Pope John Paul II Special Edition Commemorative Stained Glass

Karol Jozef Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland. The youngest child of a teacher and a retired army officer, he was an active young man, an athlete and an outdoorsman with a passion for poetry, philosophy, and the theater. Much of his advanced education was obtained underground during the Nazi occupation of Poland. He was ordained a priest in 1946, a bishop in 1958, was appointed archbishop of Krakow in 1964, and elevated to the College of cardinals in 1967, at forty-seven its youngest member. When Cardinal Wojtyla was elected the 264th successor of Peter in 1978, he became the first Polish pope, the first non-Italian pontiff since Adrian IV in the sixteenth century and the youngest pope since Pius IX. John Paul II circled the globe and visited every continent except Antarctica. He opened dialogues with Protestant denominations; visited Auschwitz, a Jewish synagogue, and a Muslim mosque; and made pilgrimages to Orthodox countries where no pope had ever set foot before. His legacy includes more than a dozen encyclicals, as well as scores of apostolic letters, constitutions, and exhortations. He beatified and canonized over a thousand men and women from all walks of life and greeted hundreds of millions of the faithful through his travels and papal audiences. Tireless in his work for the poor and powerless, he was outspoken against war, economic injustice, political oppression, and what he called the industrialized world's "culture of death." Pope John Paul II's ultimate homily was probably his own life a life characterized by a charismatic personality, heartfelt prayer, moral vision, global evangelism, tireless advocacy for human dignity and political and religious freedom, and unshakable faith. This beautiful commemorative stained glass roundel has been created by Glassmasters in conjunction with the United States Historical Society using original artwork by Jack Woodson the famous American Folk Artist and Illustrator.

Price $34.95 plus $5.95 S & H

Features:

• Beautiful and colourful 6 1/2" roundel with much fine detail
• A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Catholic Charities USA
• Comes complete with chain ready to hang
• Guaranteed never to fade
• Made in the USA