Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Title:
Educational TV trainee.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29769 EDUCATIONAL TV TRAINEE BOSTON -- Sister Claire Bernadette, of Sacred Heart school, Brockton, Mass., receives instruction in the use of a television camera from Donna Daly of Endicott Junior College. Sister Claire is one of 16 nuns and two brothers now studying television broadcasting as a teaching medium in Boston parochial schools. Some nuns will serve as instructors and others as consultants of a new channel which Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, hopes will be in operation within six months. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-8D-63-RB)
Creator:
Runci, Joseph. (photographer), Globe Newspaper Co. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Daly, Donna., Endicott College--Students., Endicott College.
Topics:
Nuns--Massachusetts--Beverly., Church and mass media--Massachusetts--Boston., Television cameras., Television in religion--Massachusetts--Boston., Television broadcasting--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Television in education--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Beverly (Mass.), Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358040
Title:
To say thanks.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29684 TO SAY THANKS BOSTON -- Sister Immaculata, a Korean Caritas nun who underwent successful heart surgery at Boston’s Carney Hospital, gives a handmade Korean doll to Sister Margaret, the hospital’s administrator, as a gesture of thanks. At right is Archbishop Harold W. Henry of Kwangju, Korea, Sister Immaculata’s ecclesiastic superior; and at left is Sister Mary Stephanie, a Columban missionary nun at Mokpo, Korea. Sister Mary Stephanie was instrumental in arranging for the Korean nun to come to Boston for the delicate operation. She had written her sister, Virginia King, a nurse at Carney. Miss King, in turn, told hospital officials who arranged for the surgery. The nuns and Archbishop Henry arrived in Boston in early June. After extensive tests, the operation was performed by Dr. Joseph P. Lynch, chief of thoracic surgery at the hospital. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CH-BOS-7E-63-RB)
Creator:
Carney Hospital. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carney Hospital., Catholic Church--Bishops., Henry, Harold W.
Topics:
Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Heart--Surgery--Patients--Massachusetts--Boston., Medical tourism--United States., Gifts., Dolls.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358027
Title:
Principals in a success story beginning in Korea and ending in Boston.
Creator:
Carney Hospital. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carney Hospital., Catholic Church--Bishops., Henry, Harold W.
Topics:
Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Heart--Surgery--Patients--Massachusetts--Boston., Medical tourism--United States., Gifts., Dolls.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357803
Title:
Boston pickets protest Birmingham bombing.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carter, Vernon E.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Lutheran Church--Clergy., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., African American clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357774
Title:
Youth marches for Christ rally.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH MARCHES FOR CHRIST RALLY #1670 BOSTON -- One of the largest Christian Youth gatherings in Boston’s history hears Dr. Daniel A. Poling address the final meeting of the four-day “Youth Marches for Christ and the Church” rally here. Top photo shows Dr. Poling, who is president of the World’s Christian Endeavor Union and editor of the Christian Herald, on the rostrum. Lower view is of packed hall. This meeting was one of series being held in 21 major cities throughout the country. The “Youth Marches” meetings emphasize youth’s part in promoting a Christian world order, racial brotherhood, the responsibilities of Christian citizenship, world service and vocational choices as well as personal commitment to Christ. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BO-MES-2-6-W-Y)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Poling, Daniel A. (Daniel Alfred), 1884-1968., World’s Christian Endeavor Union.
Topics:
Student movements--Massachusetts--Boston., Church and social problems--United States., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Church work with youth--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357415
Title:
North Church of Paul Revere fame.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EDITORS: April 18 marks the anniversary of the famous “Ride of Paul Revere” which occurred in 1775. NORTH CHURCH OF PAUL REVERE FAME #1534 BOSTON -- The bells of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, the Old North Church from which the lantern warned Paul Revere of the coming of the British troops, still peal out the call to Sunday service. These bells were made by the same man who cast the famous Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOST-MES-3A-6-ROTO-A-E-O)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christ Church (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Massachusetts--Boston., Anniversaries., Church bells--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357335
Title:
North Church of Paul Revere fame.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EDITORS: April 18 marks the anniversary of the famous “Ride of Paul Revere” which occurred in 1775. NORTH CHURCH OF PAUL REVERE FAME #1533 BOSTON -- The high-backed box pews of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, the Old North Church from which Paul Revere was warned of the coming of the British, stand today as they did in 1775. Here Mr. and Mrs. William Harder and their two sons participated in the reading of the prayers. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOST-MES-3A-6-ROTO-A-E-O)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christ Church (Boston, Mass.), Harder, William.
