DECORATION OF THE CHURCH

Pictures, statues, reliquaries or other objects on the high altar, that might distract the attention of the faithful, should be taken down or covered. Angels in adoration or that uphold tapers are tolerated.

Relies should not be exposed on the side altars ; statues of the Blessed Virgin, of Saint Joseph, &c, that are the objects of a spécial dévotion in the church, should be removed or covered.

Confessors will abstain from enjoining the stations of the Cross as a penance, and the faithful will be advised to postpone this exercise to another time.

The Windows next the high altar shall be veiled with white material.

Black or purple hangings are prohibited, except on the small altars, as directed in No. 7 White should be the prevailing color ; it is obligatory lst, for the front of the Exposition altar even on Pentecost day ; 2nd, for the humerai veil ; 3rd, for the canopy used at the procession. (We condemn canopies that are not of this color, andwe ordain that the interior of " custodes" be lined with white and not red.)

On account of the danger of lire, we forbid the use of evergreens as a décoration in the church.

As rich a throne as possible should be prepared for the Blcsssed Sacrament, surmounted by a little white dais if there is nothing in the altar reredos that can take its place. The ostensorium should be entirely visible,

î SIDE ALTARS.

As the rule is that no mass be said at the Exposition altar, except for the Exposition and for the déposition, the utmost should be done to erect another in cfmrches where there is only one, and masses will be said at the high altar only in case it is impossible to do otherwise. The sacred ciborium should be kept at one of the side altars. The side altars should be decorated with the color of the day ; but on Ail Soûls day purple is used.