Wooden Monstrance?

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My Godfather is a master carpenter and I was contemplating asking him if he could make a wooden monstrance for my order, as daily adoration is one of the pillars of our charism. I can’t, however, find any Vatican or USCCB document on the composition or construction of monstrances that are to be used for public adoration. My plan was to buy a brass and glass/crystal enclosed removable Luna and have my Godfather inset it into the wooden monstrance. Is this liturgically acceptable? I have seen monstrances like this for sale to Catholic churches by carpenters, but I don’t know if they are actually licit. Can anyone point me to some documents on the matter?
 
No help here. However, would it be for public adoration, or only for community?
 
Have you considered asking your ordinary or major superior, rather than a bunch of random Internet users who don’t know your community?
 
I have and the only documents they know of only speak of restrictions on the materials of chalices and ciboria and the liturgical execution of Exposition, Adoration, and Benediction. I was hoping that some of those who frequent these forums could possibly have come in contact with documents that could help me. With an Order that mainly works in parishes, we don’t really have much exposure to regulations in the actual construction of sacred vessels.
 
I have no technical knowledge, but I have just observed that there are many wood monstrances for sale on the internet.
 
I have seen a large wooden monstrance in the shape of Our Lady with the luna placed where her womb would be. It was at St. Peter and Paul parish somewhere outside of Philadelphia, PA.

The monstrance itself was wood but that the luna which held the Blessed Sacrament was metal - this I remember clearly. I walked right up close to it to see it because it was so unique and remember taking a picture of it which I no longer have.

-Tim-
 
  1. In the Dioceses of the United States of America, sacred vessels may also be made from other solid materials which in the common estimation in each region are considered precious or noble, for example, ebony or other harder woods, provided that such materials are suitable for sacred use. In this case, preference is always to be given to materials that do not easily break or deteriorate. This applies to all vessels that are intended to hold the hosts, such as the paten, the ciborium, the pyx, the monstrance, and others of this kind.
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This is exactly why I came to the forums to ask this question. Thank you all very much!

God Bless
Br. Ben

Ad Maiorem Resurgentis Gloriam!
For the Greater Glory of the Rising Christ!
 
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