Stained Glass Window Restoration 2013-2015

St. Catherine of Siena Church - Broad Brook, CT

IntroductionThe stained glass windows of St. Catherine Church have inspired God’s people s ince 1881. Symbolically, the windows are an outward sign of our unique community. The window designs reflect our expansive and compassionate spirituality. They create a sacred space within our church, but they also enhance the surrounding neighborhood.

Individually handcrafted, they were created through the generosity of townspeople – farmers and laborers at the Broad Brook Woolen Company – hard-working men and women who laid the foundation of our current building by hand. They donated the cornerstone of our Church from

brownstone dug from their own land, building a church and a community that lasts.

Over the years our building has changed – new paint, carpeting, pews, air conditioning. What have lasted throughout, without change, are our 18 stained glass windows.

After 130 years of wear and tear, the windows were in great need of restoration. When a stained glass window is between 75 and 100 years old, it is at the point of requiring restoration by complete re-leading.  While the parish had invested funds to repair major damage as it occurred, these efforts fell far short of the complete restoration that was needed. The restoration completed in 2013 will result in another 75 to 100 years of maintenance-free

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service life for our windows, which are appraised at nearly $500,000 in value. Through the leadership of our then-pastor, Fr. Paul Gotta, we commissioned an inspect ion by Sta ined Glass Resources, Inc., one of the largest professional stained glass studios in New England, and a member of the

Stained Glass Association of America. They have completed over 800 window restoration projects.

The results of the inspection were as we feared — all of our windows, especially the two major rose windows above the altar and in the choir loft, suffered from bowing, buckling, and bulging; air and water leaks; inoperable ventilators at the base of side windows; and aging and deteriorating wood frames. The cost to renovate all 18 windows was approximately $255,000.

Stained Glass Resources began the process of window restoration in the summer of 2011 by carefully removing each window,

photographing and cataloguing each piece of glass, and carefully restoring each piece in their studios located in Hampden, Massachusetts.

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This process took over a year to restore each piece of glass, including replacing severely damaged pieces and fabricating replacement pieces as carefully as artistically possible to match fit and original color.

New frames were constructed. In some cases such as the rose window above the altar, restoration uncovered pieces of glass that had been painted over through the years, and these were restored to their original condition.

Finally, each window was carefully transported back to St. Catherine for re-installation in fully-renovated wood and steel frames.

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While Stained Glass Resources was doing its work, Fr. Gotta commissioned a fundraising project to help defray the cost of this renovation. Each parish family and each friend of St. Catherine’s was asked to sponsor the restoration of an entire window or a portion of a window.

In a little over 3 years, over 400 individual contributors raised over $243,000 toward the cost of the window restoration. We are tremendously grateful to each of the contributors below who have so generously supported this project. For those who have gone home to the Lord and whose memories are remembered below, please continue to pray for the peaceful repose of their souls.

With God’s continued grace, we look forward to another century of beautiful artwork calling us to worship in our sacred space.

Yours in Christ,

Rev. Daniel Wojtun Pastor

Assembled this April 29, 2015, the feast of St. Catherine of Siena.

Published Thursday, September 24, 2015 Updated November 14, 2015

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SPONSORED WINDOWS (See last page for chart of window locations)

Boucher Family Rose Window

ESTATE OF MONICA BALCH KRYSTYNA PALUCH & FAMILY

MAUREEN & PAUL ROBERT & FAMILY KATHERINE & ERNEST TEIXEIRA

MARION & JOHN MASLOW

IN MEMORY OF FR. JOSEPH DALY IN MEMORY OF FR. RONAN CALLAHAN, C.P.

