We visited the new Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia over the weekend. This was planned for a long time and there were reasons why it had to be at this moment. Since we are safe I won’t second guess what we did, but the snow was unpleasant.

Here’s a picture from the edge of a giant stained glass window in the refectory (cafeteria). I think the saw is a symbol for the Apostle Simon.

Here’s a wider view of the window. There are twelve oval medallions around the edges of the window but they aren’t all visible in this picture. I suspect they are for the twelve apostles but I couldn’t identify all of them. You can see square medallions closer to the center of the window, with Saint Sebastian on the left and Saint Peregrine on the right. The crown, laid aside, and the word, Humilitas, give the window its name.

This picture shows four of the square medallions. The one of the right is Saint Joan of Arc. There’s one more medallion below these. The window is at least twenty feet tall, two stories high.

The saint at the bottom of the window, not shown in the above picture is Saint Tarcisius. This square medallion is about six inches tall. Amazing detail.

One more picture … a little fuzzy but helpful for scale.

The header is a painting in the back of the refectory, done by a local artist long ago. No signature on the painting and no wall plaque explaining… it’s not a museum, it’s a place for the seminarians to eat and think.