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:
Giant crucifix lifted.
Description:
An 18-foot crucifix to be erected in the Boston Archdiocese.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Catholic Church--Massachusetts--Boston., Catholic Church--Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Franciscans., Jesus Christ--Crucifixion--Art., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970.
Topics:
Crucifixion in art., Church architecture--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148553
Title:
Archbishop Cushing at Jewish meeting.
Description:
Archbishop Cushing greets members of the Board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations at Hotel Statler, Boston. Left to right: Jacob Aronson of New York, chairman of the board, Lee M. Friedman of Boston, former president of Temple Israel, Archbishop Cushing, Robert P. Goldman of Cincinnati, president of the 40th Biennial Assembly (this convention), Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath, president and Dr. Abraham J. Feldman of Hartford, president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Union of American Hebrew Congregations., Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.), Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Central Conference of American Rabbis., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Aronson, Jacob., Friedman, Lee M. (Lee Max), 1871-1957., Goldman, Richard P., Eisendrath, Maurice N., Feldman, Abraham J. (Abraham Jehiel), 1893-1977.
Topics:
Judaism--Relations--Christianity---1945, Judaism and social problems--United States--20th century., Jews--United States--20th century., Jewish leadership--United States--20th century., Meetings--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148559
Title:
Twin brothers ordained.
Description:
Twin brothers -- Father Joseph Blaney, O.M.I., and Father James Blaney, O.M.I. -- were ordained in South Boston's St. Brigid church by Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston.
Creator:
Buckley, C. M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.)--Clergy., Blaney, Joseph., Blaney, James., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Waters, Patrick.
Topics:
Ordination--Catholic Church., Twins--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151404
Title:
Portland Diocese marks 100th year.
Description:
Left to right, Gov. Edmund S. Muskie, the Most Rev. Daniel J. Feeney, Bishop of Portland, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston, and Harold D. Carroll, a layman of Biddeford.
Creator:
Eells, Calvin. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Diocese of Portland (Me.)--Centennial celebrations, etc., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Portland, Me.), Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996., Feeney, Daniel J., Carroll, Harold D., XII, Pius, Pope, 1876-1958.
Topics:
Governors--Maine--Portland., Church anniversaries--Maine--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Me.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151509
Title:
Archbishop wears Jungle Scout helmet.
Description:
Archbishop Cushing and a group of children are shown wearing their new Ramar Jungle Scout helmets, named for a television hero who promises to outrank Davy Crockett in the juvenile popularity polls.
Creator:
Buckley, Cornelius. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970.
Topics:
Church work with youth--Catholic Church., Catholic children--Massachusetts--Boston., Helmets--Massachusetts--Boston., Children's television programs--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151657
Title:
Nationalist China honors Cardinal Cushing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30787 NATIONALIST CHINA HONORS CARDINAL CUSHING BOSTON -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, receives the Republic of China’s Special Grand Cordon of the Order of the Brilliant Star for his “invaluable contribution towards higher education in China” and his “eminent service to human freedom.” Presenting the award for President Chiang Kai-shek is Chinese Ambassador Tingfu F. Tsinag. Looking on is exiled Archbishop Paul Yu-Pin of Nanking, rector of the recently opened Fu-Jen University in Taiwan. Cardinal Cushing also was cited for his “unremitting efforts” in raising about $1,000,000 for the university, which originally was located in Nanking, but was confiscated by the Communists 13 years ago. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-3E-64-NAB)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Tsiang, Tingfu F. (Tingfu Fuller), 1895-1965., Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975., Yu, Bin, 1901-1978., Fu ren da xue (Hsin-chuang shih, Taiwan)
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--China., Communism and Christianity--Taiwan., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Award presentations--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Taiwan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348323
Title:
Cardinal visits Soldiers Home.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30812 CARDINAL VISITS SOLDIERS HOME CHELSEA, Mass. -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, while visiting war veterans at the Soldiers Home in Chelsea borrowed an expression from his Irish ancestors and “took to the bed.” Touring the hospital wards, the cardinal spied an empty bed and promptly climbed into it. He quipped as the patients roared with laughter: “I belong here and I may stay the night.” While on his rounds, Cardinal Cushing stopped to sing a duet with 72-year-old Jacob Mulsman, a Jewish veteran of World War I. “I’m celebrating Passover with the best Jew in Massachusetts,” the prelate remarked. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-4A-64-NAB)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer), The Boston Pilot (Boston, Mass.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts (Chelsea, Mass.), Mulsman, Jacob.
