- Date
- 2008-10
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religioneducationheritagecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 2008 Beacon memorializes Christian Brother Kevin Mackey through a first-person reflection on his teaching, service, faith, and long connection to Beaver Island. It says he first visited in the 1930s and made a final-vow retreat at Brother Domnan Lodge in 1939.
Evidence limits
This record indexes the memorial publication and Island connection; it does not infer a death date or replace the Brothers’ institutional biography.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "In Memory: Brother Kevin Mackey."Publishes a memorial reflection describing Brother Kevin’s Christian Brothers vocation, decades of teaching and service, first Beaver Island visit in the 1930s, final-vow retreat at Brother Domnan Lodge in 1939, and lasting Island friendships. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the memorial reflection.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island friends remember Christian Brother Kevin Mackey, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-brother-kevin-mackey-memorial-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "In Memory: Brother Kevin Mackey." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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