Vintage 1950s Father Lasance Catholic Girls Guide Sunday Missal Prayer Book BX23
$ 12.68
Description
Vintage 1950s Father Lasance Catholic Girls Guide Sunday Missal Prayer Book BX23. Highly sought after by traditional Catholics, missal collectors, and those interested in Catholic girlhood formation books from the 1950s. This beautiful vintage Catholic prayer book is the complete The Catholic Girl’s Guide and Sunday Missal by the beloved Rev. F. X. Lasance, published by Benziger Brothers. Featuring a textured black leatherette cover with bright gold stamping and a matching green ribbon bookmark, it combines a full Sunday Missal with practical spiritual guidance written specifically for Catholic girls and young women. Pink-edged pages and a compact, pocket-friendly size make it both elegant and practical for daily use.Inside you’ll find the Ordinary of the Mass, all Sunday propers, plus extensive devotions, counsels for daily life, and special sections on purity, vocation, and living a holy life as a young Catholic woman. The book includes an editor’s foreword, imprimaturs from Archbishops of New York (up to 1955), and a charming frontispiece illustration. It is the ideal pre-Vatican II missal and formation guide rolled into one.A true classic from the golden age of Catholic publishing, this edition reflects the 1955 copyright and carries the warm, fatherly tone that made Father Lasance’s works so popular with generations of Catholic families. Highly sought after by traditional Catholics, missal collectors, and those interested in Catholic girlhood formation books from the 1950s.The book is in excellent vintage condition: tight binding, clean unmarked pages, bright gold lettering, and no major wear beyond light, expected age to the cover edges. A wonderful, fully functional daily missal and devotional companion ready for personal prayer, family heirloom, or addition to a religious book collection.