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Soldiers' homes--Massachusetts--Chelsea., Veterans--Massachusetts--Chelsea., Hospital beds--Massachusetts--Chelsea., Jewish veterans--Massachusetts--Chelsea.
Geographic subjects:
Chelsea (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348328
Title:
Cardinal consecrates seminary bells.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30998 CARDINAL CONSECRATES SEMINARY BELLS WESTON, Mass. -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, consecrates three bells for the Pope John XXIII National Seminary for Delayed Vocations in Weston, expected to open in September. He is shown anointing one of them with holy oil. The ceremony also included the “washing of the bells” and an incensation. Assisting the cardinal are Msgr. Henry J. O’Connell and Msgr. Cornelius T. H. Sherlock, archdiocesan consultants. The bells were named for St. Francis Xavier, St. Francis de Sales and St. Francis of Assisi. Some 25 older men have already been accepted as candidates for the priesthood at the seminary, now under construction. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Clergy., O'Connell, Henry J., Sherlock, Cornelius T.H., Catholic Church--Rites and ceremonies.
Topics:
Catholic theological seminaries--Massachusetts--Weston (Town), Consecration., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Holy oils.
Geographic subjects:
Weston (Mass : Town)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348441
Title:
Cardinal visits Soldiers Home.
Description:
Narrative description in the Religious News Service.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts (Chelsea, Mass.), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Mulsman, Jacob.
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Soldiers' homes--Massachusetts--Chelsea., Veterans--Massachusetts--Chelsea., Hospital beds--Massachusetts--Chelsea., Jewish veterans--Massachusetts--Chelsea.
Geographic subjects:
Chelsea (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348527
Title:
Nationalist China honors Cardinal Cushing.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Tsiang, Tingfu F. (Tingfu Fuller), 1895-1965., Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975., Yu, Bin, 1901-1978., Fu ren da xue (Hsin-chuang shih, Taiwan)
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--China., Communism and Christianity--Taiwan., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Award presentations--Massachusetts--Boston., Communism and international relations--China.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Taiwan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348545
Title:
Cardinal will bless bells at late vocations seminary.
Creator:
Archdiocesan News Bureau (Boston, Mass.) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Clergy., O'Connell, Henry J., Sherlock, Cornelius T.H., Catholic Church--Rites and ceremonies.
Topics:
Catholic theological seminaries--Massachusetts--Weston (Town), Consecration., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Holy oils.
Geographic subjects:
Weston (Mass : Town)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348594
Title:
Cardinal Cushing.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349039
Title:
Cardinal Cushing in Peru.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31437 CARDINAL CUSHING IN PERU PAMPA DE COMAS, Peru -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, is shown as he greeted youngsters in Pampa de Comas, a slum suburban area outside Lima, Peru. The prelate visited missions and churches established by the missionary order he founded to aid the Church in Latin America. Cardinal Cushing was forced to curtail portions of his tour when, after visiting Bolivia, doctors ordered him to rest, saying he suffered from exhaustion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-8D-64-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Missions--Peru., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.)
Topics:
Church work with children--Peru--Lima., Children--Peru--Lima., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Lima (Peru)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349075
Title:
Cardinal Cushing -- Missionary and ecumenicist.
Description:
Caption for the photo layout when it was re-issued in 1970.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Athēnagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1886-1972., Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001., Miller, Samuel Howard, 1900-1968., Catholic Church--Bishops., Orthodox Eastern Church--Bishops., Harvard Divinity School--Faculty., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodox Eastern Church., Orthodox Eastern Church--Relations--Catholic Church., Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Missions--Bolivia., Ethnic costume--Bolivia.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349749
Title:
College honors.
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Boston University., Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993., Brandeis University., Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism., Peace Corps (U.S.)
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Degrees, Academic--Massachusetts--Boston., Commencement ceremonies--Massachusetts--Boston., Bishops--Massachusetts--Waltham., Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church., Ecumenical movement--Massachusetts--Waltham., Degrees, Academic--Massachusetts--Waltham., Commencement ceremonies--Massachusetts--Waltham.