IN HONOR OF MSGR. DAVID Q. LIPTAK IN HONOR OF FR. PAUL A. GOTTA

IN HONOR OF FR. EMILIO P. PADELLI IN HONOR OF DEACON ALAN GERMAIN

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Scapular Window (Choir Loft)

VIRGINIA & DEAN SAUCIER ERIC & JAN ALBETSKI

ARTHUR W. LOCKWOOD, SR. & FAMILY

THOMAS & BERTHA PITNEY & WILIAM & MARIE PITNEY,

IN MEMORY OF GERTRUDE PITNEY, ORGANIST & CHOIR DIRECTOR FOR 40 YEARS

Patrick Dowd Family Window

MARIE L. PARKER KAREN & GEORGE ST. GEORGES MARIE & RICHARD LETELLIER ELIZABETH & JOHN DEITELBAUM JOSEPHINE & WILLIAM NOLIN JUNE REICHLE RITA FOREMAN ROBERT FOREMAN DANIEL & ANDREA DZIADUL

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Kyran O’Neil Family Window

THE DONAHUE FAMILY MAE GRIGELY CHRISTINE & PETER FALCE THE O’DONNELL & CALLAHAN FAMILIES, IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARTHA MARY BENICAK O’DONNELL JERRY, MARY & KEVIN DOWD LOIS DOWD JOHN & CAITLIN D’AMBROSIO & FAMILY

Laurence Havey Family Window MAUREEN & LAWRENCE LYMAN GERALDINE & DANIEL SCHNOBRICH & GERALDINE JACKAVONIS, IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD OF FR. JOHN MELNICK & FR. JON-DANIEL SCHNOBRICH WILLIAM & COLLEEN GREEN MELISSA OLIVAS, IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM GREEN LEAH H. RIGGOTT

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James O’Neill Family Window

SHARON & ANDREW EITER ELAINE & JAY STEVENSJAMES O’DONNELL LEONA BARD, IN MEMORY OF ROLAND H. BARD ARLENE CIPOLLINI, IN MEMORY OF NED E. CIPOLLINI THE CULLINANE FAMILY

William Chamberlain Family Window

JOANNE KOSCIW NONA & KEN REICHLE IRENE & THEODORE BULGAJEWSKI ALCIDE, LUCILLE & DARLENE SAUCIER PATRICIA WOODWARD, MARGARET & STANLEY RUPNICK, BETTY ANN SHERIDAN, & BILL & BETH SHERIDAN, IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM P. & ELIZABETH SHERIDAN WILLIAM & PATRICIA GOULD

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Maurice O’Brien Family Window

WALTER, DIANE & AMANDA PIEROG MARGARET HOFFMAN EVELYN CRANE PATRICIA BRENNAN GAIL M. SWEENEY, IN MEMORY OF THOMAS G. SWEENEY THE MARK MALYSZKO FAMILY WILLIAM & MAXINE SCHORTMAN

Antony Pfeiffer Family Window

LUCIE WILLIAMS-ENDEE KATHERINE M. PFEIFFER MICHAEL & THERESE KOWALSKI PAUL & ARLENE YOUNG HELEN SENK & FRANCES KEENAN, IN MEMORY OF ANDREW & MARY MATULIS RALPH & HELEN SENK ANN G. DUFFY NELSON & MARY LEE KOEHLER TERRY PITTS LESLIE & JOSEPHINE SHELDON BARBARA BANCROFT & FAMILY, IN MEMORY OF REGINALD BANCROFT & PEDRO GOMBA

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Peter Norton Family Window

RONALD & NANCY MASTERS THE POCHRON FAMILY JOAN & JAMES NILSSON SUE & ERIC STARVISH GAIL & CHARLES SZYMANSKI, IN MEMORY OF THE DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SZYMANSKI, MORAWSKI, & WEYMOUTH FAMILIES STEPHEN & THERESA RITTLINGER VERA S. MONAHAN

Michael Foley Family Window

LINDA & DONALD DZEN SUSAN & JOHN DZIADUL LAURA M. PALMER MICHAEL BOWER RAE & MITCH SLOWICK THE STOECKER FAMILY FLORENCE BEAUPRE PETER & FRANCES KEENAN KATHLEEN N. RYBICK R. & L. TOPAZIO

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Michael Geary Family Window

WILLIAM C. DENKER THE CULLINANE FAMILY MARY A . RICE JUDY & MEL RESSLER BENOIT & CAROL RODRIGUE LAWRENCE & KATHLEEN TAURO THOMAS & DIANE DZIKIEWICZ THELMA PEASE, IN MEMORY OF JOHN E. PEASE CLEMENT WIEKRYKAS, IN MEMORY OF MARY P. WIEKRYKAS

