The windows to be restored are the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located behind the main altar, and the Sacred Heart of Mary, located on the right from the main entrance to the Church.

The 125 year old windows will be removed piece by piece, wrapped in bubble wrap and transported to Queensland, where they will be recorded in minute detail before they are taken apart.

Once apart, any repairs required will be made, the lead will be taken off and the pieces of glass will be clean by using cotton buds and deionized water under a magnifying glass.

Once restored and the lead will be replaced by a lead alloy, that lasts up to 150 years, the windows will be brought back to Boorowa and installed again, the restoration will take up to 5 months and Jerry Cummins is hoping to be able to put the windows back in late March 2010.

Taking the windows out will take up to a week.

The windows at St Patrick’s Church are architecturally regarded as beautiful as they were all done as one concept which is unusual.

The windows are starting to collapse and break as the lead is starting to break down and instead of the lead supporting the stained glass, the stained glass is supporting the lead.

The restoration has been made possible with a grant of $76, 000, from NSW Heritage Council, on a dollar for dollar basis with the community raising the remaining $38,000 which it has done.

The team doing the restoration has much experience with restoring stained glass windows with Gerry Cummins, having over 30 years experience, and Gavin Merrington is the best stained glass restorer in Tasmania and adding more experience to the team is nephew Paul Cummins, from Queensland as well as Jill Stehn, who has many years experience.

Once back in place, the mouth blown glass should last several thousand years, the glass paints should last for a thousand years and the lead should last up to 150 years.