The
chapel was the inter-denominational church at the Glasgow
Garden Festival and it was the wish of the committee that
it should always remain a place of worship. Carfin Grotto
was the ideal spot for its re-location.
It
was to be known as Our Lady, Star of the Sea as it was being
erected on the shrine bearing that name. During its reconstruction
the aircraft Maid of the Seas fell on Lockerbie and it was
felt desirable to change the proposed name, recalling instead
the disaster that affected so many people, therefore it
was named Our Lady, Maid of the Seas.
Now
this beautiful place of prayer is a permanent centre of
devotion attracting many visitors throughout the year. Two
plaques bearing the names of the 256 victims of the disaster
are mounted on the pillars inside the church. On either
side of the Glass Chapel can be seen the shrines of “Stella
Maris” or Queen of the Seas and St. Joseph. The statue of
“Stella Maris” was paid for by an anonymous donor in 1926
and the statue of St. Joseph, was gifted by a widow in 1927.
