Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity highlight Conrad Pickel’s Last Supper stained glass window. It can be found on a pilgrimage to St. Helena Parish, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is one of 6 windows that tell the Gospel life of Jesus. It encourages a Lenten Pilgrimage centered on the Eucharist.
This painting represents the scene of the Last Supper of Jesus with the Twelve Apostles, as it is told in the Gospel of John – specifically to capture the moment after Jesus announces that one of his apostles will betray him. This beautiful, stained-glass window depicting the Last Supper, along with 18 others were installed in 1946 and 1947. He was assisted in the window designs by Msgr. Owen Rowan.
Conrad Pickel’s son, Robert Paul Pickel made this recent comment on his father’s work. “My father was extremely proud of his work at St Helena’s . The timeless series of stained-glass windows Conrad Pickel created for St Helena’s, can still without question, be considered some of the very best anywhere in the country and anywhere in the world. Rich jewels of color (Pickel Blues) are combined with imaginative stylized meaningful design. The city of Minneapolis or Minnesota should truly honor St Helena’s as a special historic landmark. The Archdiocese should without question designate and preserve St Helena’s as a magnificent stained-glass shrine. The rich color ad art of the windows will never be matched.”
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