Every window tells a story at Grace and St. Stephens

From Colorado Springs-

When Spot Holmes steps into Grace and St. Stephens Episcopal Church downtown, the windows are always the first things she notices.

Some are towering two-story high windows taking up almost an entire wall of the gothic building. Others are small and hidden high in the rafters. Depending on the angle of the sun, there is always something newly illuminated– perhaps a face of a saint, or an angel or a small symbol almost hidden among the colors and shapes.

To Holmes, those windows aren’t just art, they’re history. One of the glass artists at the church also made more than 3,000 windows at Yale University. One window, which depicts several stories of healing in the Bible, was dedicated in 1906 to a local doctor who came to Colorado Springs to help tuberculosis sufferers. Another window was commissioned by a former pastor in memory of his late 2-year-old daughter.

“They are all full of history,” said Holmes, who helped research a new book, released Sunday, titled the “Windows of Grace and St. Stephens Episcopal Church.”

The book tells the story of each of the windows of the church. It’s full of pictures that show the hidden details that easily could be missed.


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