffy and his wife Anne Hennessey. The iconography on this window recalls the story of how Jesus Christ, the divine healer, restored to a blind man, his sight. It is fitting that the window be dedicated to the memory of a medical doctor who used his gift of healing for the service of human kind on the Miramichi River.
“As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘It was not that this man sinned or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him…’ He spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man’s eyes with the clay, saying to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.’ So he went and washed and came back seeing…” (John 9:1-7)