Geographic subjects:
Newton (Mass.), Waltham (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349757
Title:
Old friends reunited.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31134 OLD FRIENDS REUNITED BOSTON -- Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Christian Unity, exchanges warm welcomes with Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. The famed Jesuit prelate flew to Boston for a five-day visit with Cardinal Cushing. Other than to state that his mission was secret, Cardinal Bea refused to comment on his trip, second to the U.S. in 18 months. It was understood that while in Boston he would receive an honorary degree from Harvard. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-6B-64-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Ecumenical movement--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350131
Title:
College honors.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31140 COLLEGE HONORS BOSTON --Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, is shown as he participated in commencement exercises at Boston College [June 5], above, and at Jewish-related Brandeis University at Waltham, Mass. In top photo, the cardinal follows Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver and Father Charles F. Donovan, S.J., dean of arts and sciences, in Boston College procession. Mr. Shriver, who delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree, wears an academic gown of gold and maroon conferred on him by Chulalokoran [Chulalongkorn] University of Bangkok. Below, Cardinal Cushing chats with famed actress Helen Hayes at the Brandeis University ceremony [June 7]. The prelate received an honorary degree in humane letters as Brandeis cited his “reverence for the inseparable heritage of Judaism and Christianity.” Miss Hayes was honored as “an actress of uncommon radiance…holding that fidelity and restraint are the essence of art.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-6B-64-W)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Boston University., Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011., Donovan, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1912-
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Degrees, Academic--Massachusetts--Boston., Commencement ceremonies--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Newton (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350135
Title:
College honors.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31140 COLLEGE HONORS BOSTON --Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, is shown as he participated in commencement exercises at Boston College, above, and at Jewish-related Brandeis University at Waltham, Mass. In top photo, the cardinal follows Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver and Father Charles F. Donovan, S.J., dean of arts and sciences, in Boston College procession. Mr. Shriver, who delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree, wears an academic gown of gold and maroon conferred on him by Chulalokoran [Chulalongkorn] University of Bangkok. Below, Cardinal Cushing chats with famed actress Helen Hayes at the Brandeis University ceremony. The prelate received an honorary degree in humane letters as Brandeis cited his “reverence for the inseparable heritage of Judaism and Christianity.” Miss Hayes was honored as “an actress of uncommon radiance…holding that fidelity and restraint are the essence of art.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-6B-64-W)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993., Brandeis University., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism.
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Waltham., Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church., Ecumenical movement--Massachusetts--Waltham., Degrees, Academic--Massachusetts--Waltham., Commencement ceremonies--Massachusetts--Waltham.
Geographic subjects:
Waltham (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350136
Title:
Cardinal host to Chaldean patriarch.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31201 CARDINAL HOST TO CHALDEAN PATRIARCH BOSTON -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, welcomes as his guest Patriarch Paul II Cheikho of Babylon, spiritual leader of some 190,000 Chaldean Rite Catholics. They are found throughout the Near East, in Europe, Africa and North and South America. The Chaldean Rite liturgical languages are Syriac and Arabic. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-6D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Cheikho, Paul II, Patriarch of Babylon., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Chaldean rite.
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Catholics--Middle East., Chaldean Catholics.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Baghdad (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350157
Title:
The Cushing story
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31209 THE CUSHING STORY: MISSIONS, ECUMENISM (Second of a Series of 2 Photo Layouts) BOSTON -- Foreign missions and ecumenism distinguish the 25-year episcopate of Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. The “man of many hats” marked the 25th anniversary of his consecration on June 29. At top left, his mission zeal is epitomized by yet another hat, a “lluchu” given to him by Indians in Bolivia. Cardinal Cushing has been honored by two Popes for his foundation and maintenance of the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle for Latin America. One hundred U.S. priests now serve areas long hit by a shortage of clergy, and the prelate, famed as a fund-raiser, supports their work at a cost of $1 million annually. At upper right, he is shown as he was embraced in 1947 by Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, supreme leader of Eastern Orthodoxy -- the patriarch was then Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in North and South America. Cardinal Cushing’s relations with the Orthodox and Protestants have spurred the ecumenical movement in the U.S.; in recent years he has preached or lectured before many non-Catholic groups. Below, left, he is shown with his old friend, Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, as they participated in an unprecedented Catholic-Protestant Colloquium at Harvard. With them are Dr. Nathan Pusey, Harvard’s president, and Dr. Samuel H. Miller, Dean of Harvard Divinity School and chairman of the Massachusetts Council of Churches’ Committee on Christian Unity. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-6D-NY-64-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Athēnagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1886-1972., Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001., Miller, Samuel Howard, 1900-1968., Catholic Church--Bishops., Orthodox Eastern Church--Bishops., Harvard Divinity School--Faculty., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodox Eastern Church., Orthodox Eastern Church--Relations--Catholic Church., Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Missions--Bolivia., Ethnic costume--Bolivia.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350158

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