The Feast of Ss Joachim and Anne

On this lovely feastday, the Studio is pleased to present this set of vestments in honour of their daughter, the Virgin Mary. This design we have named Regina Coeli.

The vestments were made from a European brocade.  They were ornamented with a damask in peacock blue and silver, outlined with a silver-coloured narrow galloon.  The vestments were lined with dupion silk in a shade to match the orphrey.

We have made several sets of vestments in this style, which have been very pleasing to our customers.

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The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

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AMDG 

Feast of Saint James the Apostle

On the Feast of Saint James the Apostle, we are pleased to present a glimpse of a set of red vestments, in the Borromeon style.

This set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade in a beautiful shade of crimson red and is lined in a coppery shade of taffeta. 

The ornament was formed from one of the Studio's unique braids in colours of old gold and burgundy, with a hint of white, upon red.  It features knot-work, rather than our usual mediaeval style.  We called the braid Saint Columba. It can be used with any of the liturgical colours, excepting rose. 

The orphrey is outlined with another knot-work narrow galloon in the same colours.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics. 

 

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The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

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AMDG 

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 16

For this post, we are pleased to present a set of green vestments, made in the traditional Roman style.  The vestments are made from a beautiful green brocade and fully-lined in a deep shade of crimson taffeta.  The chasuble in this post is ornamented in the well-known Roman style, a TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed by a geometric brocade in burgundy and old gold and an outlining burgundy and gold galloon. 

The chasuble is in the Studio's Saint Philip Neri style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  The Studio revived this more ample 16th century style of the Roman chasuble in 2007 and since then we have made many of them.  Beware of poorly-made imitations!

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Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

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AMDG

Festal chasuble in the Borromeon style

In this post, the Studio is pleased to present a set of festal vestments, in that style known as Borromeon.  The vestments were made from a cream-coloured silk and fully-lined in a lemon-coloured taffeta.

This chasuble is ornamented in the well-known Roman style, being the TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed by one of the Studio's unique braids Saint Columba and an outlining gold galloon.  

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

Click on the image for an enlarged view.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

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AMDG

Our Ladye of Mount Carmel

On this beautiful Feast of Our Ladye of Mount Carmel, we are pleased to present these images of one of the Studio's most popular sets of vestments, which we call Ave Maris Stella.  This is made in various Gothic styles and from different fabrics, but always and is ornamented with the now-familiar braid.

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Although not directly-based on the work of the Gothic designer AWN Pugin, this braid incorporates Puginesque elements.  No matter whether you shop for your vestments in Poland, India, England or America, you will not find another braid like Stella.  It is just one of the Saint Bede Studio's unique braids, designed by the writer of this blog and made exclusively for the Studio's use.

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The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

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AMDG

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 15

In this post is depicted a set of vestments in a subtle shade of green brocade and ornamented with the Studio's Sancte Deus orphrey braid.  This braid is in the distinctive colours of deep blue and ivory upon a green background. 

This set of vestments is distinct from the Studio usual offerings.  The chasuble is unlined, but sturdily faced on the inside of the neckline.  The ornament is in the form of a TAU, arranged with braid.  Although it was designed as a concelebration set, nothing would prevent its use on ferial days.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

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The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for optimal viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 14

 

For this post, we are pleased to present a set of green vestments, made in the traditional Roman style.  The vestments are made from a beautiful green brocade and fully-lined in a deep shade of olive silk.  The chasuble in this post is ornamented in the well-known Roman style, a TAU at the front and a column at the back, formed by a brocade in rose and old gold and an outlining burgundy and gold galloon. 

The chasuble is in the Studio's Saint Philip Neri style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  The Studio revived this more ample 16th century style of the Roman chasuble in 2007 and since then we have made many of them.  Beware of poorly-made imitations!

Click on the images for an enlarged view.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for optimal viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG

On the happy Feast of Saint Benedict

In this post we are pleased to present this beautiful set of festal vestments.  These vestments were made from a European brocade with a gold figured design on an ivory background. Fully-lined in a shade of dark red taffeta, the chasuble is ornamented with a silk damask in colours of old gold upon wine-red. A galloon of burgundy and straw-gold outlines the TAU ornament at the front of the chasuble and the column at the back.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

The chasuble is in the Studio's Borromeon style, which is the product of years of research into historical vestments and refinement of dimensions for comfortable use.  

Click on the images for an enlarged view.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for optimal viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG

A Prayer for Zealous Shepherds

Thanks to Father Finigan we found this beautiful prayer of Saint John Fisher, dating from the year 1508, which he uttered during a Sermon. It is a prayer for the appointment to the Church of good bishops. Unfortunately the prayer was not answered as fully as he might have hoped. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester since 1504, was the only Bishop in Catholic England to refuse to assent to the Act of Supremacy, the supreme arrogation of the vile despot Henry VIII (Tudor), severing England from Communion with the Roman Church. For such a refusal, Fisher was put to death by the tyrant in June 1535.  Pope Paul III had made him a Cardinal shortly before his death. Pope Pius XI canonised him four hundred years later (together with Sir Thomas More).

The portrait accompanying this post is described here . Based on Holbein's famous drawing, this portrait might easily be a photograph taken yesterday, so lifelike is it.

Lord, according to Your promise that the Gospel should be preached throughout the whole world, raise up men fit for such work. The Apostles were but soft and yielding clay till they were baked hard by the fire of the Holy Ghost.

So, good Lord, do now in like manner again with Thy Church militant; change and make the soft and slippery earth into hard stone; set in Thy Church strong and mighty pillars that may suffer and endure great labours, watching, poverty, thirst, hunger, cold and heat; which also shall not fear the threatening of princes, persecution, neither death but always persuade and think with themselves to suffer with a good will, slanders, shame, and all kinds of torments, for the glory and laud of Thy Holy Name. By this manner, good Lord, the truth of Thy Gospel shall be preached throughout all the world.

Therefore, merciful Lord, exercise Thy mercy, show it indeed upon Thy Church.

AMDG

The Season Per Annum 2025 : 13

The vestments in this post were made from an ecclesiastical brocade in a muted shade of green and fully-lined in crimson-red taffeta.  The Saint Bede Studio has made such vestments on many occasions now and also matching dalmatics.  The combination of colours has been found very attractive by our customers.

The vestments are ornamented with one of the Studio's unique braids, being a replica of a design by AWN Pugin; it is called Saint Chad.  Notice how this braid is arranged : the greatest care is taken with all our vestments to ensure that braids are precisely and harmoniously aligned, not cutting away design elements.  

In the attached image, you can see how carefully the green medallions of this braid are arranged.  

In this instance, the chasuble is worn with an apparel in the mediaeval style, using the same orphrey braid and forming a collar attached to the amice, not to the chasuble.

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AMDG