Virtual Tour

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Stained Glass Window Set 3

These windows were given in memory of Major Gen. Charles Hodges, his wife, Anna, their son, Major Gen. Carrol Hodges, and their daughter, Jessie; to honor the lives of St. Joan of Arc, and St. Martin of Tours.

St. Martin was born around 330 to pagan parents; and his father, a soldier, enlisted Martin in the Army at age 15. At the end of his military service he said, “Hitherto I have faithfully served Caesar. Let me now serve Christ.”

He founded the first monastery in Gaul, and in 371, he was elected Bishop of Tours. He died around November 11, 397, and his shrine became a sanctuary for those seeking justice just as he had fought bravely for during his life.

St. Joan of Arc, a patron saint of France, and a national heroine, led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the 100 year war.

At the age of 12, she began hearing “voices” and believed them to be from God. These voices told her it was her divine mission to free her country from the English.

At the battle of Orleans in May 1429, she led the troops to a miraculous victory over the English, and when Charles VII was crowned King of France, she sat at the place of honor next to him.

In 1430, she was captured and sold to the English, who turned her over to the ecclesiastical court, and she was found guilty of heresy. Fourteen months later, she was burned at the stake, and the King made no attempt to rescue her.

In 1456, she was pronounced innocent of these charges, and she was beatified in 1909, and canonized in 1920 by Pope Benedict.