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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46244 U.N. ASSEMBLY HEARS ARAFAT, TEKOAH UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. -- At top, Yasir Arafat, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), acknowledges applause as he takes the podium to address the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Arafat, whose appearance spurred numerous protests, told the Assembly that his organization’s goal remained a Palestinian state that would include Moslems, Christians and Jews. Below, with Israeli chief delegate Yosef Tekoah at the podium preparing to deliver a rebuttal to Mr. Arafat, representatives of the PLO (left front) and members of Arab delegations walk out of the Assembly chamber. Mr. Tekoah said that a state such as proposed by Mr. Arafat would mean the destruction of Israel and the substitution of an Arab state. He branded the Palestinian guerrillas as terroristic and murderous and vowed his government’s determination to fight them implacably. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-11B-74-DS)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations. General Assembly., Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah., United Nations. General Assembly--Congresses., Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004., Tekoah, Yosef, 1925-Topics:Arab-Israeli conflict., Palestine question (1948-), Ambassadors--Israel., Ambassadors--Palestine., Ambassadors--Arab countries., Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York.Geographic subjects:Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Palestine--Foreign relations.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361965
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46212 RALLY PROTESTS UN BID TO PALESTINIANS NEW YORK -- A crowd estimated at more than 100,000 jams Dag Hammarskjold Plaza opposite United Nations headquarters in New York (top photo) to denounce the organization’s invitation to representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to address a session of the its General Assembly. Sponsored by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the rally was one of the largest Jewish demonstrations in the history of New York City. Below, Sen. Henry Jackson (D-Wash.), left, one of several political leaders who addressed the rally, wave to the crowd. Others on the speakers platform include, left to right, Rabbi Israel Miller, chairman of the Conference of Presidents; former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.), and Dr. Arnold Olson, president of the Evangelical Free Church of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JL-NY-11A-74-DS)Creator:Lei, John C. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations. General Assembly--Congresses., Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah., Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations., Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983., Miller, Israel, 1918-2002., Clark, Ramsey, 1927-2021., Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986., Olson, Arnold Theodore., Evangelical Free Church of America--Clergy.Topics:Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Arab-Israeli conflict., Palestine question (1948-), Picketing--New York (State)--New York., Legislators--United States., Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.Geographic subjects:Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361963
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46253 MS. ON WOMEN PRIESTS NEW YORK -- The December issue of Ms. magazine features a photograph of the Rev. Carter Heyward, one of the 11 Episcopal women ordained in the controversial ceremony in July, on the cover and several articles on women priests. The magazine’s cover story, “Who’s Afraid of Women Priests?” by Malcolm Boyd, an Episcopal priest and author, deals with women and the priesthood. The issue also contains interviews with Dr. Charles Willie, who resigned as vice-chairman of the Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies in protest over the bishops declaring the ordinations invalid, and Ms. Heyward, and a profile of the Rev. Jeanette Piccard, the 79-year-old woman who was one of the 11 ordained. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-11C-74-DS)Creator:Feminist Majority Foundation. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Feminist Majority Foundation--Publishing., Heyward, Carter., Episcopal Church--Clergy.Topics:Clergy--United States., Women clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Episcopal Church., Periodicals--United States., Women's periodicals--United States., Ordination of women--Public opinion.Geographic subjects:United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361938
