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Pontifical Ceremonies.

BY

P. Francis Mersbman, O. S. B.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. 1904.
Published by B. HERDER,

17 South Broadway.

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PREFACE.

The Manual is for the use of Masters of Ceremonies and for all others that assist at Pontifical Functions. In its compila

tion I have followed Martinucci's "Manuale Sacrarum Caeremoniarum", except. where Decrees of the Sacred Congregation of Rites decreed differently.

St. John's Abbey,

Collegeville, Minn.

THE AUTHOR.

June 1903.

RECEPTION OF A BISHOP.

It need scarcely be mentioned, that, when the Bishop pays an official visit to a parish, the church and surroundings should be properly decorated, and that the parishioners should be at hand to welcome the Bishop and to receive his blessing.

LITURGICAL RECEPTION.

Things to be prepared.

On the Altar the Missal opened at the page containing the Oration of the Saint to whom the church is dedicated. Before the Altar a priedieu for the Bishop.

In the vestibule of the church a strip of carpet and a cushion.

Function.

Bishop kneels on cushion.

The priest vested in surplice, white stole, and cope (accompanied by servers, carrying holy water and sprinkler, the censer and boat, and a tray

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