Altars, Font and Ambo

Architect Adam Hermanson shares these design images of the sacramental furnishings.
Main Altar:

Altar of Repose:

Ambo:

Baptismal Font:

See also:

GIRM: The Altar and Its Appointments

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Our Temporary Home in the Gym

The Holy Trinity maintenance staff have done a great job preparing a temporary home that is both functional and reverent.  Here is a quick look at our new church in the gym:
Up the main aisle:

The altar and the ambo:

A close-up of the altars of sacrifice and repose:

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Ambo Aspects, Appointments & Arrangements

From the General Instructions of the Roman Missal:
The Ambo
309. The dignity of the word of God requires that the church have a place that is suitable for the proclamation of the word and toward which the attention of the whole congregation of the faithful naturally turns during the Liturgy of the Word.
It is appropriate that [...]

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2007: Father Ricci at the Ambo

10 November 2007 — Father Lorenzo Ricci reads the Gospel at the ambo during the Mass of Dedication for the new Father Puhl center. Image courtesy of Allan Eckert.

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