Topics:
Church buildings--Massachusetts--Boston., Anniversaries., Pews and pew rights--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357334
Title:
North Church of Paul Revere fame.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EDITORS: April 18 marks the anniversary of the famous “Ride of Paul Revere” which occurred in 1775. NORTH CHURCH OF PAUL REVERE FAME #1530 BOSTON -- The Rev. Dr. William Hatch, vicar of the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church the Old North Church from which the lantern warned Paul Revere of the coming of the British stands in the pulpit of the historical edifice. Designed after the traditional of England’s great church architect, Christopher Wren, Old North Church has walls two and a half feet thick. More than a 1,000 persons are said to be buried in the 37 ancient tombs under the church, including the first rector, the Rev. Timothy Cutler, Maj. John Pitcairn (British), and Commodore Samuel Nicholson, first captain of the U.S. frigate Constitution “Old Ironsides.” (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOST-MES-3A-6-ROTO-A-E-O)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christ Church (Boston, Mass.), Hatch, William Henry Paine, 1875-1972., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Church buildings--Massachusetts--Boston., Anniversaries., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357333
Title:
North Church of Paul Revere fame.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EDITORS: April 18 marks the anniversary of the famous “Ride of Paul Revere” which occurred in 1775. NORTH CHURCH OF PAUL REVERE FAME #1529 BOSTON -- The oldest church in this city, Christ Protestant Episcopal Church is one of the historical landmarks of the United States; for it was here, on April 19, 1775, from its tall steeple, that the signal lantern told Paul Revere of the march of the British troops to Lexington and Concord. The famous phrase, “One if by land, two if by sea” referred to those lanterns. At that time the edifice was known as Old North Church. It was erected 1723 and has been used practically without interruption since the last Sunday in December of that year except for a period during the Revolution when the church was closed “by military necessity.” (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOST-MES-3A-6-ROTO-A-E-O)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christ Church (Boston, Mass.), Episcopal Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Massachusetts--Boston., Church architecture--Massachusetts--Boston., Architecture, Georgian--Massachusetts--Boston., Anniversaries.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Boston (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357332
Title:
First woman to be ordained at Boston University.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: FIRST WOMAN TO BE ORDAINED AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY #1511 Climaxing 20 years of religious work, Miss Grace Wasem of Girard, Kansas, yesterday received the honor of being ordained as an elder of the Methodist Church, becoming the first woman in the 107-year-old history of Boston University School of Theology to be so ordained. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wasem, Grace., Boston University. School of Theology--Students., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Jesus Christ--Art.
Topics:
Ordination of women--Methodist Church., Elders (Church officers)--Methodist Church., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Women seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston., Seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357325
Title:
Letter from Earl L. MacDonald.
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christ Church (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Massachusetts--Boston., Anniversaries.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357260
Title:
Letter from Earl L. MacDonald.
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wasem, Grace., Boston University. School of Theology--Students., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--China., Jesus Christ--Art.
Topics:
Ordination of women--Methodist Church., Elders (Church officers)--Methodist Church., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Women seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston., Seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston., Returned missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357257
Title:
Christ Church.
Creator:
Christ Church (Boston, Mass.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christ Church (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Massachusetts--Boston., Anniversaries.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357224
Title:
Billy Graham visits Cardinal Cushing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31694 BILLY GRAHAM VISITS CARDINAL CUSHING BOSTON -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, and evangelist Billy Graham hold a one-hour press conference in Boston. Cardinal Cushing congratulated the evangelist on his Boston Crusade. Mr. Graham thanked the cardinal for endorsing the crusade in a public statement. While in the Boston area, the evangelist addressed some 5,000 Roman Catholic students, including some priests and nuns, at Boston College, a Jesuit institution. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-10B-64-W)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (contributor), Coyne, James. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches.
