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Holy Cross Church holds a Confirmation service, 1981

Also Beaver Island Confirmation May 1 1981

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TypeEvent
Date1981-05-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1981-05-01
Kind
Religious service
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Holy Cross Church held a Confirmation service on May 1, 1981, at which eleven young people were confirmed. The Beacon also reports a reception, choir singing, and Joe Moore playing “Ave Maria.”

Evidence and limits

The newspaper account does not replace a sacramental register or complete parish program.

Sources

  1. Reports the May 1 Confirmation of eleven young people at Holy Cross Church, with Archbishop-Elect Edmund O. Szoka, named clergy, Margaret Cronyn, a reception, choir singing, and Joe Moore playing Ave Maria. It is a parish report, not a sacramental register. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held thirteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Confirmation report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Holy Cross Church holds a Confirmation service, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-holy-cross-confirmation-service-1981/, accessed [date], citing From Within These Hallowed Walls, Beaver Beacon, May 1981. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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