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:
How to 'talk' to deaf.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29899 HOW TO ‘TALK’ TO DEAF SPRINGFIELD, Mo. “Talk to the Deaf,” a 149-page book with a visual and written description of some 1,000 signs, was issued here by the Assemblies of God Gospel Publishing House. Miss Lottie Riekehof of the denomination’s Central Bible Institute here, who wrote the book, demonstrates to Paul Walterman, a student a the school, the word “world” in sign language. The volume has about 700 drawings for words and phrases. Miss Riekehof helped to establish a deaf division at the institute which has trained students for ministry to the deaf since 1948. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-9C-63-NAB)
Creator:
Greaves, Irv. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Riekehof, Lottie L., Walterman, Paul., Central Bible Institute (Springfield, Mo.)
Topics:
American Sign Language., Interpreters for the deaf--Missouri--Springfield., American Sign Language--Study and teaching., Interpreters for the deaf--Study and teaching., Church work with the deaf--Assemblies of God.
Geographic subjects:
Springfield (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358104
Title:
"Hoodlum priest" dies.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29744 ‘HOODLUM PRIEST’ DIES ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Father Charles Dismas Clark, S.J., known as the “Hoodlum priest” for his work in rehabilitating former prison inmates, died in St. Louis after a long illness. He was 62. In 1959 he founded Dismas House here as a haven for ex-convicts. He is shown here before the institution named for the “good thief” crucified beside Christ. Father Clark also was responsible for setting up several other such centers in U.S. cities. His life story was the subject of a motion picture two years ago -- “The Hoodlum Priest.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8C-63-RB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Dismas House (Saint Louis, Mo.), Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963--Death and burial.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Halfway houses--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with ex-convicts--Missouri--Saint Louis., Ex-convicts--Services for--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358037
Title:
"Hoodlum priest" dies; rehabilitated convicts.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Dismas House (Saint Louis, Mo.), Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963--Death and burial.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Halfway houses--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with ex-convicts--Missouri--Saint Louis., Ex-convicts--Services for--Missouri--Saint Louis., Racism in criminal justice administration--United States., Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357948
Title:
Sign talk.
Creator:
Greaves, Irv. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Riekehof, Lottie L., Walterman, Paul., Central Bible Institute (Springfield, Mo.)
Topics:
American Sign Language., Interpreters for the deaf--Missouri--Springfield., American Sign Language--Study and teaching., Interpreters for the deaf--Study and teaching., Church work with the deaf--Assemblies of God.
Geographic subjects:
Springfield (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357903
Title:
Catholic priests saying Mass.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #726 CATHOLIC PRIESTS SAYING MASS Statler Hotel, St. Louis.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Statler Hotel (St. Louis, Mo.), Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Mass--Celebration., Mass--Celebration outside the church.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357647
Title:
Honor new Presbyterian moderator of St. Louis.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #635 HONOR NEW PRESBYTERIAN MODERATOR OF ST. LOUIS Business, church, and religious leaders, at a special service held at the Second Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, honor Dr. William B. Lampe, the new Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. From left to right: Dr. Clarke Walker Cummings; Dr. James W. Clarke; Scott R. Dekins; Dr. Walter E. McClure; Dr. William B. Lampe, the new Moderator; Dr. D. Frank Hall and Bishop William Scarlett Bishop of the Episcopal Church for the State of Missouri. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JZ-St, Lo. g-9285)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Second Presbyterian Church (Saint Louis, Mo.), Lampe, William Blakeman, 1885-, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly., Cummings, Clarke Walker., Clarke, James W., Dekins, Scott R., McClure, Walter Emerson., Hall., D. Frank., Scarlett, William J., Episcopal Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Clergy conferences., Christian leadership--Presbyterians., Fellowship--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357629
Title:
John Joseph Cardinal Glennon, Archbishop of St. Louis.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JOHN JOSEPH CARDINAL GLENNON, ARCHBISHOP OF ST. LOUIS 1352 Born in Ireland on June 14, 1862, John Joseph Cardinal Glennon has been priest and bishop under five different Popes, and is regarded as one of the greatest orators the Catholic Church in the United States has ever known. Ordained in Kansas City, Mo., December 20, 1884, he was consecrated Titular Bishop of Pinars and Coadjutor Archbishop of St. Louis on April 27, 1903, and Archbishop of St. Louis on the following October 13. On December 23, 1945, he was created Cardinal by Pope Pius XII. Honored by half a dozen Presidents of the United States, Cardinal Glennon has been distinguished as a builder and administrator, and has been an active leader in the cause of Catholic education and temperance as well as an outspoken opponent of divorce, indecent literature, and other factors harmful to family life. He has addressed three international Eucharistic Congresses - in Chicago, Dublin and Buenos Aires. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PANY-TFD-12-5-C)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Catholic Church--Bishops., Glennon, John J. (John Joseph), 1862-1946., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bishops--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356970
