Stained Glass Goes Green

Photograph by: HANDOUT PHOTO: Sarah Hall Studio, The StarPhoenix

One of the more interesting stories about churches this week was a $28.5-million cathedral under construction in Saskatoon, Canada that will combine art and technology when engineers install large stained glass windows with embedded solar panels. Toronto-based artist Sarah Hall used 54 panels to create three large sections — the largest of which is 13.3 metres tall 3.2 metres wide — representing the Prairie sky. Hall is well known for her stained glass work at religious institutions around the world. The Saskatoon Cathedral is believed to be the first religious structure in North America to use the technology.