Priestly Ordinations 2011 - part 8

The last in this series of Ordination vestments features a set of vestments prepared for a young man who was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Diocese of Ballarat (Vic) in September.

Please pray for Father John Corrigan and all newly-ordained priests.

The ordinand asked for a chasuble in a Puginesque style.  A Renaissance-foliage silk damask in ivory and gold was chosen for the vestments, ornamented with braids in crimson and gold, outlined with a narrow galloon.  The chasuble was fully lined in gold-coloured taffeta.

Ut in omnibus Deus glorificetur.

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Father Corrigan pictured during the Ordination Mass

Violets are Blue

Two shades of "violet".

I often read here and there vigorous assertions about the "correct" colour of vestments to be used during Lent and Advent.  Curious as to the history of these colours in Liturgical use,  I researched and posted an article a few years ago on this Blog about use of penitential colours for the Seasons of Advent, Lent &c.  If you have wondered what colour the Church recommends for these Seasons, you will find the article illuminating.  That post may be read here and here, so there is no need to rehearse its findings.

The photograph above depicts two different shades of the colour "violet".  Violet is a blue-tinged colour: it is quite distinct from the colour purple, a shade of which is used as the choir dress for bishops and lesser prelates.

The darker of the two colours may more properly be described as indigo.

Contrasts

Contrasts

These engravings were taken from Teaching Truth by Signs and Ceremonies, by the Rev'd James Meagher, New York, 1885 (left) and Vestments and Vesture, by Dom E A Roulin OSB, Edinburgh, 1930 (right).

Vestments for Advent

Adjacent is a set of vestments completed by the Studio for a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney.  The chasuble is in the Borromeon form and decorated in the Roman style.  Father wished to have vestments for the Penitential seasons which were dark in colour and had no form of gold ornament upon them.

After some consideration, a scheme which consisted of darker and lighter shades of violet, outlined in a galloon of black and silver was adopted.  Diamond-shaped medallions were also applied to the orphrey to give it more presence.

Because the Penitential seasons in Australia correspond with the extremes of summer, the vestment was made from dupion silk and lined in grey-coloured taffeta.

Ad majorem Dei gloriam.


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Christ the King

A young priest from the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton (UK) recently commissioned the Studio to make a set of Festal vestments for the most solemn days.  A cloth gold brocade was chosen and the chasuble was made-up in the Gothic Revival style.  Because the fabric is so lavish, it was decided to ornament the chasuble simply with outline braids (as shewn).

Ut in omnibus Deus glorificetur.

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Festal chasuble

A priest from Canada, a returning customer of the Studio, commissioned a chasuble to be made in the 16th century style for Festal days.

This S' Philip Neri style chasuble was made from an ivory-coloured ecclesiastical brocade and fully lined in gold dupion silk.  A renaissance-design brocade in gold and red was chosen to ornament the chasuble, outlined in a galloon of the same colours.

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Priestly Ordinations 2011 - part 7

As an addendum to the previous post, adjacent is a studio photograph of the chasuble made for the Ordination of Father Morgan. The chasuble is made from a silver/gold silk damask and is ornamented with Puginesque braids in red and gold.

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Priestly Ordinations 2011 - part 6

Continuing our series of Ordination vestments,  are sets  prepared for three young men who was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney in May by His Eminence Cardinal Pell. 

Fathers Peter Kwak, Emanuel Seo and Gregory Morgan had undertaken priestly studies at the Sydney Archdiocesan Seminary in Homebush.   Please pray for Fathers Kwak, Seo, Morgan and all newly-ordained priests.

The ordinands asked for vestments in the "Gothic Revival" style, but each chasuble was ornamented differently. 

The photograph at left depicts the scene inside Saint Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, during the Mass of Ordination.

The photograph below shews the newly-ordained emerging from the Cathedral after the Mass of Ordination.

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Vestments a new priest needs for the Ordinary Form, part I

I am often asked what a newly-ordained priest needs in the way of vestments, so I am putting together a series of recommendations, based on my years of experience and observation.

Ideally, of course, a young priest for the needs of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite would own a set of vestments in the Liturgical colours of white, green, red and violet.  Of these, red is used least throughout the Liturgical year, so that the priority list of needs could become:

White vestments: chasuble, stole, chalice veil

Violet vestments: chasuble, stole, chalice veil

Green vestments: chasuble, stole, chalice veil.

Every priest ought to have available for his use a set of the above three colours.

Some additional points. 

For the various rituals of the Roman Rite, a priest ought to have available a cope in white and a cope in violet.

If it can be afforded, a priest should have two sets in different shades of the colours, white, violet and green.  A congregation often appreciates seeing some variety in the vestments that are used.  Remember, it is the congregation which is looking at the vestments during Mass, not the priest wearing them.

Saint Philip Neri vestments

A priest from the Archdiocese of New York commissioned the Saint Bede Studio for a set of vestments according to the style now referred to as Saint Philip Neri.  In this instance, the vestments were made from an English ecclesiastical brocade and lined in gold-coloured dupion silk.  The ornament, according to the traditional style of Rome, was formed simply from braids running in parallel lines.

Father James Ferreira is shewn in the adjacent photograph, wearing the vestments.

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