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:
Sunday morning at Atom Bomb City.
Description:
Residents of Los Alamos, New Mexico, outside of their community church.
Creator:
The Detroit News (Detroit, Mich.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Community churches--New Mexico--Los Alamos., Church buildings--New Mexico--Los Alamos., Atomic bomb--New Mexico--Los Alamos., Nuclear warfare--Social aspects--New Mexico--Los Alamos.
Geographic subjects:
Los Alamos (N.M.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148499
Title:
Gas station observes Sabbath.
Description:
Elwin Boice stands outside of his Los Angeles gas station with sign he puts out every Sunday.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Boice, Elwin.
Topics:
Rest--Religious aspects--Christianity., Religion and civil society--California--Los Angeles., Sunday legislation--California--Los Angeles., Sunday., Service stations--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148496
Title:
Pontiff ordains eight new African Bishops.
Description:
Pope John Paul II embraces one of eight new African bishops he ordained at Kinshasa, Zaire [Democratic Republic of the Congo].
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops--Congo (Democratic Republic), II, John Paul, Pope, 1920-2005.
Topics:
Consecration of bishops--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Kinshasa (Congo)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148493
Title:
Leading Czech prelate sees Pope.
Description:
Archbishop Beran of Prague visits with Pope Pius XII.
Creator:
Felici. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Italy., Catholic Church--Bishops--Czechoslovakia., Catholic Church--Foreign relations., XII, Pius, Pope, 1876-1958., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969.
Topics:
Popes., Catholic Church and world politics--Czechoslovakia., Persecution--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects:
Castel Gandolfo (Italy), Czechoslovakia--Social conditions
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148490
Title:
Negro children's choir at Franciscan Mission.
Creator:
National Conference of Christians and Jews. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Quinn, Marjorie.
Topics:
African American children--Michigan--Detroit., African American Christians--Michigan--Detroit., Children's choirs--Michigan--Detroit., Church work with children--Michigan--Detroit.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148487
Title:
Church women meet in Milwaukee.
Description:
Mrs. Leslie E. Swain, Mrs. Abbie Clement Jackson and Mrs. John Ashley at the Biennial Assembly of the United Council of Church Women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Council of Church Women., Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society., African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church., Swain, Leslie E., Jackson, Abbie Clement.
Topics:
Christian women--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Women--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., African American Christians--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Interdenominational cooperation--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Meetings--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148484
Title:
An estimated 100,000 march for Soviet Jewry.
Description:
This group was among the estimated 100,000 marchers taking part in New York's Ninth Annual Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry on April 27.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry.
Topics:
Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Jews, Soviet., Human rights.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148481
Title:
Police join prayer at Washington for Jesus Rally.
Description:
Duty police at a Washington for Jesus rally, raising their arms in prayer and praise.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Methodist Church (U.S.)
Topics:
Washington for Jesus rally., Christian police officers--Washington (D.C.), Police-community relations--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148478
Title:
Honor memory of Protestant chaplains.
Description:
James V. Forrestal, Secretary of National Defense, unveiling of memorial plaque. Right foreground - Dr. Joseph C. Hazen.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., General Commission on Chaplains and Armed Forces Personnel., Northern Baptist Convention., United States. Department of Defense., United States. Army--Chaplains., Forrestal, J. Vincent (James Vincent), 1892-1949., Hazen, Joseph C.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., World War, 1914-1918--Chaplains., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Washington (D.C.), War memorials--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148475
Title:
Cheerful mother of hostage patiently awaits his return.
Description:
Toni Sickmann, mother of U.S. Marine Rodney V. Sickmann -- one of the 50 hostages being held in the American Embassy in Tehran -- displays her faith, patriotism, and good cheer on as she smiles from a decorated window of her home.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sickmann, Toni., Sickmann, Rodney V.
Topics:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects:
Missouri.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148472
Title:
Reds free emancipated Italian Bishop.
Description:
Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. is released after imprisonment in Communist China.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Franciscans., Catholic Church--Bishops--China--Hubei Sheng., Ferroni, Alfonso Maria Corrado, 1892-1966.
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects:
Hong Kong., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148469
Title:
Indians ask delegates for support at Methodist conference.
Description:
American Indian leaders John Thomas, right, Mike Haney, center, and Frank Drennon talk to delegates to the United Methodist Church General Conference, seeking their backing for Indian rights.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Methodist Church (U.S.), United Methodist Church (U.S.). General Conference., Haney, Michael, 1948-2005., Thomas, John., Drennon, Frank.
