Kneelers

The kneelers are a collection of fitted handmade kneeling pads that fit around the circular altar rail. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"kneelers" and "pew peasants" will quickly converge these religions into some simple rules of life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fashion in some parts of the world of not installing kneelers in churches should not be copied by the Church in Asia. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The nun hums to herself as she goes about her chores: stacking church bulletins, lighting candles on the altar, double-checking that all the kneelers are up in the pews. ❋ F. J. Lennon (2011)

The hard kneelers, the long spaces of silence, the intense demand to submit to the surroundings, the beginning of the Mass with its Confiteor and mea culpas — all of it serves to form us and prepare us. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There, during Holy Week, he reinstated the communion rail in the Cathedral and encouraged the faithful to receive Holy Communion kneeling and on the tongue (cf. report in Spanish here; kneelers for receiving Holy Communion kneeling have also been recently introduced at two other Spanish Cathedrals, that of Málaga, beginning with the Chrism Mass, and that of the Diocese of the Armed Forces in Madrid, cf. report in Spanish here). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Row by row, the kneelers in the church pews slam down. ❋ F. J. Lennon (2011)

Our reader reports that for this purpose kneelers are being put before the steps of the altar, as per the practice at papal masses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The chair's padding, complete with removable kneelers, absorbs sound a little better and has improved the acoustics inside the church. ❋ Melanie Grayce West (2012)

I was startled back to the present as the squeak and clap of kneelers returning to their upright position told me the rosary crowd had finished. ❋ Lynne Griffin (2010)

Mr. Wilkinson was recently very gracious in acknowledging, in his absorbing English Buildings blog, the introduction I gave him to the Welland Valley Viaduct and its attendant church kneelers. ❋ Peter Ashley (2008)

There are silhouettes of Jane on the needlework kneelers in the pews, and a plaque on the wall about her too. ❋ Heather Vogel Frederick (2010)

The rooms will look similar: Each will have stained glass windows depicting nature scenes, movable chairs, kneelers for Catholic worshippers, space for Muslim prayer rugs and literature from a variety of faiths. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For that purpose, two kneelers are now put before the steps of the high altar at the moment of Communion, just like in Papal Masses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most of the parishes in Seoul Archdiocese have removed kneelers and it is rare to see people kneeling even during weekday Masses, when there are no crowds. ❋ Unknown (2009)