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:
Empty chairs at Concordia opening.
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Text transcribed from caption: P-45999 EMPTY CHAIRS AT CONCORDIA OPENING ST. LOUIS -- Chairs which last year held faculty members stand empty during services opening the 136th academic year at Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis. Concordia, the largest Lutheran seminary in North America a year ago, is now the smallest seminary of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Fall enrollments for the Synod’s Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Ill., and for St. Louis’ Seminex, known as “Concordia Seminary in Exile,” will both be more than double that of Concordia in St. Louis. Seminex was created last February after Dr. John Tietjen was suspended as president of Concordia and most of the 450 resident students and more than 40 faculty members declared a moratorium on classes to protest the suspension. The striking faculty were dismissed and they and the dissenting students set up Seminex. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-SL-9B-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod--Doctrine., Concordia Theological Seminary., Concordia Theological Seminary--Faculty., Concordia Theological Seminary--Students.
Topics:
Theological seminaries--Missouri--Saint Louis., School enrollment--Missouri--Saint Louis., Theological seminary presidents--Dismissal of.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361232
Title:
Chavez calls on cardinal.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45946 CHAVEZ CALLS ON CARDINAL ST. LOUIS -- Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA), outlines his union’s struggle during a private meeting with Cardinal John J. Carberry of St. Louis in the cardinal’s office. At center, with back to camera, is Msgr. John A. Shocklee, head of the St. Louis Catholic Commission on Human Rights. After the meeting, Cardinal Carberry said that he “encouraged Chavez in his efforts for justice.” Mr. Chavez was in St. Louis to address several religious groups and to promote the boycott of non-UFWA lettuce and grapes from California. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RJB-SL-8E-74-DS)
Creator:
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Mo.) (publisher), Finke, Richard C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993., United Farm Workers of America., Catholic Church--Bishops., Carberry, John Joseph, 1904-1998., Shocklee, John A., 1917-, Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Civil rights workers--Missouri--Saint Louis., Bishops--Missouri--Saint Louis., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor movement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Labor leaders--Missouri--Saint Louis., Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Agricultural laborers--Labor unions.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361202
Title:
NAWR meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45930 NAWR MEETING ST. LOUIS -- At top, Cardinal John Carberry of St. Louis welcomes Sister Catherine Pinkerton, C.S.J., chairperson of the National Assembly of Women Religious, to St. Louis University, which hosted the organization’s 4th annual convention. Looking on is Sister Helen Butler, O.P., president of the Sisters’ Senate of the Brooklyn diocese. Below, Sister Mary Jo O’Connor, D.W. (left), community health nurse for the Brooklyn Catholic Charities Office for the Aging, congratulates Sister Kathryn Sullivan, RSCJ, a Scripture scholar and author, after he keynote address to the convention. The more than 600 nuns taking part in the NAWR meeting overwhelmingly approved the recent ordination of 11 women to the Episcopal priesthood and sent a telegram to the Chicago meeting of the Episcopal House of Bishops -- which later declared the ordinations “invalid” -- urging them “to affirm and recognize” the ordinations. The participants also agreed to take part in a symbolic fast of bread and water to bring attention to the issue of world hunger and the threat of famine in many regions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-BKN-8D-74-DS)
Creator:
D'Arienzo, Camille. (photographer), Catholic Church. Diocese of Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Carberry, John Joseph, 1904-1998., Butler, Helen., Pinkerton, Catherine., National Assembly of Women Religious (U.S.), National Assembly of Women Religious (U.S.)--Congresses., O'Connor, Mary Jo., Sullivan, Kathryn, 1905-2006.
Topics:
Bishops--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis., Monasticism and religious orders for women--Congresses., Ordination of women--Anglican Church.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361199
Title:
Concordia opens.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod--Doctrine., Concordia Theological Seminary., Concordia Theological Seminary--Faculty., Concordia Theological Seminary--Students.
