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Tridentine Community News (June 19, 2011):[Today’s column is an update of our June 25, 2006 edition.] If you have been attending the Tridentine Mass for a while, you have surely noticed that a greater variety of vestments is used than is typically seen at a Novus Ordo Mass. Today we will examine what they are, as well as their symbolism.The base garment that a priest wears is the black cassock, or robe. This is the same type of robe that altar servers wear. Over the shoulders of the cassock, a priest wears an amice, a white hood-like garment that symbolizes...

Yes, folks, the time has come to announce a winner! At the eleventh hour, Father M. (he wishes to remain somewhat anonymous) from Folkestone on the Kentish coast sent us photos of this absolutely nasty chasuble. It was apparently procured in the United States, as it sports some symbols of the American church, but that is just NOT an excuse for its nastiness! Father M. will be recieving a signed original "Father Jolly" print, and will have a candle lit for him in the Chapel of St. Knorr of the West Saxons. I wish to thank everyone who contributed photos,...