{"product_id":"ivory-world-communion-unity-stole","title":"Ivory World Communion Stole with Chalice, Grapevine and Clasped Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ivory World Communion Stole reads as a sequence rather than a repeat: a cross set over a globe near the collar, a chalice with bread below it, a grapevine growing over wheat, two clasped hands of different skin tones, and a pair of doves just above the gold tassel fringe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDesign and symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorked in a full palette on smooth ivory satin, gold, blue, green, burgundy, tan and purple, the design opens with a cross over a blue-and-green globe, placing the Eucharist that follows in a worldwide rather than local frame. Below it sit the elements of Communion itself: a gold chalice beside a loaf of bread, then a grapevine with purple clusters growing over wheat stalks. Nearer the fringe, two clasped hands, deliberately shown in two different skin tones, stand for the unity the stole is named for, and a pair of doves close the design above the gold tassels. No single motif dominates the sequence; each one, from globe to doves, is given roughly equal space down the panel. The reverse is left plain ivory satin, with a gold-trimmed collar and no embroidery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLiturgical use\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvory sits with the white class and carries no fixed season of its own, which suits its purpose here: World Communion Sunday and other ecumenical or unity-themed services are not tied to a single point in the church year the way Advent or Lent are. It also serves for weddings and ordinations. It is not designed as a penitential stole and would not read as one in Lent or Advent, both of which call for violet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut for a priest, pastor or minister, in the presbyteral style worn straight down both shoulders. Its explicit unity theme, including the two-tone clasped hands, suits a congregation that wants that message stated plainly rather than implied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLength and fit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandard finished length is 120 in (305 cm), measured end to end over the shoulders. A made-to-measure length from 84 in to 120 in costs the same as standard; beyond 120 in, $10 is added for every further 5 in, up to 160 in. The height box on this page suggests a length, which you can change. Your length, height and any notes carry through to the cart, checkout and order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee more in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/communion-and-eucharistic-vestments\"\u003ecommunion and eucharistic vestments\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/affirming-and-inclusive-vestments\"\u003eaffirming and inclusive vestments\u003c\/a\u003e, or the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/clergy-stoles\"\u003eclergy stoles\u003c\/a\u003e range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Clergy Couture","offers":[{"title":"Standard 120 in","offer_id":49382758809835,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-STD","price":188.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure up to 120 in","offer_id":49382758842603,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-M120","price":188.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 121-125 in","offer_id":49408859209963,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-M125","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 126-130 in","offer_id":49408859242731,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-M130","price":208.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 131-135 in","offer_id":49408859275499,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-M135","price":218.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 136-140 in","offer_id":49408859308267,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-M140","price":228.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 141-145 in","offer_id":49408859341035,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-M145","price":238.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 146-150 in","offer_id":49408859373803,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-M150","price":248.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 151-155 in","offer_id":49408859406571,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-M155","price":258.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 156-160 in","offer_id":49408859439339,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-GLB-017-M160","price":268.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8375\/8571\/files\/ivory-world-communion-unity-stole-1.jpg?v=1788952629","url":"https:\/\/theclergycouture.com\/products\/ivory-world-communion-unity-stole","provider":"The Clergy Couture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}