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Medellín
Boys from a minor seminary on the streets of Medellín, Colombia, late 40’s of 20th century.
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Mini-celebrations
Rafael Hernández Herrera (dressed like a priest) and Salvador Garrigues Hernández [the source of the photo and description].
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Poznan 1930
Altar servers at the procession during the I National Eucharistic Congress, Poznań 1930. One should pay attention to the serves on the right side of…
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Dressing
Dressing of the statue of St. Peter in the pontifical vestments in the Vatican Basilica.
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Young seminarians
The members of a minor seminary in the complete garment: a cassock with a sash, a soprana and a hat on the head.
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Tarcisiana
A Holy Mass celebrated by a priest of the Collegium Cultorum Martyrum in the catacombs of Rome. The altar boy is wearing the traditional Roman robe called…
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Seminarians
Seminarians from the Pontifical North American College in Rome [image from Orbis Catholicus Secundus].
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Bisbetó
A child bishop from Montserrat surrounded by his canons. More: The Philippi Collection.
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With abp. Levebvre
Abp. Lefebvre with altar-boys somewhere in Africa. The small one, holding the edge of the cappa manga, is cute :)
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Corpus Christi in Paris
A Corpus Christi procession coming out of the church of St. Mary Magdalene in Paris, A.D. 1951. It is difficult to deny the charm of…
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Burkina Faso
Altar boys from Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in the fifties.
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Forest City
Father James Gryczka with altar boys from the Polish parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Forest City, PA.
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Altar boy’s train
An acolyte or a torch-bearer from the cathedral of Toledo in a cassock with a train [source: Toledo Olvidado].
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Buffalo
Altar boys from the Polish Parish of St. Adalbert in Buffalo, New York [picture from: St. Adalbert Basilica].
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Altar boys from Chicago
Altar boys from the Polish parish of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Chicago, in 1917. [the source of the photo].
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Hungary
Hungarian altar boys from Clarisseum together with their custodian, Salesian coadjutor brother, bl. Stefan Sándor (standing on the right side) murdered by communists and announced…
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Catholic New York
Boys’ choir of St. Vincent Ferrer church (Manhattan, New York City).
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Little popes
As we mentioned before, in certain places in Spain there was a custom, according to which during plays young boys, usually altar boys or choristers,…
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Seville
A procession in Seville. In the photo one may see characteristic Spanish surplices and birettas. In the foreground, on the right side, stands probably one…
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Chalon-sur-Saône choir
Boys’ choir of St. Vincent’s cathedral in Chalon-sur-Saône. Its chant accompanied liturgies in the church from 1903 to 1965. During the last ten years of…
