Processional Aisle
The aisle allows movement, including liturgical processions and the approach to Communion. The pattern depends on the building.
Key points
- Processions give the assembly a visible movement in shared worship.
- Look for: An open path between the seating.
- An illustrative Roman Catholic parish in the Latin rite, assembled for study rather than surveyed from a single building. Plans, devotional furnishings, music, and the locations of the font and tabernacle vary; Eastern Catholic churches have other traditions. Sizes, materials, and spacing are illustrative, and displayed vessels represent different moments of worship.