At the present day two vessels are used to reserve the Blessed Sacrament : one, called a pyx , is a small round box and serves for carrying the Blessed Sacrament to the sick; the other, generally styled a ciborium , is used for distributing Holy Communion in churches and for reserving the consecrated particles in the tabernacle.
The Battle of Antietam: A Turning Point in the Civil War. Four days after the battle of Antietam, which took place near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, Captain Robert Gould Shaw of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry wrote to his father: âEvery battle makes me wish more and more that the war was over.
The Mexican War, Turning Point in U.S. History. Outcome/ Who Won? After the two years of battle, the Americans won the Mexican War. They took control over Texas and it became a better known U.S. territory. So Why is this a Turning Point in American History? There are several reasons why the Mexican War was a turning point in American history. One example is that the Mexican War gave the U.S. a significant increase of land on the west. This also led the Americans to follow there beliefs that America had to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific.