What is this Catholic item? (round 3)

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It’s a Holy Name Altar. I know this because of what it says in the picture. This is obviously related to a devotion to the Holy Name. Perhaps it was something to pray in front of.

I suggest you investigate the devotion to the Holy Name. This may shed some light.
 
Is this what one was expected to have at a home or is this something a priest would carry with him to make a call? I’ve seen much smaller kits for priests to use for Extreme Unction [Last Rites, Sacrament of the Sick]. Is this the same thing or is this also used by priests to bring Holy Communion.

Okay, question: what is a sick call exactly?
 
Tina_in_Ashburn said:
Is this what one was expected to have at a home or is this something a priest would carry with him to make a call? I’ve seen much smaller kits for priests to use for Extreme Unction [Last Rites, Sacrament of the Sick]. Is this the same thing or is this also used by priests to bring Holy Communion.

Okay, question: what is a sick call exactly?
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A sick call is when someone is bed-ridden, homebound, or in the hospital and the priest will make visit him/her to ensure the person receives the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Confession. In cases of possible death, he may also offer Extreme Unction/Anointing of the Sick.
 
Well, no. One person here is close. Should I give you a hint and say who’s closest? If yes, scroll on down…

Dempsey’s closest.
 
The linking page (catholichomeandgarden.com/Mixed_groups.htm) says it is a “Classic Home Altar with Hard to Find instructions”, but I think everyone here is more correct. The (presumably hard to find instructions) booklet in the picture plainly says:
***HOLY NAME ALTAR
SICK CALL ***[something? *OUTFIT maybe?]

tee
 
tee_eff_em said:
The linking page (catholichomeandgarden.com/Mixed_groups.htm) says it is a “Classic Home Altar with Hard to Find instructions”, but I think everyone here is more correct. The (presumably hard to find instructions) booklet in the picture plainly says:
***HOLY NAME ALTAR
SICK CALL ***[something? *OUTFIT maybe?]
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teeYeah, I was going to say, “home altar”. If it’s a sick call item, it’s rather big for a priest to be carrying around. I thought that sick call sets are for the priest to bring over. Do people actually keep their own sick call sets at home? Hmm, maybe. What do I know.🤷
 
Jacafamala said:
Yeah, I was going to say, “home altar”. If it’s a sick call item, it’s rather big for a priest to be carrying around. I thought that sick call sets are for the priest to bring over. Do people actually keep their own sick call sets at home? Hmm, maybe. What do I know.🤷
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If you look through religious catalogs (or Google), you will find two types of items so called.

What a priest might carry, a case for Holy Oils, a Pyx, a Stole, et cetera (eg this item).

And what might be found in the home of the faithful (which I would suggest the mystery item is, but I am more familiar with this style).

tee
 
I’ve always just heard this called a “Sick Call Box”. If a family had an old relative or a person with an ongoing medical condition in the household, the family would have one of these in their house.

It’s not something father would take around with him.
 
tee_eff_em said:
And what might be found in the home of the faithful (which I would suggest the mystery item is, but I am more familiar with this style).

tee
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That is exactly the one we have, we got it on sale at a Catholic Church once, from their Religious Articles counter as it had a small amount of water damage, we picked it up for $30.00.

I was able to repair the damage with a small amount of sanding and then staining it the same color. You can’t tell it was ever damaged. Instead of the white candles, our has bees wax candles in it and has the small vial which we keep full of holy water, other than that, it is the exact same one.

It is blessed and hangs on our bedroom wall. (the Crucifix that is on the base in that picture actually fits right over the top of the base that it is held on, it fits over it, held by three small screws that you just slide it off of when in use, there is an indentation in the base for the candles, and for the crucifix to rest in), it just looks like a regular crucifix while hanging on the wall.
 
allhers said:
That is exactly the one we have, we got it on sale at a Catholic Church once, from their Religious Articles counter as it had a small amount of water damage, we picked it up for $30.00.

I was able to repair the damage with a small amount of sanding and then staining it the same color. You can’t tell it was ever damaged. Instead of the white candles, our has bees wax candles in it and has the small vial which we keep full of holy water, other than that, it is the exact same one.

It is blessed and hangs on our bedroom wall. (the Crucifix that is on the base in that picture actually fits right over the top of the base that it is held on, it fits over it, held by three small screws that you just slide it off of when in use, there is an indentation in the base for the candles, and for the crucifix to rest in), it just looks like a regular crucifix while hanging on the wall.
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That’s very clever and knacky the way it hangs on the wall like that.🙂
 
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