Priestly Ordinations 2016 : 2

Figure 1. 

Each year, the Saint Bede Studio has the privilege of preparing sacred vestments for priestly Ordinands. Happily, this year has been no exception.

In this post, we are pleased to draw attention to the ordination of Father David Ducote of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, USA.  Father Ducote was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in the Cathedral of Saint Louis on 4th June by the Most Rev'd Gregory Aymond, together with five other candidates.

Father Ducote commissioned two vestments from the Studio for the celebration of his First Holy Mass.

A chasuble in the Saint Philip Neri style was made from a muted-gold shade of damask. The chasuble was ornamented in the Roman style, with a TAU formed from a brocade in colours of burgundy and gold and trimmed with a galloon in burgundy and gold. The galloon is of the Saint Bede Studio's exclusive suite of braids and galloons.

Figure 2.  Father Ducote during the Offertory at his First
Holy Mass.  The photograph shews both the chasuble
and cope made by the Studio.
Image courtesy of Father Ducote. 

Complementing the chasuble was a cope and humeral veil (see Figure 1).  All the vestments were lined in a subdued shade of orange taffeta.

Please pray for Father Ducote and for all newly-ordained priests.

Figure 3. The Archbishop of New Orleans praying the
Prayer of Consecration over the Ordinands
in Saint Louis' Cathedral.

Figure 4. Cathedral of Saint Louis
New Orleans, USA.

Adjacent is an old engraving shewing the facade of the Cathedral of Saint Louis, New Orleans, which was commenced in 1794 but largely reconstructed in 1850.  It has the distinction of being the earliest Cathedral in what is now the United States.

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Priestly Ordinations 2015 : 8

Each year, the Saint Bede Studio has the privilege of preparing sacred vestments for priestly Ordinands. Happily, this year has been no exception.

This post concerns Father Ryan Sliwa of the Diocese Springfield (USA), who was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, Springfield (Massachusetts) on 6th June.

Father Sliwa commissioned vestments from the Studio inspired by Mediaeval exemplars. The vestments - a semi-conical chasuble and cope (shewn adjacent) - were sewn from a shade of ivory silk damask and were ornamented with a simple orphrey in colours of blue, red, ivory and gold.  The vestments were lined in a mediaeval blue taffeta.

Father Sliwa very kindly supplied us with photographs of his Ordination and First Holy Mass, which we are pleased to include.

Father Sliwa during the Offering of his First Holy Mass.

Father Sliwa flanked by a deacon and an assistant priest
during the celebration of his First Holy Mass.
Note the reliquaries upon the altar.

The Bishop of Springfield presenting the sacred vessels
to Father Sliwa during the Mass of Ordination.

Please pray for Father Sliwa and for all newly-ordained priests.

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Priestly Ordinations 2014 : 4

Each year, the Saint Bede Studio has the privilege of preparing sacred vestments for Ordinands. Happily, this year has been no exception : indeed the number of requests for such vestments has been more than double previous years.

This post concerns Father Richard Hinkley, of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (Texas, USA), who was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on 7th June.

Father Hinkley commissioned vestments made in an early mediaeval style for his First Holy Mass. The chasuble (shewn adjacent), fully in the conical form, was sewn from handmade dupion silk of a cream colour and was ornamented very simply with braids in the colours of royal blue, red, straw and ivory. The vestments were lined in taffeta of a muted yellow colour. A matching cope was also made for Father Hinkley.

Please pray for Father Hinkley and for all newly-ordained priests.

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Cope made for Father Hinkley.

Father Hinkley ordained by Cardinal DiNardio.

The noble interior of the Houston Co-Cathedral, looking towards the west window.

The Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, built only very recently, against the Houston skyline.

Priestly Ordinations 2013 : 1

Chasuble of Father Dought.

Each year, the Saint Bede Studio has the privilege of preparing sacred vestments for Ordinands.  Happily, this year is no exception. Our first post concerns Father Dustin Dought, who was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in the Cathedral of Lafayette, Louisiana on 8th June, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Father Dought commissioned vestments made from dupion silk for his First Holy Mass, on the evening of his Ordination. The chasuble was made in the Borromeon form and, in addition, a cope and dalmatic were prepared. Each of the vestments was ornamented simply with braids in red and gold, designed by the Studio. The vestments were lined in red taffeta. All present complimented the design and quality of the vestments, wrote Father Dought to us.

