My paternal ancestors immigrated to America from Czechoslovakia in the late 1800s. A family history was compiled and bound into a book in the late 1990s. My older brother received one of the copies for my family. It was only several months ago that I finally had the opportunity to really read this book about the history of my family and I found it so wonderfully interesting.
A few months ago my aunt sent me some family artifacts. Among them were some sacramental records of my paternal grandfather, who I never knew was Catholic. I received his Baptismal Certificate, his First Holy Communion rosary and prayer book and arm band. I really can't describe how much I treasure these things. What is most fascinating to me is that the priest who signed the baptismal certificate was mentioned many times in the book!
Today, as I was perusing Trademark Catholic Stationery in anticipation of my own granddaughter's baptism, I happened to notice something:
Above, on the left is my grandfather's baptismal record from 1923 written in Czech. On the right on my computer screen is the same sacramental record being offered by Trademark Catholic Stationary.
A closer view.
This is so amazing to me! It really makes me think how important it might be for my granddaughter to have this baptism record hanging on her wall.
1 comment:
Payton will have the same certificate as her Great, Great Grandfather. Pretty cool!
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