c. 1907-13
Glasmalerei Gassen & Blaschke
Saint Joseph’s University Collection
(formerly in St. Bonaventure Church, 1889-1993)

If a parish could not afford stained-glass windows for the entire church, donors would often purchase stained glass for the sanctuary first. As more funds became available, the remainder of the church would be glazed with stained glass. The windows that formerly glazed the sanctuary of St. Bonaventure Church were made by the Tyrolese Art Glass Co., and cost $350 apiece. These imported windows, as well as the less expensive clerestory windows ($150 apiece) from the Philadelphia firm of William Reith, were installed in time for the church's 1906 dedication. The ten aisle windows ($250 apiece) and two transept windows ($2,400 apiece), made by the German firm of Glasmalerei Gassen & Blaschke, were not installed until several years later.