Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart

Ankeny, Iowa

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St. Michael and All Angel’s Chapel, Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Catholic Church

Exterior, daytime view showing reflective German opal glass in stained glass windows.

Jeff G. Smith, Architectural Stained Glass, Inc., Fort Davis, Texas

Immaculate Heart Catholic Church, Ankeny, Iowa: Jeff G. Smith, Architectural Stained Glass, Inc., Texas

Entrance to octagonal St. Michael Chapel with tabernacle surrounded by stained glass.

St. Michael Chapel, Ankeny, Iowa: Architectural Stained Glass, Inc., Fort Davis, Texas

East Window bathed in color projected through West Window by setting sun.

Southwest windows at midday: Jeff G. Smith, Architectural Stained Glass, Inc., Texas

Southwest window at sunrise. Made with imported mouthblown glass and prisms.

Outside view of Southwest window showing reflective German opal glass in daylight.

Upper section Southwest window showing reflective German opal glass in transmitted light.

West Window in morning sun from East Window.

"Immaculate Heart of Mary" Northwest Window. Made of European mouthblown glass.

"St. Michael's Sword": Northwest Window. Made of German mouthblown glass and prisms

View from East Window across chapel to West Window in afternoon sun.

Night view: St. Michael Chapel with the main sanctuary at right.

Night view: Lantern-like St. Michael Chapel with the main sanctuary at right.

Jeff G. Smith, Architectural Stained Glass, Inc., Fort Davis, Texas

Scale color-rendering: “Unfolded” projection of 8-sided St. Michael Chapel.