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Welcoming diversity of cultures and
backgrounds, Jubilee House is an Adult Education Center; a place for learning and sharing, located in the
South End of Hartford, Connecticut. |
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Office: 860-247-3030
Fax: 860-548-9635
Email: jubilee.house@hartnet.org
40 Clifford Street
Hartford, Ct 06114 |
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Those who come to visit, volunteer or study at Jubilee House are invariably
struck by its beauty. We always enjoy seeing how they react to the building:
“Are we really in Hartford?” I didn’t know there was a place like this in the
city!” “This is an oasis for everyone who comes here.”
The spacious meditation room, formerly the sisters’ chapel, particularly
inspires this rea ction.
The brilliant hues of its stained glass windows are the first feature to strike
the eye of a visitor. The windows portray people and events in the life of Saint
Augustine: his mother, St. Monica, praying for him; the young Augustine taking
and reading the scriptures; the influence of St. Ambrose; the conversion of
Augustine to a life of holiness; his story of a child trying to empty the ocean
into a bucket; and finally, his appointment as Bishop of a diocese in Africa.
The windows were designed and executed by Jean Jacques Duv al
of Strasbourg, France, widely known for his work with faceted glass. Duval also
designed the windows in the Vatican Pavilion for the 1963 World’s Fair in New
York, and his art is well known and appreciated throughout the world. Today he
lives in New York state and has his studio there. Visit the studio on the
internet at www.duvalstudio.com.
The building itself, including the original sisters’ chapel, was designed by the
West Hartford architectural firm of Russell, Gibson vonDohlen. Fr. Henry C.
Frascador e,
who resided in Saint Augustine rectory for thirty-eight years while he taught at
South Catholic High School and later served as president of Northwest Catholic,
worked with architect Robert vonDohlen in designing the two-story chapel.
When the chapel became the Jubilee House meditation room, a beautiful tapestry
which
 captures
the colors of the stained glass windows and features a creation motif was
custom-designed by Slabbinck of Belgium at the request of Brian Baker, and given
by him to Jubilee House in memory of his aunt, Sally Gausman. The meditation
room was dedicated in 1998 to the Sisters of Saint Joseph in memory of Helen
Burns.
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