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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The Last Supper in concrete.
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-C-4387 THE LAST SUPPER IN CONCRETE TUCSON, Ariz. -- When Felix Lucero was in World War I, he vowed that if he came out alive, he would show his thanks by making religious statues. The result is this group of the Last Supper which stands on the bank of the Stanta Cruz River here. Lucero has had no formal art training. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-TUC-ARIZ-MES-9A-6-W-C)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360354
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Protestant youth work for interracial amity.
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4617 PROTESTANT YOUTH WORK FOR INTERRACIAL AMITY NEW YORK -- The Christian Youth Council, sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York, is carrying on a program to unite local church youth work throughout the city with special emphasis on interracial cooperation. Here members of the group are preparing promotional literature for mailing to Protestant church youth. LEFT TO RIGHT are Isabelle Wetzelberger, Charles Farrow, Yolanda Lacker, John S. Wood, Jeanne White, Mrs. Leona Evans, director, Alberta Doskocil, Albina Doskocil, Carl Flemister and Peggy Eismann. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JEC-NY-MES-10B-6-W)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360353
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Methodist, Lutheran leaders confer.
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4630 FATHER FOLLOWS SON IN RELIGIOUS ORDER WALTHAM, Mass. -- John J. Henry, 60-year-old father of nine children (kneeling, right), receives the habit of a lay brother of the Stigmatine Order from his son, the Rev. Thomas Henry, in a history-making ceremony at the order’s Juniorate here. Standing are the Rev. George Ecker, C.P.S. (left), and the Rev. John Golden, C.P.S. Because of his age, a special dispensation from the Pope was necessary before the new brother could be invested. It is said to be the first time in the history of the order that a father and son had taken part in the same ceremony. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TOC-POST-MES-10B-6-C)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360352
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Sioux Indians attend Mass.
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4603 SIOUX INDIANS ATTEND MASS DUBUQUE, Iowa -- This group of Sioux Indians from the Rosebud, S.D., reservation are welcomed by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. Fred Kriebs, pastor of the Sacred Heart church here, following their attendance at a regular Sunday Mass. Indians came to Dubuque for celebration of Iowa Centennial. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CDI-MES-10-B-6-C)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360351
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Nuns return to China.
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4541 NUNS RETURN TO CHINA MILWAUKEE -- Undismayed by the horror of their experiences as prisoners in a Japanese concentration camp, three veteran missionaries, sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, check their baggage at the rail depot here before entraining for the West Coast enroute to China. Their smiles indicate an eagerness to return to their charitable labors and to renew past acquaintances in the Orient. Sister Mary Veronica (left), of Sun Prairie Wisc., