Church window offers view to past

A bequest received last year has enabled St Boniface Anglican Cathedral to install a stained glass war memorial window more than 50 years after the church was built.

The cathedral was consecrated in 1962 as a war memorial church but a stained glass window representing this fact was never installed at the time due to a lack of money.

That all changed when months of approvals, tendering and production following the bequest culminated in the new window's installation on Monday.

The window features the words Lest We Forget, a wreath of wattle and kangaroo paw, a field of red poppies and two scripture readings.

Split over two parts, an existing column in the cathedral has been used as a central piece to form a Christian cross.

Perth Art Glass won the tender to design, produce and install the window and principal artist Ian Dixon said all four of the company's staff had input and critiqued each other throughout the process.

"Being a memorial window, we embarked on the whole project as a joint venture between all our staff using our individual strengths," he said.

The background glass panes have been made the same size as other stained glass windows in the cathedral to ensure continuity.

The window will be officially dedicated in a special service led by Bishop Allan Ewing at 11am on Saturday.

Window committee convenor Neville Peterkin said other artefacts including a 100-year-old chair and a communion set from the Crimean War would also be on display.

A commemorative booklet has been produced for Saturday's open ceremony.