VOCABULARY, ARCHITECTURE and DRESS

                                       

NAVE                                      CASSOCK  (SOUTANE) (16th century choir dress)

CHANCEL                               SURPLICE

SANCTUARY                         CINCTURE         

______________                    PREACHING SCARF

                                                HOOD       

 

HOLY TABLE                         STOLE      

FONT                                     

(CRADLE ROLL)                    (ALB)__________________

 

LECTERN                               FRONTAL

PULPIT                                   BOOK MARKERS

COMMUNION RAILS             PULPIT FALL

 

CREDENCE TABLE   (SHELF)        VESTRY (sacristy)

___________________          _________________________

 

CHALICE                               LITURGICAL COLOURS      

PATEN                                    WHITE      

FLAGON                                 GREEN

CRUET                                    PURPLE

ALMS DISH                             RED 

__________________            _______________

 

STAINED GLASS                             BIBLE

PIPE ORGAN                                    BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER  (1662) / (1926)

MEMORIALS                                    HYMN BOOK

 

(LIST OF CLERGY)                        ALTERNATIVE PRAYER BOOK (1984)

SUNDAY SCHOOL(by post)             ALTERNATIVE  OCCASIONAL SERVICES (1993)

         

The priest is also described as - Rector/ Vicar/ Curate/ Minister/ Parson/ (Pastor)

He is called The Reverend Joseph Bloggs.  or - Mr. Bloggs. (never Revd. Bloggs!)

 

Things to do                                     

1. Look for what is familiar, then for what is unfamiliar. Any unusual features?      

2. What is "missing" and why?

 

(confessional, statues, stations of the cross, vestments, crucifix, relics, incense, altar boys/girls  the rosary,  benediction,  tabernacle, holy water.) [cross, candles] [genuflecting, making the sign of the cross]

 

3. How would you describe the dress of the priest?

4. Place the furniture in the CHURCH as in the diagram below, using a letter to represent each item.

e.g. F(ont) P(ulpit) etc.

 

 

 

                                                S

                             _________________________       

                             |                                                |

                             |                                               |

          E                 |                                               |                  W

                             |                                               |        

                             |                                               |

                             |________________________|                                              

                                                N      

 

 

General Questions

Discuss the impact of the ecumenical movement in defusing the controversies of the past.

In what way did Vatican II implement some of the concerns of the 16th century reformers?

How does the church cope with dissent?

Can you have unity without uniformity?

What are the main obstacles to Church Unity today?

What changes do you wish to see in your own church?

 

Today the parish of Creggan, Ballymasanlan Union and Rathcor covers 240 square miles. It once had 7 resident clergy and several curates. Today there is one priest covering the equivalent 8 catholic parishes. Within the parish group five churches have been closed and sold for other uses and one leased to the community. - Forkill, Jonesborough, Meigh, Omeath, Carlingford, Greenore. Why do you think the local protestant population along the border has declined to the point of extinction?

 

A community is impoverished when its minority disappears? Discuss.

In the context of the local parish  - How does the minority maintain its culture and identity?

How do we share a common heritage?

How can we appreciate each other better?

How can this be done in a potentially polarised community, with a legacy of 30 years of political violence?

How can a 1% minority best contribute to the wellbeing of the majority?