The renovation of the Church of St. Gregory the Great is continuing well. 

The Lippold Sculpture has now been completely cleaned and rewired by Newmans, Ltd., and has been returned to the Church for reinstallation. The Newmans plan to start re-hanging the sculpture in the next few weeks.

The Church's original upper window bays were removed and new ones are currently being built using special cedar planking from Vancouver Island in Canada.

The colored glass that had been removed from the upper bays during the summer has been cleaned, broken pieces have been matched and repaired, and the glass is being reinstalled as the upper bays are re-built.  As wood arrives from the Pacific Northwest, the upper bays will be completed. 

In addition, the Church spire, which had been removed in early October, will likely go back up in the next few weeks.

When lowered last month, the teak pieces on the spire were removed, and the condition of the supporting steel was assessed.  The bronze cross was also removed.  The rust was removed from the steel and all joints were re-welded.  The steel was then hot-dipped galvanized, under-coated with epoxy primer and epoxy painted.

The cross was polished down to the original bronze and then powder-coat finished with a clear protective coat.  New teak was fabricated for the cross and the spire pieces were refinished. 

According to Brother Joseph Byron, "Everything looks beautiful, like new." 

View recent photos of the Church renovation here.