Rotherham, St Bede's RC Church

Title: 'God the Holy Spirit'

Date: 2011

Design by: Roy W. Coomber

Size of each light: 650mm wide x 2135mm + tracery quatrefoil

Description: The Holy Spirit. The third person of the Trinity.

In Christian Art, the Holy Spirit is typified by the 'Dove', also 'Rays of Light' and 'Flames'. The Dove is a recognised symbol of the Holy Spirit which appears at the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the River of Jordan with a blaze of light. Waters cascade downwards to a Baptismal Pool, representing the act of washing away of sin and the birth of new life.

Among the streams of water are Seven Flames, representing the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit and Pentecost. At the top of the window are illustrations of Roche Abbey and the Chapel on the Bridge. To represent local industry in the Rotherham area, an image of a Bessemer converter issuing molten iron in the process of making steel.