Stained Glass Dove - St. Ann Catholic Church - Clover Bottom, MO USA
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YoSam.
N 38° 30.201 W 091° 07.123
15S E 664042 N 4263342
This dove is head down over the main entrance into the church. This is a stain glass dove.
Waymark Code: WM14CD3
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2021
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County of church: Franklin County
Location of church: State Hwy YY & State Hwy AJ, Clover Bottom
Phone: 636-239-3222
Pastor: Rev. Carl Scheble
Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
This dove with wings in the drawn position of flying, and with an olive branch in it's beak. Dove is in a heads-down position and also has the golden halo about his head. He is within the radian arms of light radiating out from his position to infinity.
"Just as St. Ann nurtured the Blessed Virgin Mary as the first and best disciple of Jesus, we see ourselves as a nurturing community making more disciples for Jesus. Prayer, hospitality, and service are the three things we do best and which we seek to develop in our service of Christ, His Church, and the larger community." ~ Archdiocese of St. Louis
"Originally, St. Gertrude Parish would include what is now the parish of St. Ann, Clover Bottom. Beginning in the 1870’s, land was offered for the establishment of a Catholic Church and/or School at Clover Bottom for the Polish immigrants. In 1899, St. Ann was established as a separate parish." ~ St. Gertrude
"Saint Ann Church, in Clover Bottom, Missouri. This rural community is in Franklin County, about six or so miles southwest from the nearest town, Washington, and about 59 highway miles west of downtown Saint Louis, Missouri.
"The church's patroness, Saint Ann, is Mary's mother.
"According to one source, "The community was named for the fields of clover Jesuit missionaries found here." ~ Rome of the West