Church Layout
Church Colors & Gestures
Vestments
Sacred Vessels
Other Mass Objects
100
The place where the bread and wine are changed into Christ's Body and Blood
What is the Altar?
100
______ symbolizes melancholy and somberness; it may be used in Masses for the dead.
What is Violet/Purple?
100
The circular vestments that a priest wears over the other vestments during Mass.
What is a Chasuble?
100
The vessel that holds the wine
What is a Chalice?
100
The large candle near the baptismal font
What is the Paschal Candle?
200
The place where the readings from the Bible are read
What is the Ambo?
200
_________ symbolizes joy in the midst of a penitential season. It is worn only twice a year.
What is Rose/Pink?
200
A strip of fabric worn around the neck by the priest and worn diagonally across the left shoulder by the deacons
What is a Stole?
200
The vessel that holds the large host the priest raises during Consecration
What is a Paten?
200
The book from which the Bible readings are read
What is the Lectionary?
300
The place where consecrated hosts are kept
What is the Tabernacle?
300
The action that happens when we say during the Creed, "...by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man."
What is a Profound Bow?
300
A white full-length garment worn under other vestments by the priest and deacon
What is an Alb?
300
A candle in a red container near the tabernacle
What is the Sanctuary Lamp?
300
The cloth used to wipe the chalice
What is the Purificator?
400
The place that stores the sacred vessels and vestments used during Mass and other Church services
What is the Sacristy?
400
The action when we pray the Confiteor (I confess) to acknowledge our sinfulness
What is Striking the Chest?
400
The vestment worn during processions and liturgical celebrations outside of Mass
What is a Cope?
400
The vessels that hold the wine and water before they are poured into the chalice
What are Cruets?
400
The square cloth placed on the altar before the other vessels are placed there during the Offertory
What is a Corporal?
500
The part in the church where the priest and deacons lead the congregation in worshipping God during Masses and other Church services
What is the Sanctuary?
500
The action of bending one's right knee to the ground when entering or leaving the church or passing in front of the tabernacle.
What is Genuflection?
500
The vestment worn over the other vestments of the deacons
What is a Dalmatic?
500
The container that carries burning incense
What is a Thurible?
500
The vessels used for washing the priest's hands
What are the Lavabo and Pitcher?