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46226 COCU SESSION HEARS DR. NELSON CINCINNATI -- Dr. J. Robert Nelson, who recently resigned as dean of Boston University’s School of Theology but continues there as a professor, rises to tell the 12th Plenary of the nine-denomination Consultation on Church Union that they should avoid the pitfall of updating their theology in such a way that the new is as dated as the old. The noted United Methodist theologian was an observed at the COCU meeting in Cincinnati. Listening to him at left are Dr. William Thompson, stated clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and Mrs. Lois Stair, former moderator of the UPCUSA. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BK-CIN-11A-74-DS)Creator:Fulton, John. (photographer), Consultation on Church Union. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Consultation on Church Union., Consultation on Church Union--Congresses., Nelson, J. Robert (John Robert), 1920-, Thompson, William P., 1918-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Stair, Lois, 1923-1981.Topics:Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cincinnati., Christian union--Congresses., Christian union--United States., Christian leadership--Ohio--Cincinnati., Theologians--Ohio--Cincinnati.Geographic subjects:Cincinnati (Ohio)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361923
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46161 AGREEMENT REACHED ON SOVIET TRADE AND EMIGRATION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Soviet Union has pledged to lift restrictions on the emigrations of Jews and others in return for tariff concessions and credits by the U.S., Sen. Henry Jackson (D--Wash.) announced in Washington, D.C. The White House and the State Department extended the courtesy of allowing the announcement to be made by Sen. Jackson, who led a drive in Congress to block trade concessions to the USSR unless emigration was made easier. He said there was no numerical quota placed on the number of persons the Soviet Union must allow to leave each year but that the U.S. had a “bench mark" of 60,000. Discussing the agreement at the White House are, from left: Rep. Charles A. Vanik (D--Ohio), Sen. Jackson, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, President Ford, and Sen. Jacob Javits (R.N.Y.). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-10D-74-DS)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983., Vanik, Charles., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986.Topics:International economic relations., International trade., Jews--Migrations., Emigration and immigration--Political aspects., Emigration and immigration--Government policy, Jews--Soviet Union.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union., Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361552
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46174 TWO VIEWS OF BUSING BOSTON -- Students at Boston’s Hyde Park High School (top photo) look through a shattered window of their school bus, damaged when fights broke out between black and white students at the school. Several students were injured in the incident, just part of the violence which has marred Boston’s court-ordered busing plan since the start of the school year. A more peaceful view of busing is achieved by four Boston students as they discuss school desegregation efforts with a Charlotte, N.C., student coordinating council (bottom photo). The four students (foreground left to right), Barbara Steer, Dana Gonsal, Bob Messina and Linda Lawrence, are members of the Hyde Park High School biracial committee who were invited to the Southern City by students to get a look at integration and how it works in Charlotte’s public high schools, where a massive busing program has been in effect for 10 years. “We’re still working at it every day, and we don’t have any miracle answers," a Charlotte student told the Boston group. “But what was a new situation for us 10 years ago is a new situation for you now. And we want you to know we’ve learned a lot about judging anybody, black or white, as an individual. It just took time." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS/NC-10D-74-DS)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Steer, Barbara., Gonsal, Dana., Messina, Bob., Lawrence, Linda.Topics:Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston., School children--Transportation--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., African American students--Massachusetts--Boston., Students--Massachusetts--Boston.Geographic subjects:Boston (Mass.), Hyde Park (Boston, Mass.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361549
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46112 DISAGREEMENT OVER ORDINATIONS A Jesuit theologian said that an article he wrote in 1966 was recently “misinterpreted" by an Episcopal bishop who cited it as support for invalidating the ordinations of 11 women deacons. Father Frans Josef van Beeck, S.J. (left), associate professor of systematic theology at Boson College, said that Episcopal Bishop Arthur A. Vogel of West Missouri (right) had not drawn the proper conclusions from his 1966 article. In his report to the Episcopal House of Bishops in August, which voted to declare the women’s ordinations invalid, Bishop Vogel said that, based on Father van Beeck’s article, “validity (of ordination) means ecclesiastical recognition." The Jesuit said that it was “obvious" that Bishop Vogel attributed “much more substance" to his definition of validity than he himself had intended for it to have, and that the “warranted" conclusion from the article would be that the women’s ordinations “was irregular, but not invalid in the traditional sense." Bishop Vogel has not replied that it remains his belief that he did not misinterpret Father van Beeck. “More importantly," he continued, “neither my advisement nor the action of the House of Bishops depended in any positive way on the theological position of Father van Beeck." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A/R-10B-74-DS)Creator:Religious News Service. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Beeck, Frans Jozef van., Boston College. Theology Department--Faculty., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vogel, Arthur A., 1924-2012., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church. Diocese of West Missouri., Episcopal Church. House of Bishops.Topics:Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., Ordination--Episcopal Church., Church controversies--Episcopal Church., Women in the Episcopal Church--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361539
