Name: Beaver Island Christmas and Midnight Mass, 1959
Start: 1959-12-25
End: 1959-12-25
Location: Holy Cross Catholic Church building

Event

Date: 1959-12-25
Kind: Religious service
Where: Holy Cross Catholic Church building
Carried out by: Holy Cross Catholic Church
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1960 Beaver Beacon reports that nearly the entire Beaver Island community attended Midnight Mass at Holy Cross Church on Christmas Day 1959.

Evidence and limits

This is a community newspaper account, not a parish register or attendance count. The weather description is preserved as contemporary context.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1960, “A Happy New Year To All.”
Reports that Christmas was happy, the weather was cold and clear with a little snow, and just about everyone on the island attended Midnight Mass at Holy Cross Church. It does not provide a service register or attendance count.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1960, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Christmas and Midnight Mass, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-midnight-mass-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1960, “A Happy New Year To All.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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