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Confirmation service at Holy Cross Church (1972)

Also 1972 Beaver Island Confirmation · Bishop Edmund Szoka confirmation

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

Bishop Edmund C. Szoka visited Beaver Island on October 15, 1972, for a confirmation service at Holy Cross Church. The Beaver Beacon lists twelve confirmands and reports a dinner at Holy Cross Parish Hall afterward.

Evidence and limits

The named confirmand roster is preserved in the source note but is not expanded into twelve identity records here. The issue does not provide sacramental registers, ages, sponsors, or an independent diocesan record.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October–November 1972, “Confirmation.”
    Reports Bishop Edmund C. Szoka’s October 15 visit to Holy Cross Church and lists Beth Ann Green, Bernadette Green, Dan McDonough, Bill McDonough, Tom Cole, Garret Cole, Cathy Gillespie, Mary Konwabikise, Linda Wogan, Ann Wogan, Frank Solle, and Rhea Christie as confirmands; a parish-hall dinner followed.
    beaver_beacon · 1972-10_Beaver-Beacon