Catholic Kids

A BOOK OF CARTOONS



Catholic Kids

Copyrighted 1958

By

Cliff Wirth

and

Published by

The Michael Book Co.

Chicago, 111.

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“Did you ever hear the A posties’ Creed said without teethf”



“/
t’s a wonder some soap company doesn’t buy my

mother’s slogan about Cleanliness being next to Godliness

’





“/ said a prayer to St. Jude,
patron of lost causes, /or 3701*, Timothy

”





“If you turn off the light, my guardian angel
might trip over something in here!”



“You certainly can tell when they
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re going to church !
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careful, someone filled the holy water
up to the top!”







“That’s not a scapular, That’s his dog license,”



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“It’s a birthday card for my guardian angel.
He and I are 4 years old today.”





“How would you like to hear the Hail



“Whatever his name is, he sure knows
that Friday is fish day at our house

”



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“What’s wrongf I saw Bishop Sheen writing it

and Mama likes his program !”



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“God bless the sky, and the grass, and the trees,
and the garage, and the fence, and the flowers, and the



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f Timmy's done another sacrilege



“Johnny, lend me your miraculous medal for a minute,
will you?”



“He blesses himself backwards!”



“My medal feels like an ice cube
”





“Two fingers is a fast ball, three fingers is a slow ball
and four fingers means say a Hail Mary!"









“It’s a Novena”





“His mother sure will like that.

He looks just like St. Anthony ”





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“He’s being punished.

I caught him eating some meat on Friday





“God bless everybody except Tommy Murphy!”







“Boy, the angels even kissed him on his back!"















“OJC. I’ll play hide’n seek,

but no fair asking St. Anthony to help find me
l”



“1 think it's a shame

that boys can
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t wear their hats in church
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“My birthday is a holy day of obligation
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“His favorite prayer is grace before meals
”



“/Vo, they're not Glory Bees
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“Honest Grace, sometimes I wonder how Our Lord

could love little children like He did!”



“Imagine, being upstaged by a shepherd





“// a cathedral is a church and a shrine is a grotto

. . . then what is a chapel?”







“The first sorrowful mystery
”





“How do you bless yourself?”



“Professor, I decided to give up the violin for Lent t

HI be seeing you
”



“Do you think Father O’Brien

would visit her if I asked him?”





“The Devil in me keeps saying—
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Take it apart . . . take it apartV
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“He saw a picture of the Sistine Chapel in the paper today!”