- Dates
- 1966-05-01 – 1966-05-08
- Kind
- Religious service
- Where
- Saint James
- Carried out by
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religionfamilycommunity
- Within
- Saint James
Summary
The May 1966 Beaver Beacon reported seven children making First Holy Communion at Holy Cross Catholic Church on May 8 and a May 1 crowning and procession with Billy Gillespie performing the crowning.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper parish notice, not a parish register, complete participant list, or full liturgical record.
Sources
- Reports seven children making First Holy Communion on May 8 at Holy Cross Catholic Church and a May 1 crowning and procession with Billy Gillespie performing the crowning. It does not provide parish registers, complete participant lists, or liturgical records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Holy Cross parish celebrates First Communion and May Crowning, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-first-communion-and-may-crowning-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1966, “First Communion” and “May Crowning.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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