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Eight-hundred and fifty ordinary Americans from across the United States sent small items of silver for the making of a beautiful Gothic chalice that will be presented to Pope Francis during his visit to the United States next week. The chalice was designed and made by the Argentinian silversmith Adrian Pallarols, a friend of the pope, at his workshop in Buenos Aires during the summer.
“We received rings, chains, pendants, earrings, bracelets and broken pieces of silver,” Pallarols told me. Some of the items arrived at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, others were sent to a family in Miami that assisted in collecting the silver, but most were sent directly to his workshop in Buenos Aires.
He received a total of 850 items of silver that weighed 7.3 kilograms (16.1 pounds). He melted them all at is foundry and then began work. “This chalice was made in the name of the humblest people, who probably never will have the chance to meet the Holy Father or touch his hands. All this was made in their name,” Pallarols said.
As reported earlier in America, the design for the chalice was the brainchild of Pallarols. He said he was inspired by the predominant style of the churches in the United States, and in particular by St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
The chalice in rich in symbolism, Pallorls explained. There is a node in the chalice, for example, which has two galleries, each with six columns that represent the 12 apostles—the pillars of the church. The Gothic galley of the node is composed of 60 pieces.
papalvisit.americamedia.org/2015/09/18/all-american-chalice-awaits-pope-francis/
“We received rings, chains, pendants, earrings, bracelets and broken pieces of silver,” Pallarols told me. Some of the items arrived at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, others were sent to a family in Miami that assisted in collecting the silver, but most were sent directly to his workshop in Buenos Aires.
He received a total of 850 items of silver that weighed 7.3 kilograms (16.1 pounds). He melted them all at is foundry and then began work. “This chalice was made in the name of the humblest people, who probably never will have the chance to meet the Holy Father or touch his hands. All this was made in their name,” Pallarols said.
As reported earlier in America, the design for the chalice was the brainchild of Pallarols. He said he was inspired by the predominant style of the churches in the United States, and in particular by St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
The chalice in rich in symbolism, Pallorls explained. There is a node in the chalice, for example, which has two galleries, each with six columns that represent the 12 apostles—the pillars of the church. The Gothic galley of the node is composed of 60 pieces.
papalvisit.americamedia.org/2015/09/18/all-american-chalice-awaits-pope-francis/
It was right there in the very last sentence of the article. Mea culpa.