COPE

Description: GILDED METAL CHAIN & CLIP FASTENERS ACROSS FRONT AT COLLAR. EMBROIDERED "Y" PANEL ON BACK WITH TASSEL, CROSS & GREEK CHIRO SYMBOLS IN CIRCLE. FRONT 2 EMBROIDERED PANELS. COPE HANGS OPEN, HELD BY COLLAR FASTENERS. HUNG ON VELVET COVERED PADDED HANGER. CHAIN ADN CLIP ARE EMBOSSED WITH ALPHA & OMEGA. CAPE HAS GOLDEN LINER. LABEL IS SEWN TO INSIDE WITH "GASPARD CREATORS OF LITURGICAL ART. WINNIPEG, CANADA". HEAVILY STAINED FROM USE.

History: USED AT ADVENT AND LENT SERVICES. WORN OVER CHASUBLE & STOLE. 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.