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Call me sacrilegious, but there’s one place that a King’s Hawaiian roll tastes even better than the altar rail, and that’s at the beach.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
Restoration experts are also still repairing the altar rail and pulpit.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
The bricks in the house walls, the flooring in the attic, the altar rail at the top of the kitchen stairs, and the windows in the outbuildings are all recycled from the church.
—David Buie, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 Oct. 2021
Her late father, Frederick Harrison of Waterbury, was mentioned during the Mass. His picture and medals were displayed behind the altar rail as were photographs and other items about Father Conway.
—Bill Leukhardt, Courant Community, 9 Apr. 2018
Attendees kneel at an altar rail when receiving communion.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 14 Dec. 2017
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
Restoration experts are also still repairing the altar rail and pulpit.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
The bricks in the house walls, the flooring in the attic, the altar rail at the top of the kitchen stairs, and the windows in the outbuildings are all recycled from the church.
—David Buie, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 Oct. 2021
Her late father, Frederick Harrison of Waterbury, was mentioned during the Mass. His picture and medals were displayed behind the altar rail as were photographs and other items about Father Conway.
—Bill Leukhardt, Courant Community, 9 Apr. 2018
Attendees kneel at an altar rail when receiving communion.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 14 Dec. 2017
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“Altar rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/altar%20rail. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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