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St Piggy?


Our Lady of Bethlehem parish church… Sounds serious, catholic, etc. But… What is this strange window on the church??? OK, I can imagine who’s the guy with the beard on top, and who’s the one with the halo, underneath. But what of the thing in blue on the photo, wearing trendy shades? Can someone explain??? Don’t want to shock anyone with christian sensibilities, but any way I look at it, any way I turn or twist it, I only see a piglet! This is bizarre!

13 responses

  1. Ha ha! Imagine that design draft: We also want a pig in it. With cool shades, a hoody and a smirk. A fly pig, you dig?

    It looks like it was meant to be a dove, with its tail artistically (not really) blending into the father’s beard and its head is piggy´s snout bit.

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    December 9, 2010 at 11:49 am

  2. I think the designer pulled a fast one. Looks like a pig to me! What is it? 'You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear!'
    Well- you can't make that stained glass not look quite…
    piggy!
    :):) Good “I spying!!”
    'I spy' an oinker too!
    Ha!

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    December 7, 2010 at 2:50 pm

  3. hee hee…
    It is Saint Totus Porcus, and he's gone whole hog for getting out attention…

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    December 7, 2010 at 3:50 am

  4. you have one fabulous blog.

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    December 6, 2010 at 11:33 pm

  5. That is a genuinely bizarre window. “Weird” also fits. I wonder if the chuch paid the bill from the artist . . .

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    December 6, 2010 at 7:40 pm

  6. VP

    I knew the have a Darth Vader gargoyle in Washington D.C., but this is much better! You have to ask around about this…

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    December 6, 2010 at 7:23 pm

  7. I am baffled! It certainly is different.

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    December 6, 2010 at 5:45 pm

  8. After sitting here stumped for awhile, I'm going to make a serious guess and assume that it's supposed to be the Holy Ghost. After all, they have the father and the son, and this… thing… has a halo such as theirs. So, using my excellent deductive reasoning, I think it must be the holy spirit. A very piggy holy spirit!

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    December 6, 2010 at 4:08 pm

  9. I think it's the artist's self-portrait!

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    December 6, 2010 at 4:05 pm

  10. That is just so cute.. well spotted !

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    December 6, 2010 at 10:44 am

  11. What the?

    Aloha from Waikiki

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    December 6, 2010 at 3:46 am

  12. That is St. Piggy, patron saint of the Easter Ham, lol.

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    December 6, 2010 at 2:26 am

  13. That is St. Piglet, patron saint of the Easter Ham, lol!

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    December 6, 2010 at 2:24 am