Title:
Candlelight Christmas concert.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS CONCERT #1334 ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- This impressive Candlelight Choral Christmas Concert was presented by the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church here. Shown participating are the 90-voice Concordia Seminary chorus and the 60-voice A Capella choir, seen here in their candlelight procession through the congregation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JW-SL-LM-12-5-L-O)
Creator:
Hurd, Joe. (photographer)
Subject names:
Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Mo.). Chorus., Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Saint Louis, Mo.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Missouri--Saint Louis., Choirs (Music)--Missouri--Saint Louis., Concerts--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356968
Title:
President Truman as a boy.
Subject names:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Childhood and youth., Truman, John Vivian., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Children--Missouri., Portraits, Victorian--Missouri.
Geographic subjects:
Missouri.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356961
Title:
President Truman as a boy.
Subject names:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Childhood and youth., Truman, John Anderson, 1851-1914., Truman, Martha Ellen, 1852-1947., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Marriage customs and rites--Missouri., Portraits, Victorian--Missouri.
Geographic subjects:
Missouri.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356960
Title:
President Truman as a boy.
Subject names:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Childhood and youth., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Children--Missouri.
Geographic subjects:
Missouri.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356959
Title:
Methodist protest at GOP headquarters.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31753 METHODISTS PROTEST AT GOP HEADQUARTERS KANSAS CITY -- Banners carried by some 80 Methodist clergymen and ministerial students protest the sale at Republican campaign headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., of a book they contend is a “smear” attack on their denomination and other Churches. The book, “None Dare Call it Treason,” by John Stormer, a Missouri Republican, alleges widespread Communist infiltration in many facets of American life. A National Council of Churches publication and religious leaders elsewhere have charged that the book is poorly documented and uses much material out of original context. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-10E-64-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Methodists--Missouri--Kansas City., Demonstrations--Missouri--Kansas City., Communism and Christianity--Methodist Church., Communism and Christianity--United States., Picketing--Missouri--Kansas City.
Geographic subjects:
Kansas City (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356671
Title:
Dr. King speaks at Episcopalian meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31724 DR. KING SPEAKS AT EPISCOPALIAN MEETING ST. LOUIS -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., just before being notified that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize, addressed a dinner meeting of the unofficial Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, held in connection with the 61st General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Welcoming the noted Negro integration leader are Bishop George Cadigan of Missouri (left) and the Rev. John Morris, executive director of ESCRU. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PEC-SL-10D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Episcopal Church. National Council. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Episcopal Church--Congresses., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Cadigan, George L. (George Leslie), 1910-, Morris, John.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Nobel Prize winners--Missouri--Saint Louis., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356620
Title:
Churchwomen discuss world programs.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31713 CHURCHWOMEN DISCUSS WORLD PROGRAMS KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Churchwomen from other lands discuss international programs with officials of the United Church Women, a general department of the National Council of Churches, during the UCW’s tenth national assembly at Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Esther Hymer (right) explains features of a special UCW project, “Summer at the Church Center for the United Nations,” which she directed. From left to right are Mrs. Esther Coker, assistant secretary of the United Christian Council of Sierra Leone; Mrs. George B. Martin of Summit, N.J., a vice-president of the UCW, and Miss Rachel Thangabelu, a social worker from India. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-10C-64-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women., Hymer, Esther W., Church Center for the United Nations., Coker, Esther., Thangabelu, Rachel.
