Credo Formation

Also known as "Christmas Tree Formation", this formation is used during the Schola Cantorum's sung Credo during the Dominican Rite Solemn High Mass.

• Celebrant at top platform of High Altar, in the middle.
• Subdeacon and Deacon a step or two down, lined up with the red diamonds on the face of the High Altar.
• Junior Acolyte and Senior Acolyte at the foot of the Altar, in the black-outlined rectangles.
• Crucifer in the large square behind the Acolytes in the middle.
• Thurifer in the small square behind the Crucifer.

Diagram

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J   s
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