UPDATE

Hello Everyone,

According to the list from St. Pascal's, St. John's baptismal font went to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Excelsior. The cross from the baptismal font went to St. Pascal's. I was at St. Pascal's today for Mass and took a photo of the cross (attached). It is hanging in the St. John's Chapel. It looks like one of the crosses from the top of the altars.

I don't remember what our baptismal font looked liked nor do I have any pictures of it. I vaguely recall that at one time there was a baptismal font in the alcove where the Matt Talbot shrine was located in the vestibule. Can anyone shed any light on what we were using for a baptismal font for the past 20 years or so, and whether there was an old one hidden somewhere that I don't remember?

Thanks,
Greg Cosimini

Comments

Aug 15, 2014

We had three grandchildren baptized at St. John's the last six years, and a baptismal font was not used, but a bowl was used each time. These were Mike and Ann Merabella's children. Mary Jo and Dan Rossini

Aug 15, 2014

Here is what was used four years ago with Matthias.

Theresa

Aug 16, 2014

Good Morning All,

Yes, the pictures that I received show the postable Baptism font that was used for the last 25 or so years. Over that time I have explored the entire church and never saw the font that was present in the Matt Talbot area. I suppose it was gotten rid of long ago.

Blessings,
Deacon Ron

Aug 16, 2014

Hi Everyone,

Thanks Theresa, Dan and Deacon Ron for clearing up the baptismal font question for me. It turns out I did have photos of it but thought it was just a cabinet in the sacristy. Maybe a photo of the original font will show up someday. There were a lot of baptisms performed at St. John's over the years and someone must have taken photographs.

After looking at photos of the altars I'm sure the cross at St. Pascal's was from the top of one of the altars and I'm almost positive it was from the high altar. The gold paint on the crosses on the two side altars had been restored at some point. Most likely no one could reach the cross on the main altar so there wasn't much paint left on that one. I don't have a very good photos of that cross for the same reason - it was a long way up and my camera isn't that great - but the pattern of the remaining paint looks the same. I'll let Father Byron know what it is. It's nice that a part of the altar can join the statue of St. John in the Chapel of St. John at St. Pascal's.

Greg

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