VEIL, CHALICE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- VELUM
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- COTTON, LINEN OR NYLON
- Catalogue Number
- P19900013004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- VELUM
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- COTTON, LINEN OR NYLON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 52
- Width
- 50.1
- Description
- SQUARE BLACK COTTON WITH LINEN EMBROIDERED CROSS & EDGING.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- RELIGION
- History
- THE VEIL RESTS OVER THE WINE CHALICE THAT IS TO BE USED FOR MASS. SOMETIMES A SECOND PIECE THE BURSE SITS ON THE VEIL. THIS VEIL MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN USED WITH A BURSE. NOT USED AFTER VATICAN II (1962). LINING SLIGHTLY WORN NEAR BORDERS. 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
- P19900013004
- Acquisition Date
- 1990-03
- Collection
- Museum
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