baptismal font

King (sociology, Queen's College, Belfast) explores how people use the popular material culture of religion such as mass-produced statues, pictures, crosses, holy water fonts, beads, and crucifixes along with other common material implements such as oil, water, food and drink in their everyday religious life.

Drain and disinfect Holy Water fonts regularly and to change the blessed water frequently.

For the most part I think people are used to them being around, and their presence is as much a comfort to longtime churchgoers as are statues, candles, and holy water fonts. Their role in the liturgy is indispensable.

His firm made one type of rosary beads and plastic holy water fonts. The firm made one line of rosary beads by employing invalids and others 'who have spare time to engage in the process of linking the beads'.

There's bad news for people who view ancient holy water fonts as a kind of alternative medicine that can ward off evil spirits and disease.

"These are the only ways we can stop such horror stories as drug addicts washing needles in holy water fonts," he said.

It didn't matter that the guardian angel holy water fonts in every child's bedroom occasionally leaked because the plastic cracked.