Today we celebrates the Assumption of Our Lady - that feast which tells us how Mary, the mother of Jesus, was taken up to heaven to share in Christ's glory.We are lucky at the Cathedral to have a stained glass window showing Mary being taken up to heaven, surrounded by the angels.The window was made by a Lancaster firm Shrigley and Hunt. The phrase at the foot of the window - Assumpta est Maria in coelum, gaudent angeli - is taken from the liturgical texts for the feast: "Mary is assumed into heaven; the angels rejoice".
Colouring page of the assumption - Mary being taken up to heaven.
How many angels are there in the Assumption window?
Answer on the Feast of the Queenship of Mary - the octave of the Assumption.