Memorial Window Sint Dominicuskerk Leeuwarden

Memorial window Sint Dominicuskerk Leeuwarden

The Our Lady of Leeuwarden refugee window in the Sint Dominicuskerk in Leeuwarden was erected in memory of the war refugees from Tiel and Roermond.

Transcription from the private diary of and kept by Theo Lambooij, former Conductor and Organist of the church choir "Honor to God" of the St. Dominicus Church in Leeuwarden (diaries 1940-1968):
"Thursday, February 15, 1945
What turns Leeuwarden upside down these days are the thousands of evacuees from Venlo, Roermond, Tiel, Wageningen, etc. There are at least 50,000 spread over the entire province. Our churches have never been so full as in recent weeks. Mass is read in all villages as before 400 years ago! It is a true Roman invasion and it would be a wonder if some of it did not stick."
From the archives: "Mr. W van Woerkom in Nijmegen was asked to make a design for the windows in the Mariakapel.
These drawings are available at the meeting. Broadly speaking, they can be approved; a new design will be requested for a single detail. These windows cost Fl.2500,- of which Fl.500,- is paid for by the Congregation of Mary.
According to the treasurer, the state of the cash is sufficient to bear these costs. It is resolved to take this matter forward."

Establishment
The memorial window was commissioned by the parish fund by Wim van Woerkom (1905) from Nijmegen in 1948-1949. Wim van Woerkom was educated in Den Bosch 1921-1924 under Huib Luns and in Antwerp 1926-1929. Van Woerkom taught at the academy for visual arts in Arnhem. He lived and worked in Nijmegen, Den Bosch Antwerp and Paris.
and was engaged in painting, graphics, stained and appliquéd glass, mosaics and reliefs. Van Woerkom worked in his own studio and at studio Flos in Steyl near Tegelen (Lm).
Disclosure
The memorial window was solemnly dedicated by the Very Rev. Lord Pastor W. de Moll O.P.

Windows Chapel of the Virgin Mary.

Manufactured by Wim van Woerkom from Nijmegen in 1948-1949 on behalf of the parish fund In memory of the war refugees from Tiel and Roermond

The three lancet-shaped windows together form a representation. The middle window shows a representation of Mary (O.L.V. van Leeuwarden) in the upper half. While in the left window at the same height the coat of arms of the city of Tiel and in the right window the coat of arms of the city of Roermond are depicted with a banderole below. with the city name.

The middle part of the windows depicts Leeuwarden with the three parish churches of St. Dominicus, St. Boniface and St. John the Baptist, together with the tower of Oldehove, symbol of the city of Leeuwarden.

Oldehove Cathedral used to be the home of Our Lady of Leeuwarden. Among them a group of people in devastated area who are supported and taken care of by some Dominicans and Dominicanesses.

Wim van Woerkom was educated in Den Bosch 1921-1924 under Huib Luns and in Antwerp 1926-1929.
Taught at the academy for visual arts in Arnhem.

Lived and worked in Nijmegen, Den Bosch Antwerp and Paris. Was engaged in painting, graphics, stained and appliquéd glass, mosaics and reliefs. Worked in own studio and at studio Flos in Steyl near Tegelen (Lm).