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.

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