Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1960

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Length

82.2

Width

41

Description

WHITE WAIST LENGTH, PULLOVER GARMENT WITH LACE TRIM AROUND NECK & AROUND 3/4 LENGTH SLEEVES. SQUARED YOKE & SQUARE CUT. LACE ON TOP OF LEFT SHOULDER IS COMING LOOSE. WHITE RIBBON ON NECK. CLOTH LABEL HAS BEEN STITCHED INTO COLLAR AND READS "O.M.N. O.M. (?)". LACE & SEAMS ARE YELLOWING SLIGHTLY.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

RELIGION

History

SURPLICE IS WORN OVER CASSOCK. USED FOR SERVICES SUCH AS BENEDICTION. POSSIBLY ACQUIRED FROM WINNIPEG OR MONTREAL. OBLATES ACTIVE IN LETHBRIDGE AREA SINCE 1ST BAPTISM AT FORT HAMILTON BY FATHER SCOLLEN IN 1873. FATHER VAN TIGHEM CELEBRATED THE 1ST MASS IN 1884 IN COALBANKS. THEREAFTER ESTABLISHING A PARISH IN 1886 & BUILDING 1ST ST. PATRICKS CHURCH IN 1887 IN SEPTEMBER VAN TIGHEM MOVED TO NEW PARISH AS ITS PRIEST. THE OBLATE OF MARY IMMACULATE (OMI) HISTORICALLY SOMETIMES CALLED THE BLACKROBES BECAUSE OF THEIR CHARACTERISTIC BLACK ROBES. THE OBLATES ARE RETIRING FROM LETHBRIDGE IN JULY .1990. THIS ROBE WAS NORMALLY WORN WITH A CINCTURE OR BELT SNAP FASTENED AT THE WAIST WITH A LARGE CROSS (12.7 X 20.4) & HUNG BY A CORD FROM THE NECK.

Catalogue Number

P19900013002

Acquisition Date

1990-03

Collection

Museum

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