The Communion Vessels
The first chalice was given to the Church of the Transfiguration in 1957 as an act of thanksgiving by the newly formed mission’s first vestry. It is worked in gold-plate and is inscribed with the names of the eight members of the mission vestry.

The first of the four sterling silver chalices used for the principal Sunday Eucharists was designed and executed in Madrid, Spain, for the parish by the C. M. Almy Company. Since our original commission, the design has come into the Almy line under the name “Durham.” The set also has a matching ciborium. Other vessels include a reservation ciborium, two ceramic chalices used in the Children’s Chapel and two Austrian crystal chalices used when communion is administered at standing stations. The parish also owns two fine crystal cruets which are used for Reservation: one by Stueben and the other by Orrefors.

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