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Title: Czech Catholics pay homage to St. Wenceslas.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #858 CZECH CATHOLICS PAY HOMAGE TO ST. WENCESLAS For the first time since the German annexation, Prague Catholics staged traditional ceremonies to honor St. Wenceslas, protector of Czechoslovakia. Born in 908, Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, promoted the conversion of his country to Christianity, but as slain by his brother Boleslav in 929. Vicar Capitular Theophilus Opatrny is shown standing before the statue of St. Wenceslas during the ceremonies. Vicar Opatrny was appointed to administer the Prague archdiocese after the death in 1941 of Cardinal Casper, Archbishop of Prague. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-PR-TFD-10255)
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, approximately 907-929., Catholic Church--Clergy., Opatrny, Capitular Theophilus., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Prague (Czech Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Christian saints--Czech Republic--Prague., Public worship--Czech Republic--Prague., Prayer meetings--Czech Republic--Prague., Saints--Commemoration.
Geographic subjects: Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 858; 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_858
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358874

Title: Czech Catholics pay homage to St. Wenceslas.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #859 CZECH CATHOLICS PAY HOMAGE TO ST. WENCESLAS For the first time since the German annexation, Prague Catholics staged traditional ceremonies to honor St. Wenceslas, protector of Czechoslovakia. Born in 908, Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, promoted the conversion of his country to Christianity, but as slain by his brother Boleslav in 929. The remains of the saint are taken from the casket by Monsignor Bokal, secretary of the Prague archdiocese, preparatory to replacing them in the statue of St. Wenceslas which stands in a special chapel in Prague Cathedral. They will repose there until next year’s celebrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-PR-TFD-10255)
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, approximately 907-929., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Christian saints--Czech Republic--Prague., Public worship--Czech Republic--Prague., Prayer meetings--Czech Republic--Prague., Saints--Commemoration.
Geographic subjects: Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 859; 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_859
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358875

Title: Czech Catholics pay homage to St. Wenceslas.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #866 CZECH CATHOLICS PAY HOMAGE TO ST. WENCESLAS For the first time since the German annexation, Prague Catholics staged traditional ceremonies to honor St. Wenceslas, protector of Czechoslovakia. Born in 908, Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, promoted the conversion of his country to Christianity, but as slain by his pagan brother Boleslav in 929. Monsignor Forni, secretary of the Papal Nunciature in Prague, is shown seated in the foreground during a Latin Mass in honor of St. Wenceslas. In the front row of chairs is the Minister of Justice Stransky, and next to him Rector Bolehradek of the Karl University of Prague. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-PR-TFD-10255)
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, approximately 907-929., Catholic Church--Clergy., Stránský, Jaroslav, 1884-1973., Univerzita Karlova--Faculty.
Topical Subject(s): Christian saints--Czech Republic--Prague., Public worship--Czech Republic--Prague., Prayer meetings--Czech Republic--Prague., Saints--Commemoration.
Geographic subjects: Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 866; 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_866
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358883

Title: Palladium festival.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (author)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jarolimek, Stanislav., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint., Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, approximately 907-929., Strahovský klášter (Prague, Czech Republic), Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits.
Topical Subject(s): Christian saints--Czech Republic--Prague., Public worship--Czech Republic--Prague., Prayer meetings--Czech Republic--Prague., Saints--Commemoration.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1017; 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_1017_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358782

Title: Czech Catholics give thanks to Virgin Mary.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #1017 CZECH CATHOLICS GIVE THANKS TO VIRGIN MARY PRAGUE -- Catholics in Prague held a week of thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary for the protection of the Czechoslovakian people during the war. Festivities centered around the Palladium, a bronze and jeweled medal of the Virgin and Child worn by St. Wenceslas, protector of Czechoslovakia, but lost for 200 years after his martyrdom in 929. Shown speaking at outdoor services is Prior Jerolimek [sic. Jarolimek] of the Premonstratensian monastery of Strahov, who is expected by many to be named the Archbishopric of Prague, vacant since 1941. Second from the left is a Jesuit priest, Father Kolacek, who was imprisoned by the Germans in Dachau concentration camp. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-LM-11-15-5)
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jarolimek, Stanislav., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint., Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, approximately 907-929., Strahovský klášter (Prague, Czech Republic), Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits.
Topical Subject(s): Christian saints--Czech Republic--Prague., Public worship--Czech Republic--Prague., Prayer meetings--Czech Republic--Prague., Saints--Commemoration.
Geographic subjects: Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1017; 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_1017
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358801

Title: Prague vicar talks to journalist.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PRAGUE VICAR TALKS TO JOURNALIST #1135 PRAGUE -- Dr. Theophilus Bohumil Opatrny, Vicar of the Prague Roman Catholic archdiocese, stresses a point to Antonius Jandecek, newly-appointed Prague correspondent of Religious News Service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-PR-TFD-11-30-5)
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Catholic Church--Clergy., Opatrný, Bohumil, Theophilus., Jandecek, Antonius., Religious News Service., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Czechoslovakia., Clergy--Czech Republic--Prague., Journalists--Czechoslovakia., Journalists--Czech Republic--Prague.
Geographic subjects: Czechoslovakia., Czech Republic, Prague., Czechoslovakia., Czech Republic, Prague., Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1135; 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_1135
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356862

