Glosario

A room adjoining a church where vestments, altar hangings and linens, sacred vessels, and liturgical books are kept until needed for use in worship.

A holy person, a faithful Christian, one who shares life in Christ. The term may also indicate one who has been formally canonized or recognized as a saint by church authority.

In a title or as a proper noun, the abbreviation “St.” is preferred. For parishes named after a saint, the saint’s name takes an apostrophe…

Liturgical dialogue of mutual greeting: «The Lord be with you»; «And also with you.» (In Rite I, the response is «And with thy spirit.»)

Eternal life in the fullness of God’s love.

This term is preferred over “gay marriage.” Where same-sex marriage is legal, there is no need to distinguish it from “marriage” unless…

Formally, the area of a church around the altar. In common usage, the entire worship space. See Nave.

From the Latin for holy, a hymn of adoration and praise which begins, «Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts.»

Sleeveless garment that hangs from the shoulders to the ankles.

A 19th-century Russian American who became missionary bishop to Shanghai and devoted much of his life to translating Christian writing for the Chinese people. Feast day: Oct. 14.