Father Dought very kindly supplied us with some lovely photographs of this First Mass, which was celebrated in the beautifully-restored Church of Saint Genevieve in Lafayette. We are pleased to include these photographs here, which are a welcome change from the usual Studio images of our vestments.

Please pray for Father Dought and for all newly-ordained priests.

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Procession entering the Church of S' Genevieve, Lafayette.

Father Dustin Dought, centre, with the Assistant Priest, Father Bordelon
and the Deacon of the Mass.

At the Offertory.

During the Prayer "Super populum".

A view of the cope.
The simple hood of this new cope is adapted from the dimensions
of 16th century models,  before the exaggerations of
the High Baroque set in.

Benedict XVI : 6

Violet cope Advent 2005.

  In the first two years or so of the Pontificate of Pope Benedict, a whole new range of Papal vestments was introduced by the Prefect of Pontifical Ceremonies, Monsignor Piero Marini. These were all very modern but, unfortunately, some were very far from pleasing. The less felicitous examples will not be shewn here.  In this post, we will look at some copes worn by Pope Benedict during those early years.

Purple cope Advent 2006.

Cope of straw-gold silk damask with matching mitre
at the Basilica of S' Paul-without-the-walls 2006.

Red cope Ss Peter & Paul 2006
(a particularly unfortunate mitre).

Simple Cope

Above is pictured a cope recently produced by the Studio.  It is a simple vestment, made from a cotton jacquard and ornamented with an English ecclesiastical brocade in colours of ivory and straw.  The cope is unlined.

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Priestly Ordinations 2012: 2

We are pleased to continue our annual series of vestments prepared by the Studio for Ordinands.

The second in this series of Ordination vestments features a Solemn Mass set of vestments prepared for the Rev'd Michael Hinterschied who was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in the Cathedral of S' Joseph, Columbus (Ohio) on 26th May.

Father Hinterschied during the Blessed Sacrament procession.

The rear of the cope.

The ordinand asked for a set of vestments in the Saint Philip Neri style.  A gold ecclesiastical brocade was chosen for the vestments, ornamented simply in the Roman style with an outline galloon in burgundy and gold. The vestments were fully lined in red taffeta.

Adjacent photographs shew the chasuble, one of the dalmatics and the cope.  We are also pleased to include a photograph of Father Hinterschied during a procession of the Blessed Sacrament.

Please pray for Father Hinterschied and all newly-ordained priests.

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The chasuble in the S' Philip Neri style.

One of the two dalmatics.

"Maria Regina" Solemn Mass set

The Saint Bede Studio was commissioned by Saint Mary's, Help of Christians Parish, Aiken (Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina), to prepare a Solemn Mass set of vestments based upon the Maria Regina design.

The vestments are made from an English ecclesiastical brocade.

The Studio regularly receives enquiries for the Maria Regina chasuble, which is derived from a design of AWN Pugin.

Pictured adjacent are the cope and a dalmatic from the set.

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Festal Vestments

A returning customer commissioned the Studio to prepare a Solemn Mass set for Greater Days.  A chasuble, cope, dalmatic and tunic were made from a splendid Renaissance-style silk damask in silver and gold, ornamented with a silk damask of burgundy and gold, outlined with a narrow galloon.  All the vestments were fully lined in cherry-red cotton.

The ornamentation of the chasuble (see below) was in the traditional Roman style of the TAU.

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Chasuble in the Borromeon form

Priestly Ordinations 2011 - part 4

The fourth in this series of Ordination vestments features sets of vestments  prepared for a young man who was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Diocese of Richmond (USA)  on 18th June.

Father Brian Capuano offered his Mass of Thanksgiving in S' Benedict's Church, Richmond (see adjacent photographs).

Please pray for Father Capuano and all newly-ordained priests.

Saint Benedict's Church Richmond VA (1928)

The ordinand asked for a chasuble in the Borromeon style.  A Renaissance-foliage silk damask in ivory was chosen for the vestments, ornamented with a silk damask of burgundy and gold, outlined with a narrow galloon. The ornamentation is in the traditional Roman style of the TAU. The chasuble was fully lined in cherry-red cotton.

In addition, a cope, humeral veil and dalmatic were prepared to complement the chasuble.  Made from the same fabrics, these are shewn below.  The hood of the cope is also in the style of the 16th century, typically Roman in shape, but pre-dating the exaggerated dimensions found in copes of the later Baroque period.

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