PART TWO: PREPARATIONS FOR THE LITURGY
VESTMENTS AND SEATING OF PRIESTS AND DEACONS
Red vestments are worn for the Ritual Mass, For the Conferral of Confirmation. Purple vestments are worn on Sundays during Lent. Otherwise, the color of the vestment proper to the day is worn. Concelebrants are expected to wear the Archdiocesan chasuble and stole if there are not enough vestments of a matching color for concelebrants. The deacon(s) wears a dalmatic the same color as the principal celebrant.
Customarily, the Bishop brings his own vestments for the Mass.
All priests are welcome to concelebrate with the Bishop. If possible, concelebrants should be seated together in the sanctuary area with easy access to the altar for the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Only deacon chaplains sit next to the Bishop or, in their absence, the deacon of the Mass.
If a deacon is not present, a concelebrant proclaims the Gospel and assists at the altar. A concelebrating priest asks for the Bishop's blessing before proclaining the Gospel.
Priests who are not concelebrating, vested in cassock and surplice, likewise should have seats and Communion stoles prepared for them in the sanctuary area.