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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American church relief.
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Text transcribed from caption: AMERICAN CHURCH RELIEF #S-4974 DUESSELDORF, Germany -- More than 600 German youngsters flocked to the Pestalozzi Home here for a “party” sponsored by local Protestant churches. In this photo, some of the children are shown as they received a bowl of soup, a relief item send by American church groups. Each child brought along his own bowl--or can, mug, or other container--to receive his gift of soup. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CWS-GER-1B-7-JOG-W)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360636
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South India United Church leaders visit U.S.
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Text transcribed from caption: SOUTH INDIA UNITED CHURCH LEADERS VISIT U.S. #S-4945 Three leaders of the South India United Church are on an extended tour of the United States. They are left to right, the Rev. Arthur John, Mrs. Arputham William and Jared S. Savarirayan. Favorable progress is reported on the South India Union Scheme by which Anglican, Methodist and other denominational groups in South India would be merged with the United Church, providing Christians with a single group and eliminating separate British, Australian, American and German communions there. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DR-KAL-BS-1A-47W)
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Missionary plane assembled and dedicated in church.
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Honor Nobel Prize winner.
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Text transcribed from caption: HONOR NOBEL PRIZE WINNER #S-4925 NEW YORK -- Exclusive photo of Dr. John Raleigh Mott (right), 81, internationally-famous churchman, seated at dais table during a testimonial dinner given here in his honor. Dr. Mott recently was the recipient of a 1946 Nobel Peace Prize. Talking to the guest of honor is John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The testimonial was sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches, the Foreign Missions Conference, the International Missionary Council, the World Council of Churches, the World’s Student Christian Federation and YMCA. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-BS-12D-6-W)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360633
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Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
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Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360632
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Sabbath reminder.
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Text transcribed from caption: SABBATH REMINDER #S-4908 ODESSA, Texas -- Since the attractive billboard shown above was erected outside the Ector County Court House here a year ago attendance at all of Odessa’s 11 churches has noticeably increased. Sponsored by the Odessa Ministerial Association, the sign has prompted tourists to compliment the town on its church-mindedness. The Ministerial Association now has plans for three other signs to be put up at the edge of town, where they will be seen by one-third of the nation’s coast-to-coast highway travelers every year. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WJD-DALLAS-12C-6-JOG-W)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360631
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Evangelicals, United Brethren achieve unity.
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4839 EVANGELICALS, UNITED BRETHREN ACHIEVE UNITY JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- Thirteen years of planning are successfully ended here as representatives to the united General Conference of the Evangelical Church and the Church of the United Brethren in Christ attend a historic session at which the union of their churches was announced, forming the new Evangelical United Brethren Church. With a combined membership of more than 714,000 members the new group ranks 13th in size among Protestant denominations. It is relatively strong in Pennsylvania and the Midwest. First attempts to unite were made in 1813, and while unsuccessful, a close association existed between the two churches. In 1933 commissions from both churches were appointed to work out the detail which were accepted by both groups. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JR-JOHN-BS-11C6-W)
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PWs hold religious services.
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4831 PWs HOLD RELIGIOUS SERVICES RIMINI, Italy -- German prisoners of war interned in an Allied camp here gather for religious services and hear a sermon by Pastor Adolf Freudenberg, a secretary of the World Council of Churches in charge of refugee work. Dr. Freudenberg is a prominent anti-Nazi who worked in Geneva during the war, assisting in the rescue of Jewish refugees. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-BS-11C6-W-L)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360629
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"Visual evangelism."
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Text transcribed from caption: ‘VISUAL EVANGELISM’ #S-4826 MONTREAL -- Patients and attendant at the Montreal Military Hospital gather ‘round a bed-ridden soldier to watch W. Karl Steele, muralist and art instructor at Wheaton (Ill.) College, put the finishing touches to a blackboard drawing of the “Twenty-third Psalm.” Mr. Steele is making the rounds of military hospitals with his “visual evangelism.” He uses his own invention of phosphorescent chalk to highlight his artistic efforts. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FC-MON-BS-11D-6-W)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360628
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Anti-vice crusader.
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Text transcribed from caption: ANTI-VICE CRUSADER #S-4785 STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- The Rev. Robert K. Russell, 35, studies a pamphlet on crooked gambling devices. He is one of the 12 local Protestant ministers who are conducting a campaign against vice and gambling in this Ohio River community which has attracted national attention. The Steubenville Ministerial Association has submitted a petition signed by the townsfolk to Gov. Frank Lausche requesting a special grand jury investigation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-BS-11B-6-W)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360627
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Industrial chaplain offers jobs---and the Gospel.
