Where once the nave of the historic St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in downtown Bend was lit by electric lights, the cool bulbs are rendered irrelevant and lifeless in a landscape of color.

If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi ... take in the beautiful stained-glass windows and find a docent to help explain ...

His father was also a stained glass artist. Blondeel's windows decorate buildings at Gallaudet University and RIT's National Technical Institute of the Deaf, both being schools he attended. He has ...