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Our Twelve Windows
From dawn to dusk, in the darkest hour as well as in the brightest;
the House of God is the constant still-point in an ever-changing world of rush and change.
Standing in St Margaret's, you are surrounded by twelve beautiful stained glass windows depicting saints from the past. With the clock-style aerial view of the church below, you can view all twelve.
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About Pope Pius X:
Born in Venice 1835, Pius X had an impoverished childhood as one of eight children of a village cobbler. He felt a calling to the priesthood from his youth, studied at Padua, became a Parish priest, ordained in 1858, Bishop of Mantua, a Patriarch of Venice, a Cardinal, and then Pope in 1903.
Issued decrees on early (age 7 instead of 12 or 14 as previously) and frequent communion. Destroyed the last vestiges of Jansenism by advocating frequent and even daily communion. Reformed the liturgy, promoted clear and simple homilies, and brought Gregorian chant back to services. Revised the Breviary, and teaching of the Catechism. Fought Modernism, reorganized the Roman curia, and worked against the modern antagonism of the state against the Church. Initiated the codification of canon law. Promoting Bible reading by all the faithful. Supported foreign missions.
He died on 20th August 1914 of natural causes aggravated by worries over the beginning of World War I.
Canonized 1954 by Pope Pius XII.
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