Title: Americans to replace German monks in Sudetenland.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: AMERICANS TO REPLACE GERMAN MONKS IN SUDETENLAND #1137 PRAGUE -- The Very Rev. John Cerf of the Benedictine Monastery of St. Procopius near Chicago, Ill., (right) confers with Cannon Ottocaro Svec of the Prague archdiocese, on plans to replace German monks evacuated from the Sudeten area of Czechoslovakia with Czech-born personnel from the United States. Canon Svec was imprisoned in Dachau after the assassination of Reinhardt Heydrich, Nazi Protector of Bohemia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-PR-TFD-11-30-5)
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Catholic Church--Clergy., Svec, Ottocaro., Cerf, John., Heydrich, Reinhard, 1904-1942--Assassination., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Czechoslovakia., Clergy--Czech Republic--Prague., Brothers (Religious)--Czechoslovakia., Brothers (Religious)--Czech Republic--Sudetenland.
Geographic subjects: Czechoslovakia., Czech Republic, Prague., Czechoslovakia., Czech Republic, Sudetenland., Prague (Czech Republic), Sudetenland (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1137; 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_1137
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356863

Title: Catholic prelates discuss Czech relief needs.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CATHOLIC PRELATES DISCUSS CZECH RELIEF NEEDS #1134 PRAGUE -- Monsignor Otto Stanovsky, president of the Prague branch of Caritas, international charitable organization, (right) discusses relief problems with Msgr. Wuensch of Vysehrad, Prague. The Prague Caritas is one of the best-organized groups of its kind in Europe. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-PR-TFD-11-30-5)
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Catholic Church--Clergy., Stanovský, Otto Lev., CARITAS (Organization), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Czechoslovakia., Clergy--Czech Republic--Prague., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects: Czechoslovakia., Czech Republic, Prague., Czechoslovakia., Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1134B; 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_1134b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356861

Title: Czech Catholics make pilgrimage to Lidice.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CZECH CATHOLICS MAKE PILGRIMAGE TO LIDICE #1133 LIDICE -- Monsignor Alois Tylinek, of St. Wenceslas Roman Catholic Church in Prague, addresses pilgrims gathered at an open air Mass on the site of Lidice, destroyed by the Germans in reprisal for the killing Reinhardt Heydrich, Nazi Protector of Bohemia. Msgr. Tylinek, an active political figure, is vice-Mayor of Prague. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-PR-TFD-11-30-5)
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Catholic Church--Clergy., Tylínek, Alois., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Heydrich, Reinhard, 1904-1942--Assassination., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Lidice Massacre, Lidice, Czech Republic, 1942., World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Czech Republic., Mass., Clergy--Czech Republic--Lidice., Clergy--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects: Czech Republic., Czech Republic, Lidice., Czechoslovakia., Lidice (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Středočeský --Lidice
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1133; 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_1133
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356859

Title: Czech school confiscation opposed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CZECH SCHOOL CONFISCATION OPPOSED #1175 PRAGUE -- Msgr. Frantisek Hala, Postmaster General of Czechoslovakia, reads a Catholic petition requesting postponement of the confiscation of Catholic schools in Bohemia and Moravia until after the scheduled elections next spring. Catholic schools in Bohemia and Moravia have not yet been taken over as they have in Slovakia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AJ-PR-MES-12-5-5)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Catholic Church--Clergy., Hála, František., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Czechoslovakia., Clergy--Czech Republic--Prague., Catholic schools--Czechoslovakia., Land, Nationalization of--Czechoslovakia., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects: Czechoslovakia., Czech Republic, Prague., Czechoslovakia., Czechoslovakia., Czechoslovakia., Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1175; 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_1175
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356881

Title: Italian king saved Czech prelate's life.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: ITALIAN KING SAVED CZECH PRELATE’S LIFE #1134 PRAGUE -- Monsignor Otto Stanovsky, Canon of St. Vitus Church in Prague, and president of the Prague branch of Caritas, international charitable organization. Msgr. Stanovsky was condemned to death after the assassination of Reinhardt Heydrich, Nazi “butcher” of Lidice, but the sentence was commuted to imprisonment after the intervention of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, who is a personal friend of the Czech prelate. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-PR-TFD-11-30-5)
Creator Name(s): Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Catholic Church--Clergy., Stanovský, Otto Lev., CARITAS (Organization), Heydrich, Reinhard, 1904-1942--Assassination., Victor Emmanuel, III, King of Italy, 1869-1947., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945., Clergy--Czechoslovakia., Capital punishment--Czechoslovakia., Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Czechoslovakia., Clergy--Czech Republic--Prague., Fascism and the Catholic Church--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects: Czechoslovakia., Czechoslovakia., Czechoslovakia., Czech Republic, Prague., Czechoslovakia., Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1134A; 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_1134a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356860

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