kids encyclopedia robot

Missal facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
John William Waterhouse - The Missal
"The Missal", by John William Waterhouse

In the western-rite Church, the term Missal is used for a text that describes the different types of Mass there are, as well as how to celebrate a given type Mass. Pope Pius V published the first missal for the Roman Catholic Church 1570.

Images for kids

  • F. 1r. Sherbrooke Missal

    A page from the Sherbrooke Missal, one of the earliest surviving missals of English origin

  • The Anglican Missal

    The Anglican Missal sitting on an altar desk in an Anglican parish church.

  • Archive-ugent-be-AD88306A-B841-11E8-9E3D-BC34FC05B1B6 DS-343 (cropped)

    Excerpt from the Missal of the Sint-Pieters abbey (Ghent), manufactured in the 13th century. Manuscript preserved in the Ghent University Library.

Black History Month on Kiddle
Famous African-American Scientists:
Percy Lavon Julian
Katherine Johnson
George Washington Carver
Annie Easley
kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Missal Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.