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Our church building is built in the form of a dove. Every picture
of our patron, St. Gregory the Great, shows him with the Holy
Spirit, in the form of a dove over his shoulder, appearing to
be whispering in his ear.
Our parish was begun in June, 1960 when 10 acres of land were
purchased - including a barn, farm house, carriage house and shed.
The barn was transformed into a church and was used for worship
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Our parish logo shows the silo of the barn, the tower of our
present church building with the dove (the Holy Spirit) joining
the two.
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Our church building has six circular stained
glass windows which symbolize the six days of creation.
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The first window is located on the south side of the church
in the chapel and signifies the first day of creation "Let
there be light!"
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The second window shows "Let there be a dome in the
middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the
other!"
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The third, in the Reconciliation Room, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single
basin, so that the dry land may appear." And so it happened:
the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry
land appeared.
God called the dry land "the earth," and the
basin of the water he called "the sea." God
saw how good it was.
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation..."
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The fourth window in the sacristy, "Let there be lights
in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night."
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The fifth window, also in the sacristy, "Let the water
teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth
let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky."
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The sixth window, in the exterior wall on the north side of
the church, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds of
living creatures.... God made all kinds of wild animals, .....
God created man in his image; in the divine image he created
him; male and female he created them."
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The seventh window, in the tower of the church, "So
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy... " symbolized
by all those that come to worship each Sunday.
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