In Loving Memory

Priest's Vestments – What do the colours represent?

The robes worn by priests are called 'vestments'. Derived from the ancient Romans

and Greeks' secular clothing, vestments, which are not worn in everyday life,

represent the sanctity of a priest's office and his role in leading liturgies.

According to the Vatican, the form of the vestments says that the liturgy is celebrated

'in persona Christi' and not in the priest's name. The priest performs a liturgical

function not as a private person, but as a minister of the Church and an instrument in

the hands of Jesus Christ. Each colour has a symbolic meaning and aligns to the

different seasons within the Roman Catholic calendar. The four main colours are as

follows:

Green: This is the colour of vestment most commonly worn by priests during much of

the Church year, described as Ordinary Time. It symbolizes nature, life and growth.

White: Worn on major feast days and during Christmas and Easter, white is a joyful

colour representing resurrection.

Red: Symbolizing blood and fire, red is worn on Palm Sunday, Pentecost Sunday, to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation, and on the feast days of martyrs.

Purple: Worn during Lent and Advent, purple symbolizes penance and repentance.

Joseph & Margaret Keating &

Marion Ryan

Michael, Bridget, Jerry, Peggy, Pius &

Baby Barker

Broderick & Sutton families

Linda Hope Cook

Cecil Fiander & Webber family

Walsh & Mooney families

Ade & Mooney families

Mary & Gordon Wills

Bob Hafey

North & Sutton families

Wayne Mercer & family

Patrick & Philip Coleman

Joe, Bride & Madonna Croke

Hilda & Michael Lundrigan

Joan Bruce

Jane Kearsey

Mary Walsh

Eileen Bray

White & Sutton families &

Jonah, Samuel & Baby Sutton Ralph

Spratt & Wyatt families

Jack & Frances Lacey

Isabel & Martin Barron

Bert & Tillie Young

Edward & Mary Coleman

Abbott & Hannaford families

Martin & Theresa Brewer

Leonard & Pauline Power

O'Keefe & Holden families

Loretta Pearson

Mary Margaret Power

Cornick & Fagan families

Emma & Stephen Green

Catherine & William Leonard

Thomas Jr. & Thomas & Mary Flynn

John & Bridget Best & Kitty Hutchins

Keough family

Ryall family

Beulah & Bernard Foley & peter Foley

Marie & Thomas Mahoney &

Jim Mahoney

William & Bridget Thomey

Philip & Mary Short

Jerry & Theresa Coady

Gabe Walsh

Mary Wickham

Jim & Mollie Ridgley

John & Ann Manning

Gearoid Mac Niocaill

Kay and Mike Dawe

Christina & Michael Holden

Scott Chafe

Thomas & Margaret Hynes

Dianne Besaw

Wayne Hynes

Diane Hynes

Pacifico & Antonietta Cimetta

Bill & Marion Carroll

Art & Anne Puddister

Marie & Al Roche

Florence Pond

Margaret Power & family

Donations were received Christmas 2020 in memory of the following deceased people. We apologize in advance if we have missed any names.

In the rush of Christmas, it is certainly possible that by accident we missed some names. Please let us know of a missing name and we will print it in a later bulletin.

Thank you for your understanding.

In Loving Memory

Sinnott, Power, Cowan & O'Leary families

Patrick J. Bennett

Charles, Lillian and George Follett and

Wilfred Miller

William, Jean, John and William Jr. O'Toole

Thomas & Ursula Hogan

Veronica Power

Susan, Wayne & Patrick Pendergast

Joan & Cyril Congdon

Douglas Congdon

Mary & Joe Courish &

Fire Cost. Joseph Courish

Catherine Furlong

Pat Kennedy

Saunders, O'Leary & Bambrick families

Synard family

Fagan family

Colbert family

James Leo Colbert

Mary and Edward J. Collins

Brian Joseph Casey

Norman & Casey families

Will & Mary Power & family

Janson & Duff families

Mary & Jim Coleman

Mary & Ed Coleman

Mary & Bill Tucker

Pat Coleman

Patrick Dunn

Jean Walsh

John & Ellen Browne

James, Veronica & Jimmy Quirk

Owen Gorman

Father James Glavine C.Ss.R.

Michael Cowan

John Browne

In Loving Memory