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Title: Religion on the move.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #826 RELIGION ON THE MOVE Shifting populations throughout the United States and Canada during the war years have made churchmen transportation conscious, and as a result they have turned to many different conveyances to bring God’s work to their flocks. Father Serson of the Cowley Fathers, a religious order of the Anglican Church, serves 30 missions in Ontario, Canada, on horseback. He is an accomplished barber and carpenter, as well as horseman. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TS-TO-MES-4B-6-ROTO)
Creator Name(s): Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Society of St. John the Evangelist., Church of England in Canada--Clergy., Church of England in Canada--Missions--Ontario.
Topical Subject(s): Home missions--Ontario., Horsemen and horsewomen--Ontario., Missionaries--Ontario.
Geographic subjects: Ontario., Ontario., Ontario., Ontario., North and Central America--Canada--Ontario--Devonshire
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 826; 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_826
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358864

Title: Plumbing is this monk’s specialty.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #1036 PLUMBING IS THIS MONK’S SPECIALTY Holder of a plumber’s diploma, Brother Philip Girard of the Roman Catholic Redemptorist Order, helped install fixtures in the new monastery and church built by eight priests in the 43-family hinterland parish of Devonshire, Ontario. Valued at $60,000, the new structure was built by the priests at a cost of only $8,000. Every phase of the project from spreading gravel on the driveway to installing two giant hot water furnaces was done by a brother or priest. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (Star-can-LM-11255)
Creator Name(s): Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Girard, Philip., Redemptorists., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Monasticism and religious orders--Ontario., Monks--Ontario., Catholic church buildings--Design and construction., Catholic church buildings--Ontario.
Geographic subjects: Ontario., Ontario., Ontario., Ontario., North and Central America--Canada--Ontario--Devonshire
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1036; 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_1036
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358807

Title: 16,000 attend 'service of witness.'
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 16,000 ATTEND ‘SERVICE OF WITNESS’ #s-3477 TORONTO -- Canadian Protestants crowd Maple Leaf Gardens here for a “service of witness” sponsored by the Canadian Council of Churches. The inter-denominational assembly drew thousands more who, unable to enter the stadium, went to nearby churches where loud-speaking equipment had been installed. In background above is shown the massed choir of 1,200 representing 200 Toronto and district churches. Orchestra is the Toronto Symphony. Leaders of six denominations in Canada jointly conducted the service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TS-MES-5B-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd., Canadian Council of Churches.
Topical Subject(s): Public worship--Ontario--Toronto., Ecumenical movement--Canada., Interdenominational cooperation--Ontario--Toronto., Witness bearing (Christianity)
Geographic subjects: Ontario, Toronto., Canada., Ontario, Toronto., Toronto (Ont.), North and Central America--Canada--Ontario--Toronto
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3477; 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_S-3477
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359586

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