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46065 MAP SHOWS ‘UNCHURCHED’ POPULATION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This map of the continental United States shows, on a county-by-county basis, the percentage of the “unchurched" population as of 1971. The term “unchurched" in this case refers to all those persons who are not on the church rolls of any Christian denomination. The dark grey areas on the map indicate counties where more than 60 percent of the population are not on Christian church membership rolls, while the light grey areas are counties where 40 to 60 percent can be considered unchurched. The white areas have been, according to the data available, up to 40 percent of the population belonging to a Christian denomination. The map was prepared by the Glenmary Research Center, Washington, D.C., a Roman Catholic agency, and is based on data on church membership rolls found in “Churches and Church Membership in the United States: 1971" issued earlier this year. The study was compiled by Douglas W. Johnson, staff associate at the National Council of Churches’ Office of Research, Evaluation and Planning, New York; Paul R. Picard, director of research, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, St. Louis; and Father Bernard Quinn, director of the Glenmary Research Center. While the data contained in the report encompasses just 80.9 percent of Christian church members, on the map county percentages of the unchurched were adjusted downwards to compensate for the unreported 19.2 percent. Also, since some denominations counted all baptized persons, including infants, and others did not, for the purposes of the map, membership statistics have been adjusted so that children of members in denominations that do not count infants are not included among the unchurched. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WAS-9D-74-DS)Creator:Glenmary Research Center. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Glenmary Research Center., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches., Johnson, Douglas W., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Picard, Paul R., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987), Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., Quinn, Bernard Donald.Topics:Church membership--United States., Baptism and church membership--United States., Choice of church--United States., Demographic surveys--United States., Christians--Census.Geographic subjects:United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361521
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46192 MARTIN LUTHER IS THEIR HERO MINNEAPOLIS -- You've seen Beethoven, Jesus, numerous rock stars and other cultural heroes emblazoned on T-shirts, and now Martin Luther has joined the list. Two young people attending Minneapolis' "Festival of Rediscovery" model shirts bearing a portrait of the Reformer. A stall at the Renaissance-Reformation festival silk-screened the portraits on clothing. It was one of 18 event centers at Augsburg College and Central Lutheran Church which offered medieval and modern music, dancing, drama and arts and crafts.. The festival ended with a "Christmas in October" service at which Martin Luther's Christmas sermon was delivered by famed Luther scholar Roland Bainton. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WLT-MIN-10E-74-DS)Creator:Schreiber, Larry. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Luther, Martin, 1483-1546., Augsburg College., Central Lutheran Church (Minneapolis, Minn.)Topics:Festivals--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Renaissance fairs--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Religious gatherings--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Religious gatherings--Lutheran Church., T-shirts--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Screen process printing--Minnesota--Minneapolis.Geographic subjects:Minneapolis (Minn.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361517
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46013 FRESCO OF PREGNANT MARY IS ARTIST’S GIFT WEST JEFFERSON, N.C. -- Artist Ben Long IV (left) transforms Luke 2:5 -- “Mary…Who was with child” -- into a visual rarity as he executes a life-size fresco of the Virgin Mary about eight months pregnant with the assistance of the Rev. J. Faulton Hodge. The fresco, which was painted into fresh plaster in about four days, is the artist’s gift to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, a 100-member parish with a rustic 19th century roadside church in western North Carolina near West Jefferson. The “cartoon,” or study of the fresco, is at left. Mr. Long first visited the tiny church about two years ago while home in Statesville, N.C., from Florence, Italy, where he is studying the art of fresco under Pietro Annigoni, a master in the art but best known for his oil portrait of