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Title: Indian Cardinal at nun departure ceremony.
Description: Cardinal Gracias presides over missionary departure ceremony for 12 Medical Mission Sisters in Philadelphia.
Creator Name(s): Medical Mission Sisters. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 16, 1955, October 16, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Medical Mission Sisters., Catholic Church--Missions., Gracias, Valerian, 1900-1978.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Nuns as nurses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Missions, Medical--Southeast Asia., Missions, Medical--Africa., Missions, Medical--South America., Rites and ceremonies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Cardinals--India--Bombay., Women missionaries
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Southeast Asia., Africa., South America., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., India, Bombay., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Philadelphia--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18250; 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-18250
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150114

Title: Medical Mission Sisters press release.
Description: Press release regarding a missionary departure ceremony for 12 Medical Mission Sisters in Philadelphia.
Creator Name(s): Medical Mission Sisters. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 17, 1955, October 17, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Medical Mission Sisters., Catholic Church--Missions., Gracias, Valerian, 1900-1978.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Nuns as nurses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Missions, Medical--Southeast Asia., Missions, Medical--Africa., Missions, Medical--South America., Rites and ceremonies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Cardinals--India--Bombay., Women missionaries.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Southeast Asia., Africa., South America., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., India, Bombay., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Philadelphia--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18250; 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-18250_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149703

Title: World's most difficult mission.
Description: Father Joseph Choque with young boy named Francis.
Creator Name(s): Star Newspaper Service (Toronto, Ont.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Oblates of Mary Immaculate., Catholic Church--Missions., Choque, Joseph.
Topical Subject(s): Eskimo boys--Canada., Eskimos--Missions--Canada., Christian converts--Canada.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , Canada., , , Canada., , , Canada., , , , , , , , , , , , Hudson Bay., , , , North and Central America--Canada--------Saskatchewan------, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. CM-7928; 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_CM-7928
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148538

Title: Medical Mission Sisters departure ceremony, October 16, 1955.
Description: The list of the names of the 12 Medical Mission Sisters who are being celebrated in a departure ceremony in Philadelphia, October 16, 1955. The sisters are leaving the United States to begin their missionary work in India, Pakistan, Africa, and South America.
Creator Name(s): Medical Mission Sisters. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 16, 1955, October 16, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Medical Mission Sisters., Catholic Church--Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Nuns as nurses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Missions, Medical--Southeast Asia., Missions, Medical--Africa., Missions, Medical--South America., Rites and ceremonies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Women missionaries.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Southeast Asia., Africa., South America., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Philadelphia--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18250; 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-18250_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149694

Title: Marymont College students bound for summer lay missionary work in Bogota, Colombia.
Creator Name(s): Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.) (author)
Date Created: 1964, circa May 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Richard, Eugene F., Catholic Church--Clergy., Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.)--Students., Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.)--Faculty., Catholic Church--Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Lay missionaries--Catholic Church., Missionaries--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Women missionaries--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Missions--Colombia--Bogotá., College students in missionary work., College students--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Women college students--New York (State)--Tarrytown.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. C-31059; 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-31059_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349817

Title: College girls in summer apostolate.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31059 COLLEGE GIRLS IN SUMMER APOSTOLATE TARRYTOWN, N. Y.-Students at Marymount College, Tarrytown, N. Y., bound for summer lay missionary work in Bogota, Colombia, receive best wishes from Msgr. Eugene F. Richard of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers. Shown with them is Sister M. Borromeo of the Marymount faculty who will accompany the girls. Fifty-two Marymount students will spend all or part of the summer doing lay apostolate work in some 15 areas of the U. S., Canada, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and South America. They will work with both Negroes and whites and in many instances among non-Catholics. Msgr. Richard conducted a “departure ceremony” for the students who received a mission Crucifix. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-5E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa May 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Richard, Eugene F., Catholic Church--Clergy., Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.)--Students., Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.)--Faculty., Catholic Church--Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Lay missionaries--Catholic Church., Missionaries--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Women missionaries--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Missions--Colombia--Bogotá., College students in missionary work., College students--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Women college students--New York (State)--Tarrytown.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), Tarrytown., New York (State), Tarrytown., New York (State), Tarrytown., Colombia, Bogotá., New York (State), Tarrytown., New York (State), Tarrytown., Tarrytown (N.Y.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. C-31059; 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-31059
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350118

