@Skaggfacemutt I haven’t read it completely, but the title page itself is fascinating:
Christ And His Church: Her Dogmas And Her Saints, with Moral Reflections, Critical Illustrations and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. Henry Rutter, Rev. Alban Butler, Rev. J. O’Leary, D. D. and John Gilmary Shea, LL.D.
(wait, there’s more!)
With a Preface By the Rev. Charles Constantine Pise, D.D Containing Explanations on the Parables, Discourses and Miracles of our Saviour.
The Dogmas, Sacraments and Sacramentals of the Holy Catholic Church.
The Chief Points of Catholic Belief and the Great Articles of the Catholic Faith
Illustrated
I guess my aunt wanted me to have it because I was the one in the family who came closest to being a priest (a dream of every Irish-Catholic family).