Queen Elizabeth. Last summer the artist offered to do a fresco for the church but Father Hodge, the vicar of St. Mary’s, admitted the parish could not pay for such a work of art. Mr. Long said it would be his gift and this summer he said he was ready to begin. The subject first selected was St. John the Baptist. But Father Hodge, in an effort to stir Mr. Long’s imagination, suggested a pregnant Virgin Mary, a rare sight in art history. The idea caught on because Mr. Long’s wife, Diane, was pregnant and she served as the model for the figure. The work, which was dedicated in early September, has Mary standing, turned slightly to the left. Her left hand is raised in a spiritual gesture. Her right arm cradles the unborn child. An eclipse signals the coming event. Next Summer Mr. Long will do a fresco of St. John for the church. He is now back in Italy where he is painting a fresco for a Franciscan monastery at Monte Catini, Termi. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Frank Jones (FJ-WS-9B-74-DS)Creator:Jones, Frank. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art., Long, Ben., Hodge, Faulton., Episcopal Church--Clergy.Topics:Clergy--North Carolina--West Jefferson., Artists--North Carolina--West Jefferson., Mural painting and decoration--North Carolina--West Jefferson., Interior decoration--North Carolina--West Jefferson., Pregnancy in art.Geographic subjects:West Jefferson (N.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361265
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: Suggested for use with RNS college series PC-45964 COLLEGE -- WILL IT BREAK THE FAMILY BUDGET? This co-ed, studying on a tree-shaded lawn of an American college campus, represents, in some cases, an investment of $20,000 or more. With the cost of college education now at record high, students and parents are becoming increasingly concerned about the problem of getting a son or daughter through school without breaking the family budget. And the prospect of paying up to $20,000 or more for a 4-year college education is raising many second thoughts. However, the picture is not that bleak for all students. Scholarships are available, as are low-interest loans, and on many campuses, part-time jobs for students are plentiful. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WAS-8E-74-DS)Creator:Catholic University of America. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:College costs--United States., Education--Costs., Tuition--United States., College students--United States., Women college students--United States., Student aid--United States.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361249
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: Suggested for use with RNS college series PC-45963 THE HIGH COST OF COLLEGE College students work on a project in a science lab. Even students attending tuition-free public colleges must plan to pay for the use of such labs and other facilities. A typical student at one of these institutions will spend about $150 a year for fees, plus about $100 for books. But this must be considered an academic bargain compared with other colleges. The cost of higher education this year will be nearly 36 per cent higher than it was four years ago. The average cost at a 4-year private school this Fall for students living on campus is expected to be just above $4,000; and at 4-year public institutions, about $2,400. This includes tuition, room and board, transportation, books and miscellaneous expenses. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-8E-74-DS)Creator:Columbia Daily Spectator (Organization) (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:College costs--United States., Education--Costs., Tuition--United States., Private universities and colleges--United States., Universities and colleges--United States., College students--United States.Geographic subjects:New York (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361248
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: J-45915 ON EXHIBIT NEW YORK -- The oil sculpture of Canadian artist Esther Wertheimer is currently on display at the headquarters of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in New York. Ms. Wertheimer has studied extensively in Montreal and in Florence and has had an impressive number of exhibitions in Italy, the United States and Canada. She is also coordinator of the fine arts program at Loyola College in Montreal. Ms. Wertheimer, who works primarily in bronze, has executed such works as “Simchat Torah” (left) and “Moses” (right). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-8C-74-DS)Creator:National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Wertheimer, Esther Sheps., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.Topics:Artists--Canada., Women artists--Canada., Sculpture--New York (State)--New York., Bronze sculpture--New York (State)--New York., Jewish art and symbolism--Exhibitions., Sculptors--Canada., Women sculptors--Canada.Geographic subjects:New York (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361216
