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?