St Margarets Academy - Dayseye Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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OUR CHAPEL DURING the season of Lent we saw a beautiful transformation take place in the sanctuary of our school chapel. The simple, small altar which has been familiar to several generations at St. Margaret’s was renovated and given a setting which fully accords with rubrical requirements. The old tabernacle and gradines were removed from the mensa. A silver-burnished wrought-iron tester and riddel brackets were erected be- ST. JOSEPH CHRISTS DWELLING PLACE hind the altar and from them’were suspended a dossal of ruby red velvet brocade and riddel curtains of silken plush. A great poly-chromed oak crucifix stands out in relief against the rich color of the dossal, and soft lights concealed in the tester illumine this symbol of our salvation. Christ’s dwelling place amongst us is a tabernacle of hand-chased antique bronze and copper. Veils of conopeia in the liturgical color proper to the feasts of the ecclesiastical year envelop the tabernacle and designate by their presence that the Blessed Sacrament is reserved there. Frontals or ante-

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fHE SANCTUARY OF OUR SCHOOL CHAPEL ftetuiia that harmonize in color with the tabernacle veils are suspended from the table of the altar to the floor and are framed by the pleasingly severe, spotless white linens that dress the mensa. Three wrought-iron candlesticks flank the tabernacle and the embellishments of the tester-frame and riddel brackets. The Reverend George E. Ryan, assistant pastor of St. Stephen's Church, was the initiateur aestheti( ue of the remodelling and all the work was done by local artisans. The generous donors who sponsored this beautification of the earthly throne of the King of Kings arc members of the Lohmar family who gave the altar as a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. John Lohmar. 1