Choir Window- Windsorville Road THE KRUPIENSKI FAMILY THE L’HEUREUX FAMILY

Choir Window- Rye Street DICK & BARBARA SHERMAN

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Sacristy Windows

THE HASTINGS FAMILY JANET NEVILLE DOROTHY BOWNS LYNN MASLOW, IN HONOR OF THE PRIESTS OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA PARISH KATE & TIM LUDLAM, IN MEMORY OF EDWARD & ELEANOR CARR ELEANOR & JOHN MALIN THERESA SABONIS-HELF RICHARD & MARIE LETELLIER

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DONORS

Anonymous (Multiple donors)

David & Amy Akerley

Eric & Jan Albetski

Barbara Bancroft & Family

Leona Bard

Kathleen Bartholomew

Maria Fernanda Batista

Florence Beaupre

Mr. & Mrs. Emery Berube

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bibeault

Carolyn Bloznalis

June M. Boains

Victoria Bonelli

Michael Bower

Dorothy Bowns

Patricia Brennan

Kathleen A. Brett

The Brigada Family

John & Enid Browne

Theodore & Irene Bulgajewski

June Cameron

Theresa Ciesones

Arleen Cipollini

Terri Colone

Evelyn Crane

The Cullinane Family

John & Caitlin D’Ambrosio & Family

Edwin & Patricia Davis

Elizabeth & John Deitelbaum

William C. Denker

The Donahue Family

Kevin Dowd

Lois C. Dowd

Jerry, Mary & Kevin Dowd

Ann G. Duffy

Donald & Linda Dzen

Daniel & Andrea Dziadul

John & Susan Dziadul

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Thomas & Diane Dzikiewicz

Agnes Eisler

Andrew & Sharon Eiter

Estate of Monica Balch

William L. Fagan

Peter & Christine Falce

Gloria M. Falcon

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Fitzgerald

Irene Fitzpatrick

Rita Foreman

Robert Foreman

Kim & John Foscolos

Clarissa & John Geglio

Mr. & Mrs. William Gould

William & Colleen Green

Mae Grigely

Patricia & Brian Hastings & Family

Cheryl Haussman

Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Heine

Germaine Hoffman

Margaret Hoffman

Jean T. Kupec

Judith Jorgensen, in honor of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ptachcinski

Teresa Junod

Peter & Frances Keenan

Kement & Sons Construction, Inc.

