The construction crew began putting up the metal lace panels for the Windmoor Center and Chapel of St. Joseph Nov. 7.

According to president Nan Bone, all the lace panels, made by the A. Zahner Company, will be in place either this Friday Nov. 11 or Wednesday Nov. 16 at the latest. Bone said there will be three big panels in front of the Windmoor Center that will circle up to a skylight, and there will be a panel of lace inside the building.

The lace panels were created in the image of multiple pieces of lace created by Sister Ramona, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, a piece of lace given to Bone when she became president at STA and a generic piece of lace used to tie the others together. The piece of lace given to Bone is from the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph in France. The sisters started making lace as a source of income and as a tool for women to escape poverty. St. Teresa’s of Avila is the patron saint of lace makers.