Just as the altar is a sign for us of Christ the living stone, altar cloths are used “out of reverence for the celebration of the memorial of the Lord and the banquet that gives us his body and” By their beauty and form they add to the dignity of the altar in much the same way that vestments solemnly ornament the priests and sacred ministers.

 

 St. Veronica Ministry offers parishioners a special, sacred way to serve the Church by laundering and ironing the altar linens and purificators used by the priest and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. The linens used at the altar in the course of the Eucharistic celebration should be treated with the care and respect due to those things used in the preparation and celebration of the sacred mysteries. The laundering and ironing of the linens is done at the homes of the volunteers on a rotating weekly basis.