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Title: Cedric Portis oral history, 2023
Description: Oral history, 28 November 2023, on the history of Third Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Mo.), its property struggles with the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy, and the eventual reparative actions undertaken by the presbytery in 2023.
Creator Name(s): Portis, Cedric (interviewee), Staniunas, David (interviewer)
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Name Subject(s): Third Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Mo.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Missouri--St. Louis
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-1143; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
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Identifier (local): 23-1143_Portis
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:347416

Title: To become first Negro nursing Sisters.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #C-4326 TO BECOME FIRST NEGRO NURSING SISTERS ST. LOUIS -- Said to be the first Negro girls admitted to a Catholic nursing order in America, these three young women have begun training with the Sisters of St. Mary of the Third Order of St. Francis at St. Mary’s Infirmary here. LEFT TO RIGHT they are: Pauline Townsend, Washington, D.C.; Hilda Brickus, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Betty Ebo, Bloomington, Ill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JZ-ST.L-MES-8D-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Franciscan Sisters of Mary., SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital (Saint Louis, Mo.), Townsend, Pauline., Brickus, Hilda., Ebo, Betty.
Topical Subject(s): African American Catholics--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns as nurses--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American nurses--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects: Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Saint Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4326 ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-4326
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360301

Title: "Black Catholics Concerned."
Description: 'Black Catholics Concerned.' Washington, D.C. -- Black Roman Catholics across the country -- about 1 million -- are being asked to contribute to a special collection on Sunday, Oct. 8, as part of a "Black Catholics Concerned" program sponsored by the National Office of Black Catholics (NOBC). The campaign is seeking to support several major programs being developed by the NOBC, including recruiting black vocations to religious life, developing black Catholic lay leadership, underwriting continuing education for black nuns, priests and Brothers, and the establishment of a national training center for black priests. This panel illustrates the aims of the campaign. Top left -- A black layman at prayer. One of the aims of the program is the development of strong black Catholic lay leadership. Top center -- Brother Anthony Clark, S.V.D. (center), tells two young men about the religious life at the Society of the Divine Word's recruiting booth at Black Expo in Chicago. A successful campaign will enable black Catholics, for the first time, to develop their own direct effort to encourage more vocations from among black Catholics. Top right -- Using a tiger pelt as an altar cloth, Father Kenneth Brigham, Father George Clements and Father Dominic Caromon (left to right) celebrate a "black unity Mass" at Holy Angels church in Chicago. A goal of "Black Catholics Concerned" is to stimulate an authentic black contribution to Catholic worship. Bottom left -- Father Ivan Hughes, O.S.B., confers his first blessing after ordination to the priesthood at the Benedictine St. Pius X Monastery in Pevely, Mo. Through the establishment of a training center for priests, the program hopes to prepare black candidates for the priesthood. Bottom center -- Auxiliary Bishop Harold Perry of New Orleans (center), the nation's only black bishop, is principal celebrant at a Mass during a meeting of the National Black Sisters Conference in Pittsburgh. Black nuns bring the Offertory gifts to the altar. Continuing education programs for black religious is another of the program's aims. Bottom right -- Artists Eugene Edaw (left) and William Walker stand in front of the facade of Detroit's St. Bernard church, which they designed. The work depicts the struggle of blacks, including a painting showing a black Moses confronting a black Pharaoh, demanding that he "let my people go." Black Catholics are being urged to combine Afro-American cultural elements and their Catholic heritage in worship and the arts.
Date Created: 1972
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Anthony., Brigham, Kenneth., Clements, George., Caromon, Dominic., Hughes, Ivan., Perry, Harold., Edaw, Eugene., Walker, William.
Topical Subject(s): African American Catholics., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Chicago (Ill.), Pevely (Mo.), Pittsburgh (Pa.), Detroit (Mich.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington, North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago, North and Central America--United States--Jefferson--Missouri--Pevely, North and Central America--United States--Allegheny--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, North and Central America--United States--Wayne--Michigan--Detroit
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 156, image no. 43390; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): ds6228
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139022

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 Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ryce, Amos, II., Lane Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Saint Louis, Mo.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., African American clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American civic leaders--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects: Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Saint Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30524; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30524a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353784

Title: First Negro in Assemblies of God missions work.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30452 FIRST NEGRO IN ASSEMBLIES OF GOD MISSIONS WORK SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The first Negro to receive a service assignment from the Assemblies of God Foreign Mission Department is the Rev. Robert Harrison, left, shown here with the noted evangelist, Dr. Billy Graham. Mr. Harrison has served with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association since 1948. It was announced at Assemblies of God missions headquarters at Springfield, Mo., that he would conduct evangelistic campaigns in British Honduras and Jamaica during January and February. With the Graham association he held meetings throughout Africa and in Europe. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AG-Mo.-1B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Assemblies of God. (publisher)
Date Created: 1962
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Assemblies of God--Clergy., Assemblies of God--Missions--Caribbean Area., Harrison, Bob.
Topical Subject(s): Pentecostal churches--Missions--Caribbean Area., Evangelists--Missouri--Springfield., Missionaries--Missouri--Springfield., African American missionaries--Missouri--Springfield., Returned missionaries--Africa., Clergy--Missouri--Springfield., African American clergy--Missouri--Springfield.
Geographic subjects: Caribbean Area., Missouri, Springfield., Missouri, Springfield., Missouri, Springfield., Africa., Missouri, Springfield., Missouri, Springfield., Springfield (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Greene--Springfield
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30452; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30452
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352950

Title: First Negro in Assemblies of God missions work.
Creator Name(s): Assemblies of God. (author)
Date Created: 1963, December 30, 1963, December 30, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Assemblies of God--Clergy., Assemblies of God--Missions--Caribbean Area., Harrison, Bob.
Topical Subject(s): Pentecostal churches--Missions--Caribbean Area., Evangelists--Missouri--Springfield., Missionaries--Missouri--Springfield., African American missionaries--Missouri--Springfield., Returned missionaries--Africa., Clergy--Missouri--Springfield., African American clergy--Missouri--Springfield.
Geographic subjects: Caribbean Area., Missouri, Springfield., Missouri, Springfield., Missouri, Springfield., Africa., Missouri, Springfield., Missouri, Springfield., Springfield (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Greene--Springfield
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30452; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30452_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352790

Title: At conference on Negro welfare.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30871 AT CONFERENCE ON NEGRO WELFARE ST. LOUIS, MO. -- Officers of the Midwest Clergy Conference on Negro Welfare confer at the organization’s three-day meeting at St. Louis. Left to right, they are Father Matthew Gottschalk, O.F.M. Cap., of Milwaukee, vice-president; Father Bernardin Patterson, O.S.B., of South Union, Ky., president; Father Clement Faistl, of Columbus, Ohio, secretary; and Father Philip Allen, of Wichita, Kans., treasurer. Father Bernardin, prior of St. Maur’s Priory, South Union, Ky., is the first Negro to head a Benedictine monastery in the United States. The agency is studying recommendations that it establish a national office to assist priests active in interracial work. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RAC-STL-4C-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, April 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Gottschalk, Matthew., Patterson, Bernardin J., Faistl, Clement F., Allen, Philip J.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy conferences--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American clergy--United States., Clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: Missouri, Saint Louis., United States., United States., Saint Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-30871; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-30871
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348410

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