Faith's Candles single work   short story   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1918... 1918 Faith's Candles
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Ignatius, who was raised a Roman Catholic, is away fighting in World War I. But the 'light of faith' (12) has died down in his soul. His mother fears that he will die in battle without having been to confession. She lights candles, and prays for her son.

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    y separately published work icon A Failure and Other Stories Miriam Agatha , Melbourne : Australian Catholic Truth Society , 1918 Z1227420 1918 selected work children's fiction children's

    A collection of short stories specifically marketed and reviewed as Catholic stories for Catholic youth.

    Melbourne : Australian Catholic Truth Society , 1918
    pg. 12-16
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