Text transcribed from caption: C-31472 THE MASS ST. LOUIS -- The spirit of the 25th annual Liturgical Week is reflected in this photograph of Joseph Cardinal Ritter, Archbishop of St. Louis, celebrating the Mass at a simple altar facing the congregation. Host to the Liturgical Week program which drew upwards of 15,000 to St. Louis, Cardinal Ritter authorized use of English in Masses celebrated before the delegates. This photo was taken as the prelate offered a Mass televised for viewers throughout the archdiocese. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RC-STL-8E-64-W)

Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)

1964

still image

negatives

negative : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
Ritter, Joseph, 1892-1967.
Catholic Church--Bishops.
Catholic Church--Congresses.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Mo.)

Mass--Celebration.
Mass media--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Television broadcasting--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis.
English language--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Missouri
Saint Louis.
Saint Louis (Mo.)
North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. C-31472; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_C-31472

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