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Sacraments: Communion (first)

 Sub-Series — Box: 579

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

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

0.25 Linear Feet (1 container)

Digitized

Digitized at the Internet Archive (BC_20140502_FirstCommunion)

Instruction manual for first communion of God's holy innocents / [Thomas E. Skinner]. My holy communion / by Daniel A. Lord ; illustrated by Nan Pollard. A little child's first communion : introduction to the spiritual way / by Mother Bolton ; illustrations by L. Jambor. My first communion : what the very young need to know for their first holy communion / by Louis LaRavoire Morrow. Preparing children for the eucharist : suggested guidelines for involving parents. How to prepare your child for First Holy Communion / by Sister Marie Charles. The new catechetical directory and initiation to the sacraments of penance and eucharist / by John Wright. Preparing a child for first communion / by Jean Marie Renfro. Aunt Helen's letters to little first communicants / by M.A. Springer. Memento of first communion. Little talks to children preparing for holy communion. Parent's guide to a child's reception of communion / by Lucille E. Selsor.

Repository Details

Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository

Contact:
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