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rosary - reliquary
Father Nerinckx rosary, wooden beads, a reliquary crucifix. A reliquary crucifix holds bone of a saint or an item used by a saint.
prayer
Morning Manna, 9 1/4” x 6 5/8” in Father Nerinckx’s handwriting.
reliquary
Pair of matching framed reliquaries, red background with quilled decorations of gold leaf and white beads. Quilling is an art form of rolling or curling paper or yarn into shapes for decoration, often arranged to form floral shapes. A) has printed…
altar - portable tabernacle
Portable tabernacle altar, wood box with red and black tortoiseshell decorating front doors and Corinthian columns. Painted black, with gold trim, including cornucopia and scrollwork figures. Paper backing. Metal hinges, lock, and key. Interior…
base - altar
Base of the portable tabernacle of Fr. Nerinckx (#0036a), irregular hexagon shape, dark wood with red and black tortoiseshell inlay, back open and interior hollow.
crucifix
Wood crucifix on black base, mother-of-pearl and wood inlays in shape of medallions, "INRI" sign, and other designs. "Fr. Nerinckx" written at top of base. "This went to open the Wellsville, Ohio house in 1900 / brought home 1915" written on…
statue - saint
Plaster statue of Jesuit St. Francis de Hieronymo (Francis de Geronimo), painted, dressed in a cassock with a lace surplice and purple ribbon stole, holding a metal rosary crucifix. Attached to circular wood base. The people of the area attributed…
painting
Oil painting of four religious Sisters, relatives of Father Nerinckx. This painting was restored by McCaughlan (?) Brothers of St. Louis, MO, in 1936. Fr. Nerinckx's aunt was Sr. M. Constantia Langendries who was at the hospital of St. Blaise in…
chair - ladderback
Father Nerinckx's oak chair, armed, woven raffia seat. Back 39" high, seat 16" x 19", 13" from the floor. Chair legs were cut to balance the chair. Apparently it was a practice to cut the worn portion of legs from chairs to extend their usefulness.…