Mary
Scope and Contents
Material culture and pamphlets that document the Liturgical Movement and changes in religious life in the American Catholic Church from the early twentieth century through the implementation of the Second Vatican Council's reforms in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection contains artifacts of many kinds, including badges, bookmarks, candles, chalices, chaplets, crosses, crucifixes, holy water containers, jewelry, key rings, medals, money clips, monstrances, pins, plaques, relics, rosaries, scapulars, sick call sets, statues, vestments, and altar textiles.
Dates
- Creation: undated
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1926 - 1968
Creator
- From the Collection: Leonard, William J. (1908-2000) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is mostly in English, with some materials in French, German, Italian, Latin, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian, and Spanish.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Full Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (2 containers)
Digitized
Digitized at the Internet Archive (BC_20131125_LitandLifeMary) 10 titles:
The novena in honor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel : followed by a notice of the origin, privileges, and blessings of the brown scapular.
Novena in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
A novena in honor of Our Lady of La Salette.
The apparition of Our Lady of La Salette.
Notre-Dame de la Salette.
"I will convert sinners" : Our Lady's apparitions at Beauraing, 1932-1933 / by Don Sharkey.
The five first Saturdays and reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary / [by L.F. Harvey].
Remodel your home after Mary's heart / Bernard J. Le Frois.
Madonna of the Americas / [by Hildebrando Garza].
Our lady of Walsingham / by C.G. Mortimer.
Repository Details
Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
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