Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-30
SOLEMN HIGH MASS
IN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Completion Of Improvements
Marked by Special Service
Interior Decorations Present Beautiful
Effect-specIai System Of Lighting
Adds to Its Richness.

Eneet-specIaI system Of Lighting
Adds to Its Richness.
To mark the completion of the interior
decorations Of st. Michaels Roman Cath
ole church solemn high mass was OBJ
served Sunday morning and vesper SER
vices were held at 7.30 o'clock that even
Ing For the first time since the scaffold-
ing was erected, nine weeks before, the
members Of the parish had an opportunity
to see the improvements that had been
made, in the way of decorations, and
that they were appreciated was shown
by the expressions of praise by all. In
the solemn high mass Rev. Father M. j.
Carmody, pastor of the church, was cele-
brant, Rev. r. ]. Cahill D. D., of st.
Adams was deacon, Rev. b. w. Nc
Mahon, curate of the church, was sub
deacon, and Rev. William Mcmahon,
brother of Rev. Father B. w. Mcmahon,
Of the Montreal seminary, was master Of
ceremonies. The vestments worn by the
priests were brought from Boston espec-
tally for the occasion.
written description of the decora-
tons can but feebly describe the work
done by Donatus Buongiorno of New
York city, who designed the work and
had 1t in charge. The artist has used the
llghter tones almost to the exclusion of
the darker colors, a buff tone being the
darkest used. The effect of light colors
Is to give good light to the interior and
1t also gives one the impression that the
church is larger than ii is.
The lobby Is decorated with blue and
white border above the wainscoting and
the remainder is in blue. The main body
OF the church is done chiefly in cream.
Inc walls are decorated above the VAIN
scoting with a border of light buff, stem
clled with darker buff. Above this is a
border of alternate lines of white, yio-
let ana white of an architectural design,
topped with lines of violet old gold
cream and yellow Between each window
Is square panel, in which the stations
are hung, and these panels are topped
with fikeze in cream color with targets
of olfgold. This frieze is done in the
style OF the Renaissance. About the win
dows is border of white, the upper part
pelng of blue and white.
The vaults of the main isle are deco
rated in pronounced cream, the archi-
trave, or chief beam, being of blue and
alabaster, in the Robier style. At the
intersections of the arches and the archi-
trave are golden rays, symbolic of the
DIVINITY, There are seven panels on each
side of the architrave and below these
are the lunettes which surmount the pi-
lasters and which are in blue and white
Inc vaults of the side aisles are of Goth
followed is the same as in the main
aisle
There are eight pilasters in the church.
Their bases are painted in dark buff to a
helght of about five feet Above this thew
are decorated to represent green payon-
occetto marble. The capitals are of Goth
lc style and have been given golden
borders and the turned leaves have been
gold-leafed at the points. The remainder
IN,
and gold
Inc sanitary is a beautiful piece of
work and reflects great credit upon the
artist. Standing at the rear of the church
one is Immediately impressed with its
signal strength and superb lines. The two
master pillars, one at each side of the
sa nctuary between it and the side
cHapels' are In pure alabaster and gold.
forming beautiful frame for the santu,
airy. Part way up the pillars are placed
the brackets in white and gold on which
stano the statues of the Sacred Heart
and st. Anthony. To height of six feet
IN the sanctuary a wainscoting has been
built in imitation of pavonoccetto marble
which brings out the beauty of the white
marble OF the altar and its onyx COL
umns Above the wainscoting the sane
tuary is decorated in cream and above
this is frieze in the Gothic style rum
ming at the bases of three arches. which
is decorated with gold targets and has
reliefs of white marble cherubs.
The handsome painting of THE fall Of
the angels" painted by Mr. Buongiorno, is
placed in the rear of the sanctuary and
above the altar. Surrounded by a deep
frame made of gold leaf the picture adds
beautiful effect to the place and its
position also adds to its beauty. A pic-
ture OF the painting was printed exclu-
sively In The Phoenix two weeks ago.
The vault is divided into three lunettes
and at the apex of each are painted
golden rays symbolic Of the Trinity. The
background is of nile blue and is stud
ded with five- pointed stars of gold. The
side chapels, dedicated to st. Joseph ana
the Virgin Mary, are painted to corre-
spond with the decorations in the main
part Of the church and the ceiling is of
nile blue, bordered with white. -
There probably is not "a church in Yer
mont whose interior rs MORE beautiful
70 the eve than thafftof st.. Michaei's
Roman Catholic CHURCH, Not only do the
decorations appeal to the eye bnt ones
sense Of, the power Of f@apn6n Is intensi-
fed as he gaxes upon its richness ana
beauty. The system of lighting, done BY
Horton d. Walker. is 90 arranged that no
electric lights are seen ana when the
lights are turned on the Design OF the
decorations and the icolors are brought
out with greater strength. The system
OF reflected light does away with shadows
and dark corners and every portion OF the
church Is given its due share of illumi-
ma ton.