Stained Glass Window Restoration
2013-2015
St. Catherine of Siena Church - Broad Brook, CT
Introduction
The stained glass windows of St. Catherine Church
have inspired God’s people since 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 thenpastor, Fr. Paul Gotta, we commissioned
an inspection by Stained 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 reinstallation 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 STEVENS
JAMES 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)
Theodore & Irene Bulgajewski
David & Amy Akerley
June Cameron
Eric & Jan Albetski
Theresa Ciesones
Barbara Bancroft & Family
Arleen Cipollini
Leona Bard
Terri Colone
Kathleen Bartholomew
Evelyn Crane
Maria Fernanda Batista
The Cullinane Family
Florence Beaupre
John & Caitlin D’Ambrosio & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Emery Berube
Edwin & Patricia Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bibeault
Elizabeth & John Deitelbaum
Carolyn Bloznalis
William C. Denker
June M. Boains
The Donahue Family
Victoria Bonelli
Kevin Dowd
Michael Bower
Lois C. Dowd
Dorothy Bowns
Jerry, Mary & Kevin Dowd
Patricia Brennan
Ann G. Duffy
Kathleen A. Brett
Donald & Linda Dzen
The Brigada Family
Daniel & Andrea Dziadul
John & Enid Browne
John & Susan Dziadul
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Thomas & Diane Dzikiewicz
Jean T. Kupec
Agnes Eisler
Judith Jorgensen, in honor of Mr. & Mrs.
Richard Ptachcinski
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
Teresa Junod
Peter & Frances Keenan
Kement & Sons Construction, Inc.
Helen Kessler
Corrine M. King
Nelson & Mary Lee Koehler
Joanne Kosciw
Michael & Therese Kowalski
Kim & John Foscolos
The Krupienski Family
Clarissa & John Geglio
Gertrude R. Kupec
Mr. & Mrs. William Gould
Bernard Lavoie
William & Colleen Green
Richard & Marie Letellier
Mae Grigely
The L'Heureux Family
Patricia & Brian Hastings & Family
Florence Nels Lockwood
Cheryl Haussman
Tim & Kate Ludlam
Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Heine
Lawrence & Maureen Lyman
Germaine Hoffman
Lionel & Elizabeth Macdonald
Margaret Hoffman
Angeline & David Machewirth
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Carol Macholl
Mary G. Nilsson
Richard W. & Caroline G. Madore
William & Josephine Nolin
Eleanor & Dr. John Malin
Dolores & Donald Norton
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Malyszko & Family
Louise Norton
Marie L. Parker
Ann M. O'Brien
John & Marion Maslow
Edward & Kathryn O'Brien
Lynn Maslow
James O'Donnell
Ronald & Nancy Masters
Mary O'Donnell
Ann & Len Mathiason
O'Donnell & Callahan Families
Samuel & Blanche McGill
Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Ouellette
Ethel Mersereau
Roger & Kathleen Ouellette
Marilyn Migliore
Laura M. Palmer
Carolyn M. Miller
Krystyna Paluch & Family
Mary Miller
Emily Parente
Mary E. Miller
David & Jean Patria
Vera S. Monahan
Katherine M. Pfeiffer
Lauria Morneault
Walter, Diane & Amanda Pierog
Janet Neville
Terry Pitts
Diane D. Newell
Paul & Nancy Pochron
Josephine Nicholson
Wendy & Mark Quinn
Jim & Joan Nilsson
Donald & Joyce Rapoza
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Florence Reed
Maria A. Sedotti
Roseann & Steve Regina
Ralph & Helen Senk
June Reichle
Leslie & Josephine Sheldon
Ken & Nona Reichle
Betty Ann Sheridan
Bill & Beth Sheridan
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
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
Mary & Arthur Wyse
Ernest & Katherine Teixeira
Paul & Arlene Young
Ronald & Antoinette Theriault
Rosalind & John Zagaja
Louise & Michael Tiernan
Margaret Zinky
R. & L. Topazio
Alida & Donald Whiteway
Lucie Williams-Endee
Denise Woodward
Patricia Woodward
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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 Albetski
Reginald Bancroft
Mary Blinn
Lena Bloznalis
Aime & Lucia Breton
May Brittain
Theodore Bulgajewski
Jeffrey Butenas
Jeanette Butler
Matilda Carbone
Edward & Eleanor Carr
Ernest Champigny
Ned E. Cipollini
Rolland Cote, Jr.
Evelyn Crane
Daniel Doughney
Kathleen Dowd
Ruth E. Dowd
Kathleen Dowd
Theresa Dyke
Donald Dzen, Sr.
William & Dorothy Fagan
Ronald Gledich
Pedro Gomba
Mary Greco
William Green
JaneHarrison
Paul Jorgensen
Berte JuneKiley
Donal Kiley
Norman J. Long
Dr. John Malin
Peter Maslow
Charles Miller
Louis Mueller
Grace Murphy
Charles Muska
Edward Muska
Edward T. Muska
William J. Muska
Madeline Nadeau
James J. Norton, Jr.
Martha O'Donnell
John E. Pease
David Pigeon
Thomas Pitney
Mr. & Mrs. Enos Ptachcinski
Suzanne Roignant
Elizabeth Roman
Jean & Robert Russell
Lucille & Alcide Saucier
William J. Saypalia, Jr.
Laverne Shary
Louise Shewokis
Mr. & Mrs. James Smith
Kenneth Sunega
Thomas Sweeney
Wilfred Sweeney
Wilfred & William Sweeney
Leo Szymanski
Margaret Wiechniak
Mary P. Wiekrykas
Beverly Woodard
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WINDOW CHART
Boucher Family — Above
Altar
Sacristy
Window
Sacristy
Window
Sacristy
Window
Sacristy
Window
Michael
Dowd
Family -
Geary
ALTAR
Window
Family
Window
Kyran
Michael
Family -
Family -
Laurence
Peter
O’Neil
Foley
Window
Window
Havey
Norton
Family -
Family -
Window
Window
Antony
James O’Neil
Pfeiffer
Family -
Family -
Window
Window
Scapular
Window
Wm.
Chamberlain
Family Window
Choir Loft
Choir -
Choir -
Windsorville
Rye St.
Rd.
Window
Window
Maurice
O’Brien
Family Window
Front Door
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