Inside the inner back doors are shrines to two saints well known for their charitable work. On the east side is the statue of St. Anthony of Padua, carved by Henry Schmitt of Buffalo in 1918. On the west is a statue of St. Vincent de Paul, the founder of the Vincentians, (the order to which Bishop Glass belonged), carved in 1993 by Agrell and Thorpe, Ltd., Sausalito, California. These shrines symbolize the cathedral's commitment to charity and service to the poor.
