'Little nuns' in mission procession.

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#C-18258

'LITTLE NUNS' IN MISSION PROCESSION

NEW YORK -- LED BY A SIX-YEAR-OLD "CARDINAL,"

CHILDREN WEARING MINIATURE ROBES OF RELIGIOUS

ORDERS MARCH IN PROCESSION TO ST. PATRICK'S

CATHEDRAL HERE IN OBSERVANCE OF THE ANNUAL MISSION

SUNDAY. RELIGIOUS GARB OF SOME 175 CONGREGATIONS

WERE WORN BY 350 PAROCHIAL SCHOOL PUPILS, ALL

BETWEEN 5 AND 10 YEARS OLD. A SERVICE IN THE

CATHEDRAL WAS ATTENDED BY 2,500 PERSONS,

INCLUDING 200 NUNS. THEY HEARD AN ADDRESS BY

VALERIAN CARDINAL GRACIAS, ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY,

INDIA. THE BOY "CARDINAL" IS JOHNNY COMERFORD.

CREDIT MUST READ:

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10D-55-NAB-C)

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Title: 'Little nuns' in mission procession.
Description: St. Patrick's Cathedral. Annual Mission Sunday Pageant. Children representing various Roman Catholic religious orders, serving in the mission field, marching into St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date: 1955
October 23, 1955
Subject names: Religious News Service--Archives.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.)
St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.)
Topics: Catholic youth--New York (State)--New York.
Children--New York (State)--New York.
Clergy--Clothing--New York (State)--New York.
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church.
Geographic subject: New York (State)
New York.
New York (N.Y.)
North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Geographic subject: New York (N.Y.)
Form: photographs
Type of resource: still image
Extent: photograph : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches
Physical location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18258; 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-18258
PID (Persistent Identifier): islandora:150041