Identity area
Reference code
IE CA AMI/2/10/2/13
Title
First Communion Girl
Date(s)
- c.1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
13.6 cm x 8.4 cm; Black and white print
Context area
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A postcard print of a girl celebrating her first communion. Annotated on reverse: ‘Miss Josephine Philomena Mariam Pillai of the Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena, on the day of her first holy communion. The Good Shepherd Nuns are in charge of several Catholic convents on the island and do immense good to Ceylonese Catholic children’.