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: CJ-45990 UNUSUAL HONOR SAN DIEGO -- Bishop Leo T. Maher of the San Diego Roman Catholic diocese “dubs” Col. Irving Salomon a Knight of St. Gregory during a mass in Immaculata Chapel on the University of San Diego campus. Looking on are Dr. Arthur Hughes (left), president of the university, and Msgr. I. Brent Eagen, chancellor of the diocese. Col. Salomon’s long career of public and philanthropic service was cited by Pope Paul VI when he conferred knighthood in the Order of St. Gregory the Great on the industrialist. The new knight is one of the few Jews to have received the honor. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DP-SD-9A-74-DS)Creator:Pitre, Dan E. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Customs and practices., Maher, Leo Thomas., Salomon, Irving, 1897-1979., The Immaculata Parish Church at the University of San Diego (San Diego, Calif.), Hughes, Author E., Eagen, Isaac Brent., Catholic Church--Liturgy.Topics:Bishops--California--San Diego., Orders of knighthood and chivalry, Papal., Industrialists--California--San Diego., Philanthropists--California--San Diego., Jewish philanthropists--California--San Diego., Mass.Geographic subjects:San Diego (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361213
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-45996 FILIPINO BISHOP DESCRIBES HIS PROBLEMS NEW YORK -- Bishop Felix Zafra y Sanchez of Dipolog in the Philippines stresses a point during a visit to Catholic Relief Services’ headquarters in New York. Commenting on the problems he faces in his diocese in Northwestern Mindanao, he described the Christian-Muslim conflict and the imposition of martial law by the government as among “the least of my concerns.” The 54-year-old prelate, the first and only bishop of the seven-year-old Dipolog see, heads a diocese of 3,600 square miles that includes some 350,000 Catholics. He has only 25 priests and 13 nuns to minister to the far-flung diocese. He cannot call any of his priests by phone, because there are no phones outside of Dipolog, where he is the pastor and only priest of the only parish in the small city. Bishop Safra said that he is most concerned with organizing farmers to “liberate” them from political exploitation, with establishing family life programs to offset government birth control efforts, with training lay catechists to enhance Christian life, and with “preaching Christian reconciliation” among all the peoples of the Southern Philippines. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RC-NY-9B-74-DS)Creator:Carlson, Ray. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Zafra y Sanchez, Felix., Catholic Relief Services.Topics:Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Church and social problems--Philippines., Christianity and politics--Philippines., Christianity--Relations--Islam., Islam--Relations--Christianity., Martial law--Philippines., Labor movement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Labor movement--Philippines.Geographic subjects:New York (N.Y.), Dipolog City (Philippines)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361206
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-45989 RACE TRACK MASS SOLANA BEACH, Calif. -- Msgr. William Spain, pastor of St. James parish in Solana Beach, Calif., celebrates a special trackside Mass at Del Mar Race Track for jockeys, trainers and track employees on Sunday following the last race. At his church, which practically overlooks the track, Msgr. Spain reports it isn’t unusual to find winning tickets in Sunday collections -- and some losing ones. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DP-SD-9A-74-DS)Creator:Pitre, Dan E. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Spain, William D., Del Mar Racetrack (Del Mar, Calif.)Topics:Mass., Racetracks (Horse racing)--California--Del Mar., Clergy--California--Del Mar.Geographic subjects:Del Mar (Calif.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361205
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-45897 PRESIDENT FORD AT CHURCH ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- President Gerald Ford chats with the Rev. William L. Dols, Jr., rector of Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, and the Rev. Patricia Park, assistant rector, after attending services at the Alexandria, Va., Episcopal church two days after he was sworn in as the natin’s 38th Chief Executive. Mr. Ford was accompanied by his wife, Betty, and their 17-year-old daughter, Susan, as they attended the church, where they have been worshipping since 1955. They heard a special prayer for the new President, a prayer for former President Richard M. Nixon and his family, and a sermon in which the rector called for “picking u the broken pieces” and awakening like Lazarus of the New Testament story to “a new day filled with other possibilities.” The liturgy was conducted by Mrs. Park, who is a deacon and the wife of an Episcopal priest. She also read the prayers for the new President and for the Nixons. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-8C-74-DS)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Dols, William L. (William Ludwig), 1933-, Park, Patricia., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Resignation from office., Episcopal Church--Clergy.Topics:Presidents--United States., Presidents--Resignation., Clergy--Virginia--Alexandria., Women clergy--Virginia--Alexandria.Geographic subjects:Alexandria (Va.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360924