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Text transcribed from caption: INDUSTRIAL CHAPLAIN OFFERS JOBS---AND THE GOSPEL #S-4711 CHICAGO -- Applicants for jobs at the Derby Laundry here are interviewed by Chaplain E.D. Roberts (right), who combines his spiritual duties with the work of a personnel manager. Signs posted in his office introduce prospective employees to the firm’s interest in religion for its workers. “We have an opportunity to minister to the spiritual as well as the economic needs of our associates,” explains the Chaplain. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (KEY-NY-BS-10E6-W)
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Midday prayer for workers.
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4710 MIDDAY PRAYER FOR WORKERS CHICAGO -- Sam Deahl (standing), owner of the Derby Laundry, leads the opening prayer of a weekly gospel service which his firm sponsors for its employees. Lunch hour each Wednesday is extended to include a non-sectarian religious meeting which attracts many of the white and colored workers. Employees also have the benefit of a company chaplain who doubles as personnel manager. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (KEY-NY-BS-10E6-W-F)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360625
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German churchworker.
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4683 GERMAN CHURCHWORKER FRANKFURT -- One of the younger sisters of the Motherhouse for Deaconesses, located on the outskirts of this city, manages a pleasant smile despite the private and desperate need suffered by many German civilians like herself. She is one of the group which during the war busied itself evacuating sick and wounded to air raid shelters during aerial bombardments and has now undertaken the care of German war orphans. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-FRANK-BS-10E6-W-L)
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Churchwomen provide for German orphans.
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4682 CHURCHWOMEN PROVIDE FOR GERMAN ORPHANS FRANKFURT -- To help solve the problem of young German children left orphaned and homeless by the war various religious groups in Germany, assisted by occupation authorities, have undertaken the work of caring for the needy youngsters. Here, at a Motherhouse for Deaconesses, a group of children gather for an informal midday meal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-FRANK-BS-10D6-W-L)
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Young mission crusaders.
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Text transcribed from caption: YOUNG MISSION CRUSADERS #C-4963 SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Young Catholics, ranging from 12 to 24 years of age, who develop opportunities for spreading the faith, are banded together in the Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade, like the seven girls shown here in C.S.M.C. robes. The Crusade, started 28 years ago as a means of creating interest in missions and of promoting a knowledge of mission conditions and activities, now has 700,000 members in the U.S. and abroad. Shown above, front, from left to right, are: Jane Koagel, Patricia Engler and Rosemarie Penizotto. Rear: Patricia O’Brien, Maureen Gaynor, Jeanne Look and Gloria Cerio. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WIL-SYRA-1B-7-JOG-C)
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"Hark the herald angels sing."
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Text transcribed from caption: ‘HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING’ #C-4905 PHILADELPHIA -- These three pert misses, dressed in native Ukrainian costumes, lift their voices in Christmas harmony. Left to right are Anne Orik, Anne Marcy and Mary Bega, all of this city. They are members of the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral choir. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JD-PHIL-BS-12B-6-C)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360621
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Reopens Catholic school.
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Text transcribed from caption: REOPENS CATHOLIC SCHOOL #C-4872 BERLIN -- Abbott Angelus Kupfer has received permission from occupation authorities to reopen Ettal Cloister, famous Bavarian monastery which the Hitler SS confiscated during the war. A picked faculty has been assembled to prepare students from established anti-Nazi families for the teaching profession--all part of the long-range de-Nazification policy now in effect in Germany. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
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Reopened as German Catholic school.
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Text transcribed from caption: REOPENED AS GERMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL #C-4870 BERLIN -- Famed Ettal Cloister, a magnificent Catholic monastery high in the Bavarian mountains founded in 1330 by Emperor Ludvig, has been reopened as a school to train teachers as part of the long range de-Nazification policy now in effect in Germany. Since 1905 the monastery fathers have devoted most of their time to the education of young boys but their work was interrupted when the Hitler SS confiscated the building and grounds at the outbreak of the war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12D-6-C)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360619
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Korean orphans assist a benefactress.
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4677 KOREAN ORPHANS ASSIST A BENEFACTRESS KINSEN, Korea -- Two Korean war orphans from the Star of the Sea Orphanage assist a missionary sister into an American Army jeep. Many such youngsters, victims of the devastation created by Japanese occupation of their homeland during the war, are now being cared for by Catholic nuns and missionaries. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HAS-AUB IND-BS-10E6-C)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360618
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Bishop of Barcelona.
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4675 BISHOP OF BARCELONA BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The Most Rev. Gregorio Modrego y Casaus, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain, arrived in the United states for a two weeks stay during which time he was scheduled to attend the eighth annual congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, in Boston beginning Oct. 25. The bishop was photographed at the rectory of St. Peter’s Church here, where he was the guest of the Rev. Pablo Ramis, C.M. The church conducts a mission chapel for Spanish Catholics. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-BKLYN-BS-10D6-C)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360617

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