The stained glass window was donated by Catherine and John J.Gallagher and restored in memory of the Schaefer and Colbert Families.

St. Katherine (or Catherine) of Alexandria was an early martyr famous for her beauty and intelligence.   She opposed idolatry and was so eloquent a speaker that she converted many people (including those in Emperor Maxentius's court).   Legend has it that the Emperor, himself, proposed that she marry him, but when she refused, he had her beatened and tortured.   She was miraculously rescued from spiked wheel that she was stretched on, but after that she was beheaded.   She is famous as being one of the voices that was heard by Joan of Arc, and she the Patron Saint of philosophers, maidens and preachers.   She died in 310 AD.