Liturgical Linens & Textiles
What Is a Chalice Veil? Definition, Purpose, and GIRM 118
A chalice veil is the square cloth that covers the chalice and paten before the Eucharistic liturgy. Learn what it is ca...
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Guide to altar cloths, corporals, purificators, and other sacred linens
Liturgical Linens & Textiles
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Chalice Veil Size Guide: 50×50, 51×51, or 60×60 cm
How to choose the right chalice veil size. Compare 50×50, 51×51, and 60×60 cm veils, measure your chalice, and avoid a v...
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What Is a Lavabo Towel? (Manuterge) — Sizes, Materials & Use at Mass
A lavabo towel — also called a finger towel or manuterge — is the small white cloth that dries the priest's hands at the...
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Lavabo Towel Sizes: 11×17, 10×14, and 20×20 Inches Explained
Which lavabo towel size does your sacristy need? Compare 11×17, 10×14, and 20×20 inch towels in centimeters, with advice...
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How to Fold a Lavabo Towel (Step by Step)
Fold a lavabo towel in four steps so the embroidered cross faces out and the server can present it cleanly at the washin...
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Linen vs Cotton Lavabo Towels: Which Is Better?
Linen, cotton, or poly-cotton for lavabo towels? Compare absorbency, lint, durability, ironing, and cost — and choose th...
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What Is a Purificator? Definition, Use, and Meaning
A purificator is the small white cloth that wipes the chalice at Mass. Here is what it is, how it is used, what it is ma...
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How to Fold a Purificator: Step-by-Step Guide (Including the 3×3 Envelope)
The standard three-fold, the 3×3 envelope fold, ironing without starch, and how the folded purificator sits on the chali...
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Purificator vs Corporal vs Finger Towel: Catholic Altar Linens Explained
Purificator, corporal, pall, finger towel — four white linens, four different jobs. The differences in one table, plus t...
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Catholic Liturgical Textiles Glossary
From ambo fall to purificator: a plain-language glossary of the textiles used in a Catholic church, with links to the ri...
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What Is a Pulpit Fall? Names, Purpose, and Liturgical Use
A pulpit fall is the decorative cloth that hangs in front of a pulpit, ambo, or lectern. Here is what it is called, what...
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What Is an Altar Cloth? Names, Rules, and the 5 Sacred Linens Explained
An altar cloth is the textile covering of the altar: the white fair linen, the decorated frontal, and the chalice linens...
