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Michael Comiskey's first communion in front of Sacred Heart Church, 1965. New Orleans.…

Black-and-white group portrait of children in white first communion attire holding prayer books, standing on church steps with a priest, nun, and other adults behind them.

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Do You Know What it Means

Michael Comiskey's first communion in front of Sacred Heart Church, 1965. New Orleans.

This image was collected in a workshop with students from the Mount Carmel Academy in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. The Mount Carmel Academy is a private, Catholic secondary school for girls in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. It is conducted by the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who have educated young ladies in New Orleans since 1833.

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Item 27695

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“Michael Comiskey's first communion in front of Sacred Heart Church, 1965. New Orleans.…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/27695.

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