Our Lady of The Rosary

32333 Cowper Street
Palo Alto

The history of Our Lady of the Rosary Church is closely tied to the history of St. Aloysius Church.  The building which is now Our Lady of the Rosary Church was originally proposed as a gymnasium and multipurpose room for a school serving St. Aloysius Parish.  Before the school and gym were completed in 1958, Our Lady of the Rosary Parish had been formed, and the gym became the church.  Our Lady of the Rosary Parish was merged into St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in 1987.

Some of the stained glass windows in Our Lady of the Rosary originated in St. Aloysius Church.  The St. Aloysius building designed by Henry A. Minton and constructed by G. W. Williams Co. in 1940 had no stained glass.  In 1945, six small rectangular windows were created for the sanctuary by Carl Huneke, Century Stained Glass Studio, San Francisco.  In 1960, seven sacrament stained glass windows were created by Hogan Stained Glass for the nave of St. Aloysius.  
Those windows were affectionately regarded by the parishioners of St. Aloysius and the pastor.  The windows were removed and stored for later installation at Our Lady of the Rosary when the St. Aloysius building was sold to Ananda in 1995.

Starting in 1997, Pat Haeger, Haeger Stained Glass, San Jose created five small windows, and the Rosary window in Our Lady of the Rosary Church.  She also artfully combined each Huneke window with a sacrament window for seven striking large windows in the nave of Our Lady of the Rosary.

The present church was originally designed by Blanchard and Maher and built by Arne Falk.  In 1998, Sandy Barker, Barker and Associates, Menlo Park, designed the remodel which was built by Hallmark Construction.