Topics:
Indians of North America., Indians, Treatment of--North America., Indians of North America--Civil rights., Anti-racism--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity., Social justice--Religious aspects--United Methodist Church.
Geographic subjects:
Indianapolis (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148466
Title:
Special education youngsters honor leader.
Description:
Joan Kozuch, a coordinator of the Special Religious Education program of Bay City Church, enjoys a recent party in her honor given by students.
Creator:
Socha, Kathleen. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kozuch, Joan.
Topics:
Church work with children with mental disabilities--Michigan--Bay City., Religious education of children with mental disabilities--Michigan--Bay City.
Geographic subjects:
Bay City (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148463
Title:
Blessing statue of Father Flanagan.
Description:
Archbishop Bergan blesses the memorial statue of Father Flanagan.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Variety Clubs International., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Omaha (Neb.), Boys Town Center., Catholic Church--Bishops--Nebraska--Omaha., Catholic Church--Nebraska--Boys Town., Bergan, Gerald Thomas, 1892-1972., Flanagan, Edward Joseph, 1886-1948.--Statues., Wegner, Nicholas H., 1898-1976., Kormendi, Eugene.
Topics:
Statues--Nebraska--Boys Town., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Nebraska--Boys Town., Acolytes--Nebraska--Boys Town.
Geographic subjects:
Boys Town (Neb.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148460
Title:
Parish members re-enact experience of immigrant forebears.
Description:
The Rev. Anthony Failla, pastor of St. Finbar's Parish in Brooklyn, celebrates a special Mass in the Great Hall of Ellis Island as a feature of the church's centennial celebration. Priests from left: Father Joseph Bynon, Father Salvatore Capolarello, Father Anthony Failla, and Father William Cummings.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.), Catholic Church., Capolarello, Salvatore., Failla, Anthony., Bynon, Joseph., Cummings, William.
Topics:
Historical reenactments--United States., Emigration and immigration.
Geographic subjects:
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148457
Title:
Hunters take time-out for Bible lesson.
Description:
Shown above is the Bible study class which is held each morning before pheasant hunting which starts at 12 noon. The men dress in their hunting clothes in the morning so that they don't have to change at noon.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Sunday-School Union., Harmon, E. C.
Topics:
Hunting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Hunters--South Dakota--Huron., Religious camps--South Dakota--Huron.
Geographic subjects:
Huron (S.D.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148451
Title:
Rhodesian mother mourns daughter killed by guerrilla missile.
Description:
A mother mourns her daughter during a mass cremation service for 59 victims of a black nationalist missile attack on a Viscount airliner. Photograph originally numbered PC-52169.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Terrorism--Zimbabwe--Harare., Terrorism victims' families--Zimbabwe--Harare.
Geographic subjects:
Harare (Zimbabwe)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148448
Title:
Opponents join in Zimbabwe Thanksgiving service.
Description:
Premier Robert Mugabe and his wife Sally, front row, and former prime minister and one of Mr. Mugabe's opponents in the recent election, Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa, far right, join in singing the black nationalist hymn, "God Bless Africa."
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mugabe, Robert Gabriel, -1924, Mugabe, Sally, 1931-1992., Muzorewa, Abel Tendekayi, 1925-2010.
Topics:
Nationalism--Zimbabwe--Harare., Independence movements--Zimbabwe--Harare.
Geographic subjects:
Harare (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1979-1980., Zimbabwe--Autonomy and independence movements.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148445
Title:
DPs to Priest: 'Glad to be here!'
Description:
Monsignor Swanstrom of the National Catholic Resettlement Council welcomes a refugee family from Czechoslovakia.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Catholic Church--Massachusetts--Boston., National Catholic Resettlement Council (U.S.), Swanstrom, Edward., Ouhrabka, Marie., Ouhrabka, Jan.
Topics:
Refugees--Czechoslovakia., Refugee families--Czechoslovakia., Missions, Catholic Church and world politics.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148442
Title:
New leaders of temperance group.
Description:
The Second Biennial Convention, National Temperance Movement. Checking for prospects for new officers for 1949. Left to right: Dr. G. M. Bruce, Dr. C. W. DeMille, Rev. Wayne W. Womer, and Dr. H. H. Parish.
Creator:
Lee and Palmer (Minneapolis, Minn.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Temperance Movement, Inc., First Covenant Church (Minneapolis, Minn.), Bruce, G. M., DeMille, Charles W., Womer, Wayne., Parish, Herbert H.
Topics:
Temperance--United States--Societies, etc., Temperance and religion--United States., Clergy--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Meetings--Minnesota--Minneapolis.
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148439

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