Welcome to the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.  Our windows are considered some of the finest in the world.  There are 75 windows - more than any other church of any denomination in America.  F.X. Zettler crafted the windows in Munich, Germany at the Royal Bavarian Art Institute (the firm and its secret for exquisite stained glass were destroyed during World War II).  Mr. Zettler was a chemist who was known for his unique ability to craft beautiful colors and dyes.  With monumental effect, Zettler oversaw 50 artisans who worked to craft our windows.  In 1912 the total cost of the 75 windows were $34,000.  Today, just one transept window would cost over $500,000.

Windows above the nave of the church.

Wedding Feast at Cana (Jn. 2:1-12)

Jesus Calms the Storm at Sea. (Lk. 8:22-25)

Presentation of Mary in the Temple

Windows above the West Door

Annunciation.(Lk.1:26-38)

Visitation

Large West Transept

Depicts the formal proclamation by Pius IX of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception in 1854. The lower portion depicts eight Church fathers who wrote and preached about Mary Immaculate.

Lower windows next to the side altar of the Sacred Heart

Nativity of Jesus

Presentation in the Temple

Finding of the child Jesus in the Temple.

Windows above the side altar of the Sacred Heart

Jesus on the boat preaching to the crowd.

Jesus healing the paralyzed man on stretcher.

Sanctuary - West windows

Pilate: "Ecce Homo", "Behold the Man"

The Agony in the Garden

Jesus is Stripped of His Garment.

Melchizedek, king of Salem blessing Abram

Sanctuary - center window

The Crucifixion

Sanctuary - East windows

The Last Supper

Jesus meets His mother on His way to Calvary

Jesus is scourged at the pillar.

Jesus is crowned with thorns.

Windows above the side altar of the Blessed Virgin

Jesus is taken from the cross

Mary returns to Calvary with John

Lower windows next to the side altar of the Blessed Virgin

The Resurrection

The Ascension

The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles

Large East Transept

Council of Ephesus in 431, when Mary was proclaimed "Mother of God" by St. Cyril, bishop of Alexandria. The Holy Spirit appears in the form of a dove in the upper portion of the window. Lower portion depicts eight Church fathers who wrote and preached about Mary, the Mother of God.

Window next to East Transept

Assumption of Mary

Above the East Door

Coronation of Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth

East windows above the nave

Jesus blesses the children

The multiplication of loaves and fishes

St. Paul preaching in Greece

Behind the Choir Loft

Rose Window

St. Cecilia playing musical instrument

East Vestibule

Jesus knocking

Center Vestibule

Left of main doors

Coat of Arms of Pope St. Pius X

Right of main doors

Holy Cross Mountain, a tribute to the Franciscans present in the early missionary territory that would become the Archdiocese of Denver. (These windows were not produced by the Royal Bavarian Art Institute.)

West Vestibule

Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles to Go out Two by Two

Other Windows

There are many other small windows in the upper part of the nave, transept, and sanctuary depicting symbols of the sacraments, of the four gospel writers, and angels.

(Stained Glass Windows Pictures taken by Rev. Félix Zermeño-Martin and Mr. Francisco Javier Ramos-López)