Topics:
Theological seminaries--Missouri--Saint Louis., School enrollment--Missouri--Saint Louis., Theological seminary presidents--Dismissal of.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361174
Title:
Concordia, once synod's largest, now its smallest seminary.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod--Doctrine., Concordia Theological Seminary., Concordia Theological Seminary--Faculty., Concordia Theological Seminary--Students.
Topics:
Theological seminaries--Missouri--Saint Louis., School enrollment--Missouri--Saint Louis., Theological seminary presidents--Dismissal of.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361172
Title:
NAWR meeting.
Creator:
Catholic Church. Diocese of Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Carberry, John Joseph, 1904-1998., Butler, Helen., Pinkerton, Catherine., National Assembly of Women Religious (U.S.), National Assembly of Women Religious (U.S.)--Congresses., O'Connor, Mary Jo., Sullivan, Kathryn, 1905-2006.
Topics:
Bishops--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis., Monasticism and religious orders for women--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361119
Title:
Cdl. Carberry receives Chavez.
Creator:
Byrne, Robert J. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993., United Farm Workers of America., Catholic Church--Bishops., Carberry, John Joseph, 1904-1998., Shocklee, John A., 1917-, Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Civil rights workers--Missouri--Saint Louis., Bishops--Missouri--Saint Louis., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor movement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Labor leaders--Missouri--Saint Louis., Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Agricultural laborers--Labor unions.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361044
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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Franciscan Sisters of Mary., SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital (Saint Louis, Mo.), Townsend, Pauline., Brickus, Hilda., Ebo, Betty.
Topics:
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:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360301
Title:
U. Church service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Church Service Center (Saint Louis, Mo.), Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction.
Topics:
War relief--Missouri--Saint Louis., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359751
Title:
Churches rally for world relief.
Description:
Newspaper or magazine article from "The Messenger."
Creator:
Walters, Loren. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Church Service Center (Saint Louis, Mo.), Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction.
Topics:
War relief--Missouri--Saint Louis., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359702
Title:
"Hoodlum priest" dies.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29744 ‘HOODLUM PRIEST’ DIES ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Father Charles Dismas Clark, S.J., known as the “Hoodlum priest” for his work in rehabilitating former prison inmates, died in St. Louis after a long illness. He was 62. In 1959 he founded Dismas House here as a haven for ex-convicts. He is shown here before the institution named for the “good thief” crucified beside Christ. Father Clark also was responsible for setting up several other such centers in U.S. cities. His life story was the subject of a motion picture two years ago -- “The Hoodlum Priest.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8C-63-RB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Dismas House (Saint Louis, Mo.), Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963--Death and burial.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Halfway houses--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with ex-convicts--Missouri--Saint Louis., Ex-convicts--Services for--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358037
Title:
"Hoodlum priest" dies; rehabilitated convicts.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Dismas House (Saint Louis, Mo.), Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963--Death and burial.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Halfway houses--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with ex-convicts--Missouri--Saint Louis., Ex-convicts--Services for--Missouri--Saint Louis., Racism in criminal justice administration--United States., Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357948
Title:
Catholic priests saying Mass.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #726 CATHOLIC PRIESTS SAYING MASS Statler Hotel, St. Louis.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Statler Hotel (St. Louis, Mo.), Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Mass--Celebration., Mass--Celebration outside the church.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357647
Title:
Honor new Presbyterian moderator of St. Louis.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #635 HONOR NEW PRESBYTERIAN MODERATOR OF ST. LOUIS Business, church, and religious leaders, at a special service held at the Second Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, honor Dr. William B. Lampe, the new Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. From left to right: Dr. Clarke Walker Cummings; Dr. James W. Clarke; Scott R. Dekins; Dr. Walter E. McClure; Dr. William B. Lampe, the new Moderator; Dr. D. Frank Hall and Bishop William Scarlett Bishop of the Episcopal Church for the State of Missouri. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JZ-St, Lo. g-9285)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Second Presbyterian Church (Saint Louis, Mo.), Lampe, William Blakeman, 1885-, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly., Cummings, Clarke Walker., Clarke, James W., Dekins, Scott R., McClure, Walter Emerson., Hall., D. Frank., Scarlett, William J., Episcopal Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Clergy conferences., Christian leadership--Presbyterians., Fellowship--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357629
