CHRIST THE KING ENTHRONED ON RAINBOW FLANKED BY THE ANGELIC CHOIR
KING DAVID THE PSALMIST HOLDING HIS HARP (Bottom Right)
SAINT CECILIA HILDING ORGAN PIPES (Bottom Left)
Patroness of Music and of the Archdiocese of Omaha
The saints represented at the top of the first window on both outer walls, Saint Ambrose (west) and Saint Gregory the Great (east) echo the Music Window: each saint helped formulate western Church music- the Ambrosian and Gregorian chants.
This book recounts the history of St. John’s Church on the Creighton University campus from its founding by Sarah Emily Creighton and the early Jesuits to today’s “parish of choice” for people throughout the Omaha area and Creighton students. It includes tours of this Omaha Landmark and its windows.
But St. John’s is, above all, a community of extraordinary people. The book highlights the historic contributions of many of them as well as recounting stories from parishioners about their experiences with the parish in everything from education, music and weddings to our relationship with our sister Jesuit parishes on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Together St. John’s members say “We Belong Here.”
