Photos of this Renovation came from St. Luke's Rectory, but I am unaware who took them: The following article appeared in the March 27, 1955 issue of Our Sunday Visitor.
FAIRFAX CHURCH IS REDECORATED
The interior of St. Luke Church of Fairfax has taken on a "new look" with the complete redecorating of the Church from the basement to the balcony. Louis Rocheleau of the Rocheleau Decorating Co. of Winooski recommended the color schemes that were followed throughout the Church. The work was done by Wilson Howrigan and Francis Rooney, both parishioners of St. Luke's, together with the donated services of many parishioners of St. Luke Church. "Painting Bees" were held on numerous evenings when as many as ten would be painting at the same time. Such freely donated services kept the cost of the decorating job within the budget of this small rural church. At least two of the parishioners proved to have real artistic talent. One of these, Mrs. Wilson Howrigan, painted all the statues in the church. Another, Mrs. Ralph McGue is touching up and refinishing a set of Stations of the Cross which were presented to St. Luke's from St. Francis Church in Windsor when a new set of Stations was installed there with their new church. These refinished Stations will be installed in St. Luke Church at a later date. The ceiling of the main body of the church is peach in color with the walls in Nassau Green and the baseboard trip in Sandstone Buff. The white main altar stands out in bold relief because of a dark green sanctuary. The ceiling of the vestry is of light blue with the walls of peach. The church hall has a ceiling of very light green with two toned side walls of a slightly darker green and Sandstone buff. New shelves have also been installed in the church hall.
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Stained Glass Windows
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Front of the Church taken from the Choir
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Front of the Church taken from the Choir
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The Choir looking at the stairway to go down stairs
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The Choir looking at it from the stairway to go down stairs
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Photo from the back of the Church
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Photo from the front of the Church - Confessional can be seen in the right rear corner - It was changed to a room with a screen and also another chair so you could speak directly to the priest
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Photo from the front of the Church
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Photo from the front of the Church - Confessional can be seen in the right rear corner - It was changed to a room with a screen and also another chair so you could speak directly to the priest
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The Vestry
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Confessional - This was changed from the center door where the priest sat and the confessional on each side of him. The same confessional is now up at the new St. Lukes
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St Luke's Church on the outside around 1955
Maybe he can remember and piece together some of the missing parts. I know in these photos that the old ceiling lights were gone and the suspended ceiling is up with the new fluorescent lights. I remembered Mrs. Wilson Howrigan painting the statues and Harriet McGue doing the stations of the cross. The article on March 27, 1955 is where I got the date on this, but it looked like this was a big renovation here. If you would like to look at some larger pictures, you can click on the following link, then click on the larger thumbnail size image:
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