St. John Neumann Catholic Church

Six stained glass windows are behind the apse along the ambulatory.  These windows depict two saints from three distinct religious orders and are placed in chronological order as you ascend the ambulatory (from right to left).  

• Saint Benedict, the Founder of the Benedictine Order and Western Monasticism, along with his sister Saint Scholastica
• Saint Dominic, Founder of the Dominican Order, and Saint Catherine of Siena
• Reformers of the Carmelite Order, Saint John of the Cross, and his soul sister, Saint Teresa of Avila

Links (for biographical sketches) are to the "Catholic Encyclopedia" at www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html.

BENEDICTINE ORDER
Saint Benedict.   Founder of western monasticism, born at Nursia, c. 480; died at Monte Cassino, 543. Click here for a biographical sketch.	Saint Scholastica.   Twin sister of Saint Benedict.  Click here for details about the abbey dedicated to Saint Scholastica.
Saint Benedict	Saint Scholastica
DOMINICAN ORDER
Saint Dominic.  Founder of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Order; born at Calaroga, in Old Castile, c. 1170; died 6 August, 1221. Click here for a biographical sketch.	Saint Catherine of Seina. Born at Siena, 25 March, 1347; died at Rome, 29 April, 1380. Click here for a biographical sketch.
Saint John of the Cross	Saint Teresa of Avila
CARMELITE ORDER
Saint John of the Cross. Founder (with St. Teresa) of the Discalced Carmelites, doctor of mystic theology, b. at Hontoveros, Old Castile, 24 June, 1542; d. at Ubeda, Andalusia, 14 Dec., 1591. Click here for a biographical sketch.	Saint Teresa of Avila (Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada). Born at Avila, Old Castile, 28 March, 1515; died at Alba de Tormes, 4 Oct., 1582. Click here for a biographical sketch.
Saint Dominic	Saint Catherine of Seina