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-45708 NEW MORMON TEMPLE TO HAVE OPEN HOUSE KENSINGTON, Md. -- The new Mormon Washington, D.C., temple, now nearing completion, will be open to the public for two weeks this Fall, before it is dedicated for exclusively sacred use by the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). After the temple is dedicated in a series of ceremonies Nov. 19-22, it will be open only to Church members who hold special recommendations from their local officials. Mormon temples are designated for sacred ceremonies which emphasize the sanctity and eternal nature of the individual and the family. They are not used for regular church services and meetings. The Washington temple, located in suburban Kensington, Md., is the 16th in the world. In design, the new temple most closely resembles the one in Salt Lake City -- appearing as a streamlined modern version of the famous six-towered Salt Lake temple, which was dedicated in 1893. It was designed by four leading Mormon architects -- Fred L. Markham, Keith W. Wilcox, Harold K. Beecher and Henry P. Fetzer, all of Utah -- who began work on the project in 1969. The 160,000 square foot Washington temple is sheathed in enough Alabama white marble to cover three and a half football fields. It is equivalent in height to a 16-story office building and is 248 feet long and 136 feet wide. Topping the easter spire 288 feet above the ground is an 18-foot golden statue of the Angel Moroni -- the heavenly personage who plays a significant role in the founding of the Mormon Church. Public open houses, featuring free guided tours of the temple, are scheduled Sept. 17 through Oct. 26. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-6D-74-DS)Creator:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Washington Temple (Kensington, Md.), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings.Topics:Latter Day Saint temples--Maryland--Kensington.Geographic subjects:Kensington (Md.), Kensington (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360898
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: J-45868 RECLAIMING JEWS FOR JUDAISM ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Rabbi Manis Friedman conducts a class for young Jewish women at the Lubavitch House in St. Paul, as part of a Summer-long “live and learn” Women’s Institute for Jewish Studies. The rabbi is principal of the institute, sponsored by the Lubavitcher movement, which is seeking to reclaim Jews for Judaism. The women attending the institute come as searchers -- looking for meaning in their lives. Some have been on drugs, some have flirted with exotic Eastern religions or the Jesus movement and some have been political activists and women’s liberationists. Although many of them hold advanced degrees, few have had any religious education. Few have observed any religious practices. Most of them have been agnostics. But when the young Jewish women leave the Lubavitch House after periods of two to 12 weeks, most of them have become totally committed to traditional Judaism, which demands strict observance of Jewish laws and fundamental Jewish living. Because the institute is the only one of its kind, it draws women from many states and foreign countries. Those currently enrolled come from 24 states, South Africa, Israel, England and Canada. In its first summer it had 43 and last year, 110. Two hundred or more women are expected to be enrolled this year. The Lubavitch House is named for a hamlet in Russia where the movement was founded and flourished for about 150 years. It is a movement that emphasizes the joy, scholarliness and mysticism of the Jewish religion. Most members of the movement live in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., where many of the women who attend the institute go later to live. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WT-MIN-8B-74-DS)Creator:Thorkelson, W.L. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Friedman, Manis., N’Shei U’Bnos Chabad (Saint Paul, Minn.)Topics:Rabbis--Minnesota--Saint Paul., Habad., Jewish women--Minnesota--Saint Paul., Jewish women--Religious life., Spiritual retreats--Minnesota--Saint Paul., Spiritual retreats--Judaism.Geographic subjects:Saint Paul (Minn.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360871
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-45907 PROUD PARENTS NASHVILLE -- Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dean are joined by their son, Father Edwin Dean, Jr., as they look over a newspaper account of his recent ordination to the priesthood at their Nashville home. Father Dean, the first black Tennessean to become a Catholic priest, was brought up as a Baptist and attended the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. with his parents until he was 12, when he made the decision to become a Catholic. Mrs. Dean said that she and her husband had no objection to their son’s becoming a priest. “The whole family attended his ordination service, along with almost all the congregation of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.” She said her son first expressed an interest in the Catholic Church at the age of four. He attended St. Vincent de Paul School, in the parish he now serves as assistant pastor, from the second grade on and was baptized a Catholic at age 13. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TA-NAS-8C-74-DS)Creator:Andrews, Teena. (contributor)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Dean, Edwin, Jr., Dean, Edwin.Topics:Clergy--Tennessee--Nashville., African American clergy--Tennessee--Nashville., Catholic converts--Tennessee--Nashville.Geographic subjects:Nashville (Tenn.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360865