Title: For Maryknoll's sisters: Variety.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30416 FOR MARYKNOLL’S SISTERS: VARIETY (Second of Two Pictures) MARYKNOLL, N.Y. -- Variety -- and continuing education -- is a part of the Maryknoll Sisters’ life. As mission needs change, as new problems develop Maryknoll acts to train its Sisters for 20th Century service. Typical are these Sisters, now in American and Canadian universities and colleges, for special training. Top row, from left: 1. Sister Blanche Marie; she’s studying anthropology at Harvard University; 2. Sister Mary Agneta, one of Maryknoll’s Negro Sisters; she’s completing work for her B.S. in dietetics at Fontbonne College, St. Louis; 3. Sister Grace Frances; once a research assistant on a radiation project supported by the Atomic Energy Commission, she’s at the University of Notre Dame, working toward a Ph.D. in chemistry; 4. Sister Marie Clementia; back from mission work on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, she’s seeking her M.A. in education at the Catholic University of America. Bottom row, from left: 1. Sister Marian David; she’s at St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, completing her internship toward a Ph.D. in psychology; 2. Sister Ruth Patrice, who saw mission service in Bolivia; she’s studying for her M.S. in nursing at St. Louis University; 3. Sister Marian James, a student at the Coady International Institute at Antigonish, Nova Scotia, she’ll establish Korean credit union on her graduation. 4. Sister Michele Christine, she’s at the University of Hawaii, studying Chinese to prepare her for work in the Asian mission field. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DR-OS-1B-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Maryknoll Sisters. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rossi, Grace Frances., Lee, Elizabeth, Marie Clementia., Connell, Mary T., Marian James., Maryknoll Sisters., Harvard University--Students., Fontbonne College--Students., University of Notre Dame--Students., Catholic University of America--Students., St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York., St. Louis University--Students., Coady International Institute--Students., University of Hawaii (Honolulu)--Students., Catholic Church--Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns., Women college students., College students., Returned missionaries., Missionaries., Women missionaries.
Geographic subjects: Maryknoll (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Westchester--Ossining
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. C-30416; 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-30416
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352903

Title: "You name it; we study it"
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30415 ‘YOU NAME IT; WE STUDY IT’ (First of Two Pictures) MARYKNOLL, N.Y. -- “You name it; we study it” is the way the Maryknoll Sisters explain their unprecedented interest in educating themselves for unusual, often spectacular, careers in the mission field. Sixty-four Sisters are now currently enrolled in U.S. universities here and abroad; quite often their continuing education program is carried on between trips to the foreign missions field. Sister Maria Del Rey, shown with a friendly elephant at a mission post, is now a student at Columbia University; she’s seeking her M.S. in journalism. At top right, Sister Mary Ann Fidelis checks a baby’s health at a Pusan, Korea, hospital; today, however, she is a full-fledged medical doctor, completing her residency at Carney Hospital, Boston. At lower right, Sister Virginia Mary is shown as she helped a little Panamanian girl at a mission school; now she’s at New York University, following studies in art education. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DR-OS-1B-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Maryknoll Sisters. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Danforth, Ethel Marian, Maria del Rey., Columbia University--Students., Boland, Anna, Mary Ann Fidelis., Carney Hospital., Catholic Church--Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns., Women college students., College students., Returned missionaries., Missionaries., Women missionaries., Physicians--Massachusetts--Boston., Women physicians--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., Massachusetts, Boston., Maryknoll (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Westchester--Ossining
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. C-30415; 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-30415
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352902

Title: Catholic Medical Missions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSIONS #c-2019 NEW YORK -- Never before have mission demands been greater than today, both in the religious and in the medical field. At the headquarters here of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, medical supplies and equipment by the ton are sent out yearly to distant mission stations all over the world. But as this photo shows, the board also aids spiritually. Here the Rev. Edward F. Garesche, S.J., president and director of the board, with nuns of the Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick, prays in the headquarters chapel for the friends of the work. The statue to the left is that of Our Lady, Health of the Sick. Under the altar are the names of thousands of friends of the medical missions. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-3B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, circa March 12, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Medical Mission Board., Catholic Church--Missions., Marianist Sisters., Catholic Church--Clergy., Garesché, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1876-1960.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--New York (State)--New York., Missions, Medical., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Prayer--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-2019; 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-2019
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358718

