Evidently when Archbishop Hartmayer was installed as the new Archbishop of Atlanta, he must have relied upon others to make his chasuble selection. Perhaps it was a matching set with concelebrants ones too? Who knows, but it was roundly disliked around the world and some even called it the bacon look.
Fortunately in one photo, the Holy Spirit whisks it away with His powerful wind.
And for the Archbishop's reception of the pallium on October 7th, a splendid new chasuble appeared and not garish or bacon-like in the least, praise God from Whom all chasubles come and go.
Congratulations and God's abundant blessings upon Archbishop Hartmayer receiving the pallium.
5 comments:
HUGE improvement!
Interesting cut and a great improvement!!
The palliums seems to have had a little good tailoring done. It doesn't appear to sit limply and with big crinkles on his shoulders, but stand neatly.
I STILL am seeing a very pallium-like overlay decorative thing that seems to be part of the chasuble, mostly.
Alas, the chasuble looks conical. That causes quite a gathering of material in one's elbows when arms are raised.
It's an orphrey. Mostly they are attached, sometimes not and simply lay overtop. Though generally they look to be more of a "Y", the intention is that it be a cross. It can also be a pillar or, a pillar with a band. I do not believe this to be conical/true conical. There isn't enough material where the arms protrude (e.g. part of the cone is missing).
http://saintbedestudio.blogspot.com/p/the-conical-chasuble.html
Well, a bad-looking chasuble is better that none at all....across the street from Atlanta's Cathedral of Christ the King is the Episcopal cathedral and the bishop there has gone renegade "Low Church", often presiding at confirmations (away from the cathedral) with just a rochet and chimere and an ugly stole. It would be as if a bishop showed up to say Mass at a Catholic parish wearing choir robes and a stole for the Eucharist!? Out of place to say the least. But in the Episcopal Church, there are no regulations (as far as I know) for clergy dress at worship. Doubtless in many Episcopal parishes, a priest just wears an alb and stole for the Eucharist (maybe a cope if you are lucky!)
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