[Magdalen] A Rose is a Rose.

[Marion Thompson]

So at consecration we have the ciborium upper left with whatever number 
of wafers are needed and the flagon upper right, chalice in the center 
and below it the silver paten with the priest's host.

Personal bias:  I really don't like pottery et al., chalice and paten 
and, for those who fuss about hygiene,  I believe that such materials, 
being porous, are less sanitary than noble metals.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 3/18/2015 6:55 PM, Ann Markle wrote:
> Hmmm -- this could work.  For now, we've switched to the ceramic paten,
> which is salad-plate size with a rim.  We still use the pretty silver
> chalice though, so they don't really match.  I'd love a silver paten with a
> cross to match the chalice, and we have some memorial funds.  I may ask the
> vestry about it.
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Why not use a ciborium for the  main distribution?  We only use the small
>> paten for the altar party.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> On 3/18/2015 11:39 AM, Ann Markle wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting, both Jo and Sally.  We always used flowers, IIRC, on Rose
>>> Sunday, even in Lent.  No rose vestments at St. Peter's (where I serve
>>> now), and even if we did get a memorial or bequest for worship
>>> "accessories," I'd rather go blue in Advent than worry about the rose,
>>> which are used exactly 2 days per year.  And we need a larger silver paten
>>> - ours is too small, and wafers are always spilling off.
>>>
>>> And funerals?  They are Easter services, and flowers are always
>>> appropriate.  "Even at the grave...Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia."
>>>
>>> Ann
>>>
>>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>>> Buffalo, NY
>>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>>> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:04 AM, <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   At the Catholic funeral yesterday, no flowers in the church but the
>>>> coffin
>>>> arrived from the funeral home with a lovely wreath and this was placed
>>>> on a
>>>> side table in the foyer just inside the front door.
>>>>
>>>> Lent simplifies things...
>>>>
>>>> Sally D
>>>> On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 at 23:12 Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Late response:
>>>>> Rose vestments, stoles, and hangings on altar, lecturn, pulpit. No
>>>>> flowers on altar during Lent at St. James, Baton Rouge.
>>>>>