Stained Glass
The large symbol in the center of the glass above the choir loft with rays of light radiating from it.
What is the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
The small room in which you exercise your sacrament of reconciliation.
What is the confessional?
The place for the priest to put on their vestments, alter servers to put on their robes, prepare, pray, and get ready to celebrate Mass.
What is the Sacristy?
The table or scructure on which the church's sacred meal is celebrated.
What is the Altar?
The holy place where consecrated or blessed hosts are kept after Mass.
What is the tabernacle?
The Man, Winged Lion, Winged Ox, and Rising Eagle in the family chapel
What are the Gospels? or Who is Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
The greeting you give to the priest after you enter the confessional.
What is Hello Father?
The book that is kept in a set of cabinets by the priest's room, it's used during Mass and carried by the Deacon.
What is the Book of the Gospels?
The place where the altar stands, the Word of God is Proclaimed, and the Priest, the Deacon and other ministers exercise their functions.
What is The Sanctuary?
The meaning of the words written on top of the tabernacle.
What is Holy, Holy, Holy?
The Stained glass depicting Jesus holding a sheep in the family chapel.
Who is the Good Shepherd?
The prayer that is said by the parishioner after receiving penance.
What is the Act of Contrition?
The color of priest's vestments that is used during the liturgical season of Advent and Lent.
What is violet or purple?
The white cloth(s) that are put on the Altar.
What is the mensa and/or what is the corporal?
The case holds 3 Blessed Oils for Holy Sacraments.
What is the Ambry?
The symbols surrounding the Sarced Heart of Jesus on the windows in the choir loft represent each one of them.
What are the 7 Sacrements?
A small wall inside the confessional with a grated screen and a place to kneel used to traditionally confess your sins or offer privacy.
What is the Kneeler and Screen?
The large cup made of silver and gold used during Mass to hold the blood of Christ.
What is the Chalice?
The Saint Relic inside the altar at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Who is Saint Mauritius Candidus?
Near the Tabernacle signifying that Christ is present. It's lit 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Where is the red-tinted candle?
The male figure in the middle stained glass window in the Tabernacle room.
Who is St. Joseph?
Special tiles that line the room from the middle of the wall to the ceiling and thick carpet that comes up to the middle of the wall.
What is soundproofing?
These items cannot be thrown away. The Sacristy has a special sink and drain that returns them to the earth.
What are Blessed items?(holy water, consecrated wine, host fragments, holy oils, etc)
In this liturgical season it's forbidden to decorate the altar with flowers or plants.
What is Lent?
A mixture of olive oil and perfume that has been consecrated by the Archbishop for use during Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders, and dedication of altars and churches.
What is the Holy Chrism?