Reclamation Center Online Catalog

Reclamation Center Items

Over 3,500 individual items have been photographed and cataloged.  All items are tracked as they arrive and when they leave so that we can be good stewards of these Sacred objects.  You can browse through some elements of our collection below.  There are a few images of some of our large items and a pdf of the current catalog of items.  The descriptions include the name of the image, the condition, and an image is included as well.  

Please keep in mind that our collections changes week-to-week, so it is best to contact one of the Center’s Coordinators to determine if an item in which you have interest is still available.  There are some uses for a specific item which might be appropriate, and others which might not be suitable. Accordingly, we have designated some items at the Center as “Restricted Use Only.” This means that they are reserved for liturgical use by parishes, religious orders or approved oratories, not for home or personal use.  As a general rule, Restricted Use Items may

only be claimed by Clergy and Professed Religious. If a lay person is locating and claiming items on behalf of a Parish or other legitimate Catholic institution, we request a letter from the leadership of that organization.  

Please feel free consult with one of the center’s Coordinators for more information. 

 E-mail: [email protected]

      Phone: (314) 792-6461

The Reclamation Center will need to remain closed while the building is being evaluated.

 Cannon Law Chapter II. 

Oratories and Private Chapels

can.  1223 by the term oratory is understood a place for divine worship designated by permission of the ordinary for the benefit of some community or group of the faithful who gather in it and to which other members of the faithful can also come with the consent of the competent superior.

 can.  1224 §1. the ordinary is not to grant the permission required to establish an oratory unless he has first visited the place destined for the oratory personally or through another and has found it properly prepared.

§2. after permission has been given, however, an oratory cannot be converted to profane use without the authority of the same ordinary.

 can.  1225 all sacred celebrations can be performed in legitimately established oratories except those which the law or a prescript of the local ordinary excludes or the liturgical norms prohibit.

 can.  1226 by the term private chapel is understood a place for divine worship designated by permission of the local ordinary for the benefit of one or more physical persons.

 can.  1227 bishops can establish a private chapel for themselves which possesses the same rights as an oratory.

 can.  1228 without prejudice to the prescript of ⇒ can. 1227, the permission of the local ordinary is required for mass or other sacred celebrations to take place in any private chapel.

 can.  1229 it is fitting for oratories and private chapels to be blessed according to the rite prescribed in the liturgical books. they must, however, be reserved for divine worship alone and free from all domestic uses.