Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

ALTER BOY'S CASSOCK

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1950

Materials

COTTON BLEND

No. Pieces

1

Length

101

Width

40.2

Description

HIGH CUT SQUARE COLLAR, RED CASSOCK WITH 8 SNAP BUTTONS ON FRONT. FULL CUT SLEEVES, LABEL INSIDE FRONT, "GASPARD WINNIPEG CANADA LENGTH 42 AGES 8-9". 2 STAINS ON HEM OF CASSOCK. STAINS AS WELL ON CUFFS OF SLEEVES.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

RELIGION

History

USED AT SPECIAL SERVICES (CHRISTMAS, EASTER, WEDDINGS) UNTIL 1975 BY ALTER BOY, AFTER 1975, A PLAIN WHITE GOWN WAS USED. 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

P19900013010

Acquisition Date

1990-07

Collection

Museum

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