Mobile Site Gives Guided Tour of De La Salle Chapel Windows

Visitors to the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers on Manhattan College’s campus now have the ability to use a mobile site and audio tour to guide them through the stained glass windows that trace the history of Saint John Baptist de La Salle. 

Visitors can begin the immersive tour of the stained glass windows on the left side of the chapel, facing the altar, with the window closest to the sanctuary. The tour continues down the left side of the chapel, toward the entrance doors, and back up the right side of the chapel toward the sanctuary.

The De La Salle windows were created in the early 1900s by the renowned French workshop of L. Mazuet et fils of Bayeux, which was founded in 1858. Both father, Léon-Louis, and son, Henri, were students of the Christian Brothers in the late 1800s. Their work can be admired in the ancient churches and magnificent cathedrals of France, including Église Notre-Dame et Saint-Marcouf in Basse-Normandie.

The windows were originally installed at the Christian Brothers’ Novitiate in Pocantico Hills, New York, and were moved to the chapel of the Brothers’ Novitiate in Barrytown, New York, in 1930. They were reacquired in 2015, through the joint effort of Manhattan College and the District of Eastern North America of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 

After a yearlong process of restoration by Rohlf’s Stained and Leaded Glass Studio, they were installed in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers in early 2016, and were dedicated on the Feast of Saint John Baptist de La Salle on April 7, 2016.

The Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers is open during the academic year for self-guided tours and reflection. Mass is celebrated on holy days of obligation and each Sunday during the academic year at 7:30 p.m.