Altar Linens Questions

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Margaret Ellen:

Dear Everyone,
Thanks for all the help concerning the linens! I will look for a pre-1962 sacristy manual. There may be one somewhere in the parish archives. I am most blessed to live within a block of the most conservative parish in Seattle. I knew about the rinsing and the pouring of the water in the earth. Our altar boys (wearing the traditional black cassocks and white surplices–which I am also in charge of) have been trained by the most reverent, orthodox gentleman one could dream of. I know this, because my son, now 13, has been serving daily Mass (including Saturdays, and funerals), as well as Saturday evening Mass for 3 years. After 15 years of wandering in the desert of liturgical abuses, I finally landed in Paradise! God Bless our two wonderful priests!! I would still like to hear from any one else about this matter.
Thanks again, Margaret Ellen

I attended St. Judes in Redmond yesterday and it was well “difficult at best” that is all I can say!

 

[baltobetsy]

If you are interested in the pre-1962 sacristy manual, you can order it here . The title of the book is In Sacristy and Sanctuary.

The practices in this book may go beyond what is required today, but it can’t hurt to know the how and why of the way things used to be done, to guide your practices now.

Betsy