Mater Window

Each Sacred Heart School has a painting of Mater Admirabilis , in tribute to the original fresco at the Trinità dei Monti in Rome (below). Stuart's painting, located in the front hall directly opposite the main entrance, depicts Mary as a young girl. It was designed and hand executed on glass by Stuart's architect, Jean Labutut. Because Mary's dress is not filled in, the forest background makes the dress appear to change with the seasons. Labutut did not paint Mary's face because he wanted each person to create her or his own image of Mater.

Labutut added another layer of meaning to the painting. The glass wall on which it is painted points to the center of Princeton, and is oriented toward three distinct vistas: Holder Tower at the Graduate College of Princeton University, the steeple of Trinity Church, and the Princeton University Chapel.