Archive for the 'Churches' Category

The Wedding at Cana

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Eight stained glass windows in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent de Paul in Albany, New York depict events in the life of Jesus Christ. The fifth portrays The Wedding at Cana.
This work shows Jesus, his mother, the bride and groom, the water becoming wine as a servant pours it into a jar, and […]

Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Eight stained glass windows in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent de Paul in Albany, New York depict events in the life of Jesus Christ. The fourth portrays Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple.
In the upper right you will see Mary and Joseph as they find Jesus in the temple in Jerusalem.

Finding the Child Jesus […]

The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Eight stained glass windows in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent de Paul in Albany, New York depict events in the life of Jesus Christ. The third portrays the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
Notice that Joseph carries a cage with the requisite two turtle doves mentioned in Luke 2:24. Could this be the basis for the two […]

The Nativity

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Eight stained glass windows in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent de Paul in Albany, New York depict events in the life of Jesus Christ, the second of which portrays the Nativity.

The Nativity
SOURCE: The Nativity. Stained Glass Window in the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, Albany, New York. Created approximately 1904-1908 in Munich, Germany. Photographed […]

The Annunciation

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent de Paul in Albany, New York is home to a number of stained glass windows imported from Munich, Germany. Eight of these windows depict events in the life of Christ. The first portrays the Annunciation as described in the Gospel of Luke.

The Annunciation
SOURCE: The Annunciation. Stained Glass Window […]

The Church of Saint Vincent de Paul in Albany, New York

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Today, I visited the Church of Saint Vincent de Paul in order to take some photos. The church has been extensively remodeled since I was last here.

The Exterior of the Church of Saint Vincent de Paul
The Church of Saint Vincent de Paul has been remodeled several times in the past. The exterior of the existing […]

Photographs from Kazimierz Dolny

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Kazimierz Dolny is a Polish village on the Vistula River and is located about 10 miles northeast of Braciejowice.  Since I’ve never been to Braciejowice, the ancestral village of the Markiewicz family, I can’t show any photographs of Braciejowice.  I did, however, travel to Kazimierz Dolny with two friends in the fall of 2000.  I’m not sure […]

Braciejowice and the Parishes to Which it Belonged

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

Braciejowice, the ancestral village of the Markiewicz family is located in eastern Poland in Gmina Łaziska, Powiat Ziemski Opolski, Wojewódstwo Lubelskie.  In a previous post, I translated the entries for Braciejowice from the Słownik Geograficny which described the place as a village and grange (a grange is a large farmstead associated with a manor) between […]

Kathy Smith’s Trip to Poland

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

Today, I’m presenting a GuestBlog from Kathy Smith who found my Blog just before she left for Dubiecko, Poland.  The night before she left for Poland, Kathy called me and we had an interesting conversation about my trip to Dubiecko several years ago.  Here’s Kathy’s GuestBlog on her trip to Dubiecko along with some of my photographs […]

The Mother Parish

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Yesterday, Christine posted a comment under The Church in Dubiecko and What I Found There that sparked my interest in a couple of things related to my family history.
Steve, Do you know that Nienadowa had its own parish church starting in 1957? (Did you see it when you were there? It may also have a cemetery […]