Helen Kessler

Corrine M. King

Nelson & Mary Lee Koehler

Joanne Kosciw

Michael & Therese Kowalski

The Krupienski Family

Gertrude R. Kupec

Bernard Lavoie

Richard & Marie Letellier

The L'Heureux Family

Florence Nels Lockwood

Tim & Kate Ludlam

Lawrence & Maureen Lyman

Lionel & Elizabeth Macdonald

Angeline & David Machewirth

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Carol Macholl

Richard W. & Caroline G. Madore

Eleanor & Dr. John Malin

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Malyszko & Family

Marie L. Parker

John & Marion Maslow

Lynn Maslow

Ronald & Nancy Masters

Ann & Len Mathiason

Samuel & Blanche McGill

Ethel Mersereau

Marilyn Migliore

Carolyn M. Miller

Mary Miller

Mary E. Miller

Vera S. Monahan

Lauria Morneault

Janet Neville

Diane D. Newell

Josephine Nicholson

Jim & Joan Nilsson

Mary G. Nilsson

William & Josephine Nolin

Dolores & Donald Norton

Louise Norton

Ann M. O'Brien

Edward & Kathryn O'Brien

James O'Donnell

Mary O'Donnell

O'Donnell & Callahan Families

Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Ouellette

Roger & Kathleen Ouellette

Laura M. Palmer

Krystyna Paluch & Family

Emily Parente

David & Jean Patria

Katherine M. Pfeiffer

Walter, Diane & Amanda Pierog

Terry Pitts

Paul & Nancy Pochron

Wendy & Mark Quinn

Donald & Joyce Rapoza

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Florence Reed

Roseann & Steve Regina

June Reichle

Ken & Nona Reichle

Mel & Judy Ressler

Mary A. Rice

Chloe Richard

Leah H. Riggott

Stephen & Theresa Rittlinger

The Robert Family

Benoit & Carol Rodrigue

Margaret & Stanley Rupnick

Kathleen N. Rybick

Florence Sabonis

Theresa Sabonis-Helf

Alfred & Carolyn Samuelman

Alcide, Lucille, & Darlene Saucier

Virginia & Dean Saucier

Paul & Andrea Scannell

Geraldine & Daniel Schnobrich

William & Maxine Schortman

Maria A. Sedotti

Ralph & Helen Senk

Leslie & Josephine Sheldon

Betty Ann Sheridan Bill & Beth Sheridan

Dick & Barbara Sherman

Mary & Jeff Slicer

Mitch & Rae Slowick

Cathy & Derek M. Small

Carol & David Smith

Lynn Smyth

George & Karen St. Georges

Dan Starvish

Eric & Sue Starvish

Elaine A. & Jay Stevens

The Stoecker Family

Bill & Elsie Stolle

Cassandra Sweatland

Gail M. Sweeney

William & Jennifer Syme

Deacon Henry & Janet Szumowski

Gail & Charles Szymanski, Jr.

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Lawrence & Kathleen Tauro

Ernest & Katherine Teixeira

Ronald & Antoinette Theriault

Louise & Michael Tiernan

R. & L. Topazio

Alida & Donald Whiteway

Lucie Williams-Endee

Denise Woodward

Patricia Woodward

Mary & Arthur Wyse

Paul & Arlene Young

Rosalind & John Zagaja

Margaret Zinky

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IN MEMORIAM

Fr. Joseph Daly, Pastor Emeritus

Fr. Ronan Callahan, C.P.

Gertrude Pitney, Organist & Choir Director for 40 years

Alfred & Theresa AlbetskiReginald BancroftMary BlinnLena BloznalisAime & Lucia BretonMay BrittainTheodore BulgajewskiJeffrey ButenasJeanette ButlerMatilda CarboneEdward & Eleanor CarrErnest ChampignyNed E. CipolliniRolland Cote, Jr.Evelyn CraneDaniel DoughneyKathleen DowdRuth E. DowdKathleen DowdTheresa DykeDonald Dzen, Sr.William & Dorothy FaganRonald GledichPedro GombaMary GrecoWilliam GreenJaneHarrisonPaul JorgensenBerte JuneKiley

Donal KileyNorman J. LongDr. John MalinPeter MaslowCharles MillerLouis MuellerGrace MurphyCharles MuskaEdward MuskaEdward T. MuskaWilliam J. MuskaMadeline NadeauJames J. Norton, Jr.Martha O'DonnellJohn E. PeaseDavid PigeonThomas PitneyMr. & Mrs. Enos PtachcinskiSuzanne RoignantElizabeth RomanJean & Robert RussellLucille & Alcide SaucierWilliam J. Saypalia, Jr.Laverne SharyLouise ShewokisMr. & Mrs. James SmithKenneth SunegaThomas SweeneyWilfred SweeneyWilfred & William SweeneyLeo SzymanskiMargaret WiechniakMary P. WiekrykasBeverly Woodard

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WINDOW CHARTBoucher Family — Above

AltarSacristy Window

Sacristy Window

Sacristy Window

Sacristy Window

Dowd Family - Window

ALTAR

Michael Geary

Family Window

Kyran O’Neil

Family - Window

Michael Foley

Family - Window

Laurence Havey

Family - Window

Peter Norton

Family - Window

James O’Neil Family - Window

Antony Pfeiffer

Family - Window

Scapular Window Choir Loft

Wm. Chamberlain

Family - Window

Choir - Windsorville

Rd. Window

Choir - Rye St. Window

Maurice O’Brien Family - Window

Front Door