CHASUBLE

Description: CONSISTS OF BLACK EMBROIDERED PONCHO, FRONT IS CUT IN A FIDDLE SHAPE, REVERSE CUT STRAIGHT WITH ROUNDED EDGES. EDGES ARE STITCHED WITH LINEN BORDER. COLLAR HAS COTTON CROCHETED BORDER. FRONT EMBROIDERED WITH FLOWERS (LILY). REVERSE EMBROIDERY LILY FLOWER IMAGES AROUND "IHS" AT INTERSECTION OF CHRISTIAN CROSS OUTLINED WITH LINEN BORDER. COSTUME INCLUDES A STOLE & MANIPLE EACH SIMILARLY EMBROIDERED IN LINEN WITH CROSS & FRINGED ENDS. ON LEFT SHOULDER PIECE IS STAIN OF SOME KIND ON FABRIC. ON INSIDE BACK IS SEWN A STRIP OF CLOTH THAT READS "MADE IN FRANCE". AS WELL THERE IS A CLOTH TIE SEWN TO INSIDE BACK.TIE IS 263CM LONG.

History: THIS ROBE IS THE PRINCIPLE VESTMENT OF GOOD FRIDAY. THE LILY IS THE SYMBOL OF CHRIST'S RESUERRECTION. THE BLACK COPE IS WORN ONLY ON GOOD FRIDAY. THE MANIPLE IS WORN OVER THE ARM, SYMBOL OF THE SERVANTS' TOWELL (SERVANT OF GOD) THE STOLE IS WORN UNDER THE CHASUBLE & ACROSS THE BREAST. FOLLOWING VATICAN II (1962) THE BLACK VESTMENTS WERE PUT ASIDE IN FAVOUR OF WHITE CHASUBLES AS A SIGN OF NEW LIFE. THESE ROBES WERE REPLACED BY SIMPLER, LESS ORNATE VESTMENTS CONSIDERED MORE APPROPRIATE TO AN ORDER THAT HAS TAKEN A VOW OF POVERTY. CHASUBLE MAY DATE TO 1920'S. 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.