Title:
John Joseph Cardinal Glennon, Archbishop of St. Louis.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JOHN JOSEPH CARDINAL GLENNON, ARCHBISHOP OF ST. LOUIS 1352 Born in Ireland on June 14, 1862, John Joseph Cardinal Glennon has been priest and bishop under five different Popes, and is regarded as one of the greatest orators the Catholic Church in the United States has ever known. Ordained in Kansas City, Mo., December 20, 1884, he was consecrated Titular Bishop of Pinars and Coadjutor Archbishop of St. Louis on April 27, 1903, and Archbishop of St. Louis on the following October 13. On December 23, 1945, he was created Cardinal by Pope Pius XII. Honored by half a dozen Presidents of the United States, Cardinal Glennon has been distinguished as a builder and administrator, and has been an active leader in the cause of Catholic education and temperance as well as an outspoken opponent of divorce, indecent literature, and other factors harmful to family life. He has addressed three international Eucharistic Congresses - in Chicago, Dublin and Buenos Aires. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PANY-TFD-12-5-C)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Catholic Church--Bishops., Glennon, John J. (John Joseph), 1862-1946., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bishops--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356970
Title:
Candlelight Christmas concert.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS CONCERT #1334 ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- This impressive Candlelight Choral Christmas Concert was presented by the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church here. Shown participating are the 90-voice Concordia Seminary chorus and the 60-voice A Capella choir, seen here in their candlelight procession through the congregation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JW-SL-LM-12-5-L-O)
Creator:
Hurd, Joe. (photographer)
Subject names:
Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Mo.). Chorus., Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Saint Louis, Mo.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Missouri--Saint Louis., Choirs (Music)--Missouri--Saint Louis., Concerts--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356968
Title:
She'll pray for the Mets, Casey.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31701 SHE’LL PRAY FOR THE METS, CASEY ST. LOUIS -- The go-go-go manager of the New York Mets, an organization often but not always referred to as a professional baseball team, is halted for an autograph in St. Louis. Casey Stengel, who paid for tickets to the 1964 World Series after 10 years of spectating on the house, signs on the dotted line in St. Louis for Sister Maura, Glenmary Sisters. For the delegate to the National Conference of Catholic Charities, Casey wrote: “Dear Sister Maura: May your future years be better than the Mets’ record this year.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RAC-STL-10C-64-W)
Creator:
Clavenna, Robert. (contributor), Finke, Richard C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stengel, Casey., World Series (Baseball), National Conference of Catholic Charities (U.S.)--Congresses., New York Mets (Baseball team)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356528
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:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cole, Ned., Christ Church Cathedral (Saint Louis, Mo.), Episcopal Church. Diocese of Central New York., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., Award winners--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353785
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:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ryce, Amos, II., Lane Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Saint Louis, Mo.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., African American clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American civic leaders--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353784
Title:
In spirit of St. Patrick's Day.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30734 IN SPIRIT OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY ST. LOUIS -- Nursery school went Irish in a great big way for these little fellers, who followed Sister Mary Justus through a series of jigs and reels. Photograph, taken at St. Elizabeth's Day Nursery at St. Louis, shows the nun helping Charles Kelly, left, and Bobby Morris dance to the glory of Ireland's Patron Saint. Sister Mary Justus is a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-3C-64-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Notre Dame., St. Elizabeth's Day Nursery (Saint Louis, Mo.), Kelly, Charles., Morris, Bobby.
Topics:
Saint Patrick's Day--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nursery schools--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns as teachers--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with children--Missouri--Saint Louis., Dance--Study and teaching., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353758

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