Stained Glass- First Unitarian Universalist of New Orleans

This past Sunday I was off! Yeah! But I still went to church, to the congregation I hadn't seen since August.

So this is The First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans, on S. Claiborne.

One week earlier "FUUNO" had a dedication of some stained glass windows:



These three show the church (flaming chalice) and city (fleur-de-lis) and the waters from the flood. The third pane shows the recovery after the waters receded.

The second window set honors local New Orleans and Louisiana heroes, the Gordon Sisters (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/soc/women/lawomen/gordons.html)



These two worked for several important causes in New Orleans and Louisiana... they were fearless in the causes of Suffrage, Care for the mentally ill, and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

They also advocated for closed sewers... replacing the open sewers which must have been pretty awful!


Why only one sister? One of the two died first, I think it was Jean, and the window was designed for her. Then her sister died later that year, and the combination of windows surrounding it were dedicated to the both of them! These windows were made in the 1930's... but only briefly assembled to be shown, then they went off to storage for a generation or three.



Both sisters names appear at the bottom (sorry, focus is lousy!)

The quote is from Tennyson (Sir Galahad):

MY good blade carves the casques of men,
My tough lance thrusteth sure,
My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure.

(changed to "Her"... though if it were made later it would probably have been "Their"... )

The labyrinth was finished in time for the ceremony, too!



But the rest of the floor still needs to be tiled... but that's happening!