Hi Susan, we use a chalice veil in the Anglican church in much the same way as the Catholic church. The veil is covered by a burse, which is a firm square piece of nowadays card about 15cm square that is covered to match and hinged to make two thicknesses. In the church service/mass, the chalice is set up on the altar already covered by burse and veil, etc by a sacristan (me) or another church official. If it needs to be moved around, it is all packed up and the veil is folded and placed in between the two leaves of the burse. The decoration if any in the middle is covered by the burse. I imagine and have been told in the past, it began as a simple cover to keep the mice, dust and flies out. --- Rochelle Sutherland & Lachlan (13 yrs), Duncan (12 yrs) and Iain (11 yrs) www.houseofhadrian.com.au
From: Susan Reishus <[email protected]> To: Arachne Lace <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2012 1:33 AM Subject: [lace] On a practical front Perhaps it was an evolved take on the sheet? Taking it further, perhaps the center circle represented the Omega or a life coming full circle? Would a chalice cover represent a spiritual affinity for a Christ connection in one's blood shed as in the wine being the blood of Christ? Or even as simple as someone having that kind of thing on hand that they made it for the church and what higher honor for their loved one than that (and the circle made a piece more opaque). Someone starts something and it grows in use. Some of it conjecture, but interesting. Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
