The Cathedral Today
The Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew remains at the former location of Saint Mary’s Episcopal College for Women. The tree-lined college campus is now the cathedral close and the dormitories, class rooms, and offices are still in use.
The cathedral has a beautiful collection of stained-glass windows dating from the late 19th century. Many of them were installed in the 1970s. These impressive windows include the Nativity, the Resurrection, the Stations of the Cross, the cathedral’s patron saint Saint Matthew, the sacraments, and the founding fathers of the church. Because the history of the church is in Texas, some of the windows contain interesting images, such as cowboys, Native Americans, and a stagecoach.
In addition, there is a magnificent collection of paintings dating from the Victorian era. Some of these paintings were gifts to Saint Mary’s Episcopal College for Women, so it is not surprising to find the subject matter of many of the paintings to be Saint Mary.
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