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Manual of the St. John Berchmans Sanctuary Society Catholic Church

This Manual of the- St. John Berchmans' Sanctuary Society is published with a threefold object: First, to acquaint altar-boys and those in charge of them with the existence of an altar-boys' society, approved by the Church and richly indulgenced; and to suggest an authentic and reliable method of organizing such a society. Secondly, to give briefly the ceremonies of the ordinary Church services, with which every altar-boy should be familiar. These ceremonies are taken principally from the Baltimore Ceremonial. Thirdly, to portray the model which the Church herself selects for altar-boys by placing the Sanctuary Society under the patronage of St. John Berchmans. May this little manual inspire Catholic youth with a love for the altar, and thus produce those ornaments so dear to the Prisoner of the Tabernacle, pious and faithful assistants to the ministers of the sanctuary.