Title: Catholic Medical Missions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSIONS #c-2018 NEW YORK -- Never before have mission demands been greater than today, both in the religious and in the medical field. At the headquarters here of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, medical supplies and equipment by the ton are sent out yearly to distant mission stations all over the world. Here two nuns of the Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick, and the Rev. Edward F. Garesche, S.J., president and director of the board, inspect some of the remedies supplies to the missions. Not only standard medicines, but also the latest discoveries of medical science, such as penicillin, are sent to hospitals and dispensaries. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-3B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, circa March 12, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Medical Mission Board., Catholic Church--Missions., Marianist Sisters., Catholic Church--Clergy., Garesché, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1876-1960.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--New York (State)--New York., Missions, Medical., Missions, Medical--Equipment and supplies., Medical supplies--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-2018; 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-2018
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358717

Title: Catholic Medical Missions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSIONS #c-2022 NEW YORK -- Never before have mission demands been greater than today, both in the religious and in the medical field. At the headquarters here of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, medical supplies and equipment by the ton are sent out yearly to distant mission stations all over the world. Here two sisters of the Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick, are carefully checking a consignment ready for shipment to Africa. These cases are packed by a special method devised by the Daughters of Mary. Then they are shipped by boat and rail, later to be carried to their final destination on the heads of porters far into the jungles or over almost pathless mountains. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-3B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, circa March 12, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Medical Mission Board., Catholic Church--Missions., Marianist Sisters.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--New York (State)--New York., Missions, Medical--Africa., Missions, Medical--Equipment and supplies.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-2022; 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-2022
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358721

Title: Catholic Medical Missions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSIONS #C-2021 NEW YORK -- Never before have mission demands been greater than today, both in the religious and in the medical field. At the headquarters here of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, medical supplies and equipment by the ton are sent out yearly to distant mission stations all over the world. This necessitates a great deal of correspondence, which is done with the help of sisters of the Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick, and lay secretaries. Here the Rev. Edward F. Garesche, S.J., president and director of the Mission Board, discusses with a nun the disposition of some of the voluminous correspondence. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-3B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, circa March 12, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Medical Mission Board., Catholic Church--Missions., Marianist Sisters., Catholic Church--Clergy., Garesché, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1876-1960., Catholic Medical Mission Board--Records and correspondence.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--New York (State)--New York., Missions, Medical., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-2021; 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-2021
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358720

Title: Catholic Medical Missions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSIONS #c-2020 NEW YORK -- Never before have mission demands been greater than today, both in the religious and in the medical field. At the headquarters here of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, medical supplies and equipment by the ton are sent out yearly to distant mission stations all over the world. More than 1,000 places are on the lists of those aided by the board. Here two sisters of the Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick, are inspecting some of the surgical kits supplied by the board. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-3B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, circa March 12, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Medical Mission Board., Catholic Church--Missions., Marianist Sisters.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--New York (State)--New York., Missions, Medical., Missions, Medical--Equipment and supplies., Medical supplies--New York (State)--New York., Surgical instruments and apparatus--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-2020; 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-2020
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358719

Title: Catholic Medical Missions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSIONS #c-2017 NEW YORK -- Never before have mission demands been greater than today, both in the religious and in the medical field. At the headquarters here of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, medical supplies and equipment by the ton are sent out yearly to distant mission stations all over the world. Here one of the Daughters of Mary, Healthy of the Sick, explores the worlds of microscopic wonders. These nuns are preparing to establish schools abroad where native women will be trained as nurses, and will in turn instruct others. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-3B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, circa March 12, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Medical Mission Board., Catholic Church--Missions., Marianist Sisters.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--New York (State)--New York., Missions, Medical., Microscopes., Microscopy.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-2017; 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-2017
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358716

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