- Date
- 1958-09
- Kind
- Religious service
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religioncommunitymigrationheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Jerome McCann, identified as the son of former islanders Ethel and Rolland McCann, returned to Beaver Island on vacation with Father Aedan McKoon. The September 1958 Beacon recalled that McCann had offered his first Mass at Holy Cross Church two years earlier.
Evidence limits
The notice does not provide religious-order, assignment, travel, or Mass records.
Sources
- Reports Jerome McCann, son of former islanders Ethel and Rolland McCann, returning for vacation with Father Aedan McKoon of Detroit; it recalls that McCann offered his first Mass at Holy Cross Church two years earlier and says he was then stationed in New York City. It does not provide religious-order, assignment, travel, or Mass records. 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 · 1958-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the vacation and biographical notice; it does not expand the religious or family record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Jerome McCann returns to Beaver Island after his first Mass, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jerome-mccann-vacation-and-mass-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1958, “DOMINICAN FARMER JEROME MCCANN.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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