Topics:
Women in church work--Missouri--Kansas City., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Kansas City., Women in church work--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects:
Kansas City (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356618
Title:
Heads United Church Women.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31706 HEADS UNITED CHURCH WOMEN KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mrs. Stuart E. Sinclair of Greenfield, Mass., a director of the United Church of Christ’s Office of Communication, was elected president of the United Church Women at its 10th national assembly at Kansas City, Mo. She succeeds Mrs. Theodore F. Wallace of Shawnee Mission, Kan., as the head of the UCW, a general department of the National Council of Churches which represents some 12 million Protestant and Orthodox members. Mrs. Sinclair is a member of the General Board of the NCC, has served the UCW as vice-president and in various other positions and is a former director of the United Church Board for World Ministries. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-KC-10C-64-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sinclair, Edna Cookson., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women., United Church of Christ. Office of Communication., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women--Congresses.
Topics:
Women in church work--Missouri--Kansas City., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Kansas City., Women in church work--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects:
Kansas City (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356615
Title:
She'll pray for the Mets, Casey.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31701 SHE’LL PRAY FOR THE METS, CASEY ST. LOUIS -- The go-go-go manager of the New York Mets, an organization often but not always referred to as a professional baseball team, is halted for an autograph in St. Louis. Casey Stengel, who paid for tickets to the 1964 World Series after 10 years of spectating on the house, signs on the dotted line in St. Louis for Sister Maura, Glenmary Sisters. For the delegate to the National Conference of Catholic Charities, Casey wrote: “Dear Sister Maura: May your future years be better than the Mets’ record this year.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RAC-STL-10C-64-W)
Creator:
Clavenna, Robert. (contributor), Finke, Richard C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stengel, Casey., World Series (Baseball), National Conference of Catholic Charities (U.S.)--Congresses., New York Mets (Baseball team)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356528
Title:
Dr. King speaks at Episcopalian meeting.
Creator:
Episcopal Church. National Council. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Episcopal Church--Congresses., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Cadigan, George L. (George Leslie), 1910-, Morris, John.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Nobel Prize winners--Missouri--Saint Louis., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356490
Title:
Methodists march at GOP headquarters.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Methodists--Missouri--Kansas City., Demonstrations--Missouri--Kansas City., Communism and Christianity--Methodist Church., Communism and Christianity--United States., Picketing--Missouri--Kansas City.
Geographic subjects:
Kansas City (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356414
Title:
Federation elects Negro, names "Man Of The Year."
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30524 FEDERATION ELECTS NEGRO, NAMES "MAN OF THE YEAR" ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Rev. Amos Ryce II (left), pastor of Lane Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal church, was elected president of the Metropolitan Church Federation of Greater St. Louis. He is the first Negro to head the 55-year-old organization. The federation also named Dr. Ned Cole (right), dean of Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), as "Ecumenical Man of the Year for 1963" for his ministry in his congregation, the federation and the community. Dr. Cole has been elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Central New York and plans to move to Syracuse, N.Y., in the spring. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DE-SL-1E-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cole, Ned., Christ Church Cathedral (Saint Louis, Mo.), Episcopal Church. Diocese of Central New York., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., Award winners--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353785
Title:
Federation elects Negro, names "Man Of The Year."
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30524 FEDERATION ELECTS NEGRO, NAMES "MAN OF THE YEAR" ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Rev. Amos Ryce II (left), pastor of Lane Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal church, was elected president of the Metropolitan Church Federation of Greater St. Louis. He is the first Negro to head the 55-year-old organization. The federation also named Dr. Ned Cole (right), dean of Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), as "Ecumenical Man of the Year for 1963" for his ministry in his congregation, the federation and the community. Dr. Cole has been elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Central New York and plans to move to Syracuse, N.Y., in the spring. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DE-SL-1E-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ryce, Amos, II., Lane Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Saint Louis, Mo.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., African American clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American civic leaders--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353784

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