Name: Bishop Edmund Szoka confirms Beaver Island children at Holy Cross, 1977
Start: 1977-10-25
End: 1977-10-25
Location: Holy Cross Catholic Church building

Event

Date: 1977-10-25
Kind: Religious service
Where: Holy Cross Catholic Church building
Carried out by: Holy Cross Catholic Church
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: religioncatholicismcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October–November 1977 Beaver Beacon reports Bishop Edmund C. Szoka’s October 25 Confirmation of eight Beaver Island children at Holy Cross, followed by refreshments at Holy Cross Hall.

Evidence and limits

This is a parish newspaper report, not a sacramental register or complete family record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October–November 1977, “Confirmation.”
Reports Bishop Edmund C. Szoka of the Gaylord Diocese officiating at October 25 Confirmation for Val, Shane, Tammie, and Gina Delmater, Kevin and Amy Green, Robert Cole, and Lynn McCafferty, followed by refreshments at Holy Cross Hall. It does not provide a sacramental register or complete family record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October–November 1977, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eleven-page combined issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Confirmation report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Bishop Edmund Szoka confirms Beaver Island children at Holy Cross, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-holy-cross-confirmation-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October–November 1977, “Confirmation.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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