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sacristy

a room attached to a church or chapel where the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept and where priests attire themselves

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Sacristy

a room in a Catholic church, located north or south of the choir, where sacred utensils are kept, priests don their vestments, and some rites are performed. There are also sacristies in the form of freestanding buildings.

sacristy

sacristy

A room in a church, near the chancel, where the robes and altar vessels are stored, where the clergy vest themselves for services, and where some business of the church may be done; usually a single room, but sometimes a very large one.

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Sacristy Press was founded in 2011 to publish historical and theological titles, both fiction and non-fiction.

Unease over Black Friday

But when Crepaldi arrived Tuesday afternoon to officially strip him of his priestly duties and inform him an enquiry would be launched into his actions, he found the priest hanging in the sacristy.

Italian Sex Abuse Priest Hangs Himself in Sacristy

Then in 1985, when the youngster was alone with the priest in the sacristy, he raped her in a toilet.

Raped inside church; Priest preyed on teenager

Selected sculptures are also set at intervals around the interior and the former sacristy now houses offices for the Torner Foundation.

Sense of abstraction: this medieval Spanish church forms a powerful setting for modern abstract art

We had chatted for a while in the sacristy. He was a warm, friendly man.

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A STUNNED priest discovered his keys were stolen from the church sacristy while he was saying mass.

Thieves rob priest as he says mass

(16) In 1418, the rich reliquary was described in an inventory of the cathedral sacristy as:

A French king and a magic ring: the Girolami and a relic of St. Zenobius in Renaissance Florence *

Prosecutor Keith Stone told the court that Murphy launched almost all of the attacks either within the church sacristy or in the presbytery where he lived.

Catholic priest jailed for abusing boys in church

Sacristy Press has published the novel, translated into English, about the life of St Hild of Whitby.

Author delves into Dark Ages for tale of St Hild; Prize-winning author tells MIKE KELLY why she was captivated by story of such an influential woman

They covered the windows with white curtains, to give Francis some privacy in his makeshift sacristy, where he was accompanied by security.

Can I have a bacon double Jesus-burger? Pope Francis prepares for mass in the loos at fast food restaurant

"Every month, we would lower her at night from the altar through an elevator and at the sacristy at the back of the altar, we change or clean her vestments," said Artist Glenn Lopez, 33, a volunteer.