Holy Week

[Lincat]

Several questions…
During Holy Week, statues and images get veiled, correct? Or just crucifixes?
Do lay people need to veil any statues/images/crucifixes they have in their homes? If we do, do we have to have special purple cloth? Can we just use another piece of cloth?
At what point do the statues get veiled and unveiled?

Can you site your sources?

Thanks!

 

[Stephen_says]

Several questions…
During Holy Week, statues and images get veiled, correct? Or just crucifixes?
Do lay people need to veil any statues/images/crucifixes they have in their homes? If we do, do we have to have special purple cloth? Can we just use another piece of cloth?
At what point do the statues get veiled and unveiled?

Can you site your sources?

Thanks!

ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDWEASTR.htm#2

PASCHALIS SOLLEMNITATIS
*The Preparation And Celebration Of The Easter Feasts *
Congregation for Divine Worship

C. Particular Details Concerning The Days Of Lent

1. The practice of covering the crosses and images **in the church ** (emphasis mine) may be observed if the episcopal conference should so decide. The crosses are to be covered until the end of the celebration of the Lord’s passion on Good Friday. Images are to remain covered until the beginning of the Easter Vigil.[30]

I couldn’t find any rule that crosses and images must be covered in your home, but that shouldn’t stop you from doing it if you wanted to

 

[CatholicZ09]

Several questions…
During Holy Week, statues and images get veiled, correct? Or just crucifixes?
Do lay people need to veil any statues/images/crucifixes they have in their homes? If we do, do we have to have special purple cloth? Can we just use another piece of cloth?
At what point do the statues get veiled and unveiled?

Can you site your sources?

Thanks!

The veiling of statues and images is an optional practice, usually enacted on the Fifth Sunday of Lent and lasting until the Easter Vigil. The laity are not expected to veil their religious images; it is just simply a practice that some parishes choose to observe.