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Alarm

Object number2016.43.16

Datec. 1900

MediumWood; Varnish; Metal

Credit LineGift of St. Paul of the Cross Monastery

DescriptionWooden clacker. Varnished to a medium brown. Vertical turned wood handle with turned wood mallet screwed into top. Horizontal flat plane of wood through center of handle provides flat surface for mallet to strike.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (with mallet in up position): 13.75 × 11.125 × 3.125 in. (34.9 × 28.3 × 7.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (with mallet in down position): 10 × 11.125 × 3.125 in. (25.4 × 28.3 × 7.9 cm)
Historical NotesOne aspect of the monastic lifestyle is daily prayer, even at night, and the clacker was used before alarm clocks to wake the priests for devotion. St. Paul of the Cross Monastery is the first site of the Passionist Congregation in North America and has been in operation since the mid-19th century. The original building was erected in 1854 (the cornerstone was laid in 1853) after the Bishop of Pittsburgh, Father Michael O’Connor, helped the order secure property on the South Side owned by the Catholic Diocese. The Passionists were begun by Paolo Daneo, known as St. Paul of the Cross, and were based in Italy for its first century; three of the four founders (Frs. Anthony Calandri, Albinus Magno, Stanislaus Parcyzk, and Brother Lawrence DiGiacomo) of St. Paul of the Cross Monastery came from Italy to America as missionaries. The Passionists are dedicated to a life of prayer, poverty, penance, and solitude, and proclaim the love of God for us as seen in Jesus’ cross.

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