Caring for Altar Linens

Instructions for those who care for altar linens at Sts. Peter and Paul
Church, Strasburg, ND.

[@amossheffield8501]

Thank you for your clear instructions and obvious reverence for the Eucharist!

[@mariadelaluz5757]

Father thank you for sharing this video, I am in charge of doing this beautiful service in my parish and well it is a great blessing for me, and well your video only reminded me of what I was already doing to wash the purifiers and well I do it with a lot respect, God bless you Father and strengthen your vocation day by day 🙏🏼

[@giorgiocadra2081]

Tradizione

[@kelliemariapetzold9868]

This video was perfect!! Thank you so much for sharing it. This will be very helpful in training people at our parish. God Bless you. 🙏

[@gagoinewebabuseng6394]

Thank you very much Fr, I'm new in this very important work today was my first time was told to wash these cloths normally, but I soaked them overnight in clean water then poured that water in my house potplants.Folding them is a real challenge but your video is of great help.

[@docdotorg]

Well done explanation but I have one slightly different opinion: The first "purificator" seems to be a Lavabo towel, at least that's how I have always learned. The purificator's cross is in the centre, every cloth that size that has no cross or another symbol in the centre is a Lavabo towel, especially if there is a cross on the bottom edge. I also produce altar cloths myself and design them this way.

[@mariameza6245]

Thak You Fhater, very helpful I appreciate your instructions, God bless you!!!

[@merianjones2449]

Thank you father for this video. I was approached yesterday. I didn't get detailed instruction like this. I am considering of doing this.

[@eskarina1028]

8:40 Properly unfolded technique Aka, bottom up, up down, right to the middle, then left to the middle.

[@thembisilebuthelezi8003]

Thanks very much father for your help. Could you help me please for the meaning of base veil.thanks.

[@christinegrice4032]

Thank you, Father. I just started to take care of the linen. I wanted to be sure I was doing it correctly.

[@karmelicanke]

The corporal and purificator should be rinsed at the church in the sacrarium which drains directly into earth, not the sewer system. This safeguards mishandling of the linens outside of the church and loss of sacred species fragments during transportation or at home.

[@jsignal]

Yes. As long as the church has a sacrarium. For some reason, many churches don't have them or got rid them. I don't understand why that's the case, but it has been my experience. In that case, I've always instructed people to put the rinse water onto the earth and NOT the sewer.

[@karmelicanke]

@@jsignal You provide a great service, Fr Signalness, teaching a wider audience respectful, proper handling of liturgical linens. A job well done and appreciated.

[@maria1125]

Thank you so much for this video.

[@betsybattles2696]

Thank you for this video, it is extremely helpful.

[@ritabia6363]

Thank you Father, now I know you are not to starch the purificator.

[@shawnfleming6592]

What do with Alter Lines once they need to be replaced. Our Lady of Peace Catholic school San Diego California.

[@jsignal]

After laundering, the linens should be burned and the ashes buried.

[@beverlyking2728]

thank you for instructions, there were steps I was totally unaware of.

[@homeschool1995]

Hello Father. Thank you so much for this video. I have just been given the honor of caring for the altar linens. I wanted to be sure I get it done correctly. You explain it all so well, this is a very good video for anyone who is just beginning to care for the sacred linens. God bless you.

[@saralee241]

I appreciate your explanation and reasons why we have to do in a certain way. I sign up for this service at my church and the instruction I have are only pictures. I love show and tell.

[@badlucy4]

Thank you . I learn something today. God bless

[@mickeyteixeira388]

Thank you. I inherited this, as you say privilege of washing the corporal and purificators, in recent weeks. I was not given particular instructions and well it was really bugging me. I was not instructed to soak in water and pour into the ground. Thank you, thank you. So should I mention this in confession?

[@kimcaringal8122]

i did it wrong. =( thank you for this video.

[@Anne-of2yg]

Thank you father, now I can show my sacristan colleagues a correct way to fold the corporal.

[@babettehiles5169]

I take care of the linens and have always let them soak from the time I pick them up after 10:30 Mass until the next morning. It sounds like they don't need to soak in water like that. We do have a sacrarium and I can rinse them out there. What is the proper length of time for them to soak? Thank you Father for all the wonderful instructions you have provided.

[@jsignal]

I am not aware of any specific length of time that is required. The goal is to make sure we don't flush particles of the Eucharist down the regular drain. So soak long enough, or rinse long enough, to prevent that. The way you were doing it is not wrong. Thanks for your service!

[@dudieghabarnabast.9757]

Thanks for the insight dear Fr.

[@CatholicGaming]

I really have an important question about this, but it is kind of private. Can I have your email or give you mine. I truly believe Jesus is Present in the Holy Eucharist, but I don't know what to do.

[@cristinadoberenz5772]

Thank you thank you so much Father.GOD Bless