Altars & Sanctuary
New Tabernacles
Tabernacles for reserving the Blessed Sacrament with the dignity it deserves: solid, secure and beautiful, for the sanctuary or a chapel of reservation.
About this collection
About New Tabernacles
Here you will find newly made tabernacles for parish churches, chapels and oratories, along with door-and-frame sets and tabernacle key boxes. Models range from a small chapel tabernacle with a solid brass door on a steel box to domed bronze and Gothic cathedral designs over 30 inches tall, and a European-made tabernacle close to four feet. Finishes include high-polish and satin bronze, polished brass, silver plate and 24k gold plate. Designs feature angels, the Four Evangelists, the Lamb of God, the Chi-Rho or loaves and fishes, and several models are exposition tabernacles that hold a large host.
What to measure
Check the inside height and door opening against your tallest ciborium, and decide whether the tabernacle will rest on an altar, a stand or a reredos, or fit into a wall opening. Door-and-frame sets and slide-in models are made for a custom box or niche. Some models include double-action doors and a vault lock.
Listed prices currently run from about $1,150 to $37,400; other models are quoted individually. Call or request a quote, and ask about matching sanctuary lamps or a thabor for exposition. Freight is billed separately.
New Tabernacles
In the Sacred Liturgy
The tabernacle is where the Blessed Sacrament is kept after Mass. The consecrated Hosts reserved inside are brought to the sick and the dying, and they remain a focus of prayer for everyone who comes to visit the Lord. The name comes from the Latin tabernaculum, "tent", recalling the tent in the desert where God dwelt among His people.
The Church asks that a tabernacle be immovable, made of solid material that is not see-through, and locked, so that the Eucharist is protected from any profanation. It stands in a part of the church that is prominent, worthy and suited to prayer. A sanctuary lamp burns near it at all times to show that Christ is present. Some churches also cover the tabernacle with a veil, called a conopaeum.
Many tabernacles are richly worked, with doors bearing symbols such as the Lamb of God, a chalice and Host, or the pelican. Their beauty is an act of faith in the Real Presence of Christ.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us
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