Topics:
Evangelists--Massachusetts--Boston., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Ecumenical movement--Massachusetts--Boston., Press conferences--Massachusetts--Boston., Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356666
Title:
Memorial Mass for President Kennedy.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31859 MEMORIAL MASS FOR PRESIDENT KENNEDY BOSTON -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, celebrated a nationally televised Mass “facing the people” to mark the first anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy. Standing at a simple altar in the forefront of the sanctuary, Cardinal Cushing used a new English Ritual for the first time. A congregation of more than 3,000 overflowed the massive cathedral. Mrs. Peter Lawford, the President’s sister, sat in a front pew with her daughter and two cousins. Other dignitaries present included U.S. House Speaker John W. McCormack, Gov. Endicott Peabody and Mayor John J. Collins [sic. John F. Collins]. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-11D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Catholic Church--Bishops., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston, Mass.), Lawford, Patricia Kennedy, 1924-2006., McCormack, John W., 1891-1980., Peabody, Endicott, 1920-1997., Collins, John F., 1919-1995.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Memorial service., Mass--Celebration., Television broadcasting--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356570
Title:
English' Mass televised to classrooms.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31770 ‘ENGLISH’ MASS TELEVISED TO CLASSROOMS BOSTON -- History is made in the Archdiocese of Boston. A Mass, including the new English ritual, was telecast by the archdiocesan TV station (channel 38) to some 140,000 children in parochial schools. The celebrant was Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. Here, at right, is Msgr. Walter L. Flaherty, director of the Archdiocesan Radio and TV Apostolate, and his staff monitor the telecast. Cardinal Cushing said “it would not surprise me” that an all-English Mass might one day be approved if the present English form of the Mass is effective. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-10E-64-W)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Clergy., Flaherty, Walter L., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.)
Topics:
Mass., Church and mass media--Massachusetts--Boston., Liturgical reform., Religious education of children--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356545
Title:
English' Mass televised to classrooms.
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (author)
Subject names:
Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Clergy., Flaherty, Walter L., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.)
Topics:
Mass., Church and mass media--Massachusetts--Boston., Liturgical reform., Religious education of children--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356473
Title:
Students wear blinders to teach blind.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31979 STUDENTS WEAR BLINDERS TO TEACH BLIND BOSTON -- A common sight at Boston College are these graduate students who find their way about the campus wearing blinders and using canes. They are learning to become instructors of the blind under a program of the Catholic college with the aid of a federal grant from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Believing that to teach the blind, they must know blindness, the students acquire a realistic knowledge of those who must living in darkness. They teach peripatology, or the science of developing in blind persons their remaining senses to achieve optimum orientation and mobility. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-12E-64-NAB)
Creator:
Boston College. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Boston College., Boston College--Students., United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vocational Rehabilitation Administration.
Topics:
Graduate students--Massachusetts--Boston., Special education teachers--Training of--Graduate work--Massachusetts--Boston., Teachers of the blind--Massachusetts--Boston., Blind--Orientation and mobility.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355921
Title:
"Minor elevation" in new Mass.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32200 ‘MINOR ELEVATION’ IN NEW MASS BOSTON -- Extensive changes in the celebration of the Mass will be inaugurated in parishes around the country on the first Sunday of Lent, March 7, in accordance with the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy promulgated at the Second Vatican Council. One of the dramatic changes occurs at the conclusion of the Canon when the celebrant raises the Host and chalice together as shown in photo. This is the “minor elevation” during which the priest recites a prayer mentioning the three Persons of the Trinity and the congregations responds with “Amen.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-2D-65-NAB)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Topics:
Mass., Liturgical reform., Lent--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355878
Title:
Icycles cover statue in church fire.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32121 ICYCLES COVER STATUE IN CHURCH FIRE BOSTON -- A statue of Christ outside Boston’s Sacred Heart church is covered with icycles [sic] from water sprayed by firemen while fighting a spectacular five-alarm blaze which destroyed the church. The first alarm was sounded by a parish curate minutes before a wedding ceremony was about to begin. The rite was performed in a nearby rectory and the wedded couple left the scene under a shower of fire hoses. Located in the city’s eastern section, the church once served as a haven for Irish immigrants. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-2A-65-NAB)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sacred Heart Church (Boston, Mass.), Jesus Christ--Statues.
Topics:
Statues--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355861

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