Altar erected for Catholic Action Rally in South.

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#C-7767

ALTAR ERECTED FOR CATHOLIC ACTION RALLY IN SOUTH

MEMPHIS --Outdoor altar erected in Russwood Baseball

Park here for Catholic Action Rally whioh attracted 15,000 Southern

Catholics. Solemn Pontifical Mass was offered here by

Archbishop John A. Floersh of Louisville, Ky. Principal speaker was

Samuel Cardinal Stritch (left, under canopy), Archbishop of Chicago.

Rally was held to pray for world peace.

CREDIT MUST READ

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO VET*MEM-10C-8-JOG-C

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Title: Altar erected for Catholic Action Rally in South.
Description: Outdoor altar erected in Russwood Baseball Park for Catholic Action Rally, Memphis, Tennessee.
Creator: Vetter.
Date: 1948
October 1948
Subject names: Religious News Service--Archives.
Stritch, Samuel Alphonsus, 1887-1958.
Floersh, John A., 1886-1968.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.)
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Louisville (Ky.)
Catholic Church--Illinois--Chicago.
Catholic Church--Tennessee--Memphs.
Catholic Church--Kentucky--Louisville.
Topics: Altars--Tennessee--Memphis.
Geographic subject: Illinois
Chicago.
Tennessee
Memphs.
Kentucky
Louisville.
Memphis.
Memphis (Tenn.)
North and Central America--United States--Shelby--Tennessee--Memphis
Geographic subject: Memphis (Tenn.)
Type of resource: still image
Extent: acetate negative : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches
Physical location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. C-7767; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-...
Rights status: IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-7767
PID (Persistent Identifier): islandora:146250