- Date
- 1970-05-10
- Kind
- Religious service
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religioncommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Seven children received First Holy Communion at the 9:00 Mass at Holy Cross on May 10, 1970, with Father Herbert Graf officiating.
Evidence and limits
The notice names the children and officiant but does not preserve a parish register or the service’s complete participant list.
Sources
- Reports First Holy Communion at the 9:00 Mass on May 10, with Father Herbert Graf officiating and seven children named in the notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published Communion report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Seven Beaver Island children receive First Holy Communion, 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-first-holy-communion-may-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1970, “First Holy Communion.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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