Advice for purchasing new chalices and communion dishes

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My parish is in the process of shopping for some new chalices and communion dishes. Can someone recommend a supplier that has "reasonable prices?
 
Perhaps a ciborium bowl. The ones that are used to distribute communion during Mass. I’ve heard people call them communion dishes, ciborium bowls, host bowls, etc.
 
  1. No glass, wood, or pottery. Chalices should have a gold or silver lining.
  2. Make sure that stacking ciboria don’t have interior corners or ridges that trap Eucharistic particles.
  3. Some items in religious supply catalogs look like they were designed in the 1970’s, with heavy “chunky” brass, cartoonish images (i.e. enameled wheat n’ grapes), or weird, trapezoidal shapes. Do everyone a favor and avoid these. Gothic and Romanesque chalice designs are always in style.
  4. Make sure any ciboria fit in your tabernacle.
  5. Is it something that will give greater dignity to the Eucharist?
 
Cavaille-Coll said:
  1. No glass, wood, or pottery. Chalices should have a gold or silver lining.
  2. Make sure that stacking ciboria don’t have interior corners or ridges that trap Eucharistic particles.
  3. Some items in religious supply catalogs look like they were designed in the 1970’s, with heavy “chunky” brass, cartoonish images (i.e. enameled wheat n’ grapes), or weird, trapezoidal shapes. Do everyone a favor and avoid these. Gothic and Romanesque chalice designs are always in style.
  4. Make sure any ciboria fit in your tabernacle.
  5. Is it something that will give greater dignity to the Eucharist?
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Yes, we’re quite aware of what we need. I’m just asking does anyone know of any suppliers that have decent prices?
 
We already have a nice ciborium that stays in the tabernacle. We are just in need of two sets of chalices and ciborium bowls do distribute the Body and Blood of Christ during Mass. We have some religious supplies catalogs but their prices always seem very high to me on the items they sell. I was curious if anyone knew any suppliers that their church does business with that has some reasonable prices.
 
You might check Autom Online.

The cheaper ones (less than $100) are made in India and are light weight. We have a set in my smallest parish. The chalice is used one a week for about 5-15 communicants. The gold plate seems to be real thin.

I have not looked at the more expensive chalices that they offer, but they are still less expensive than a lot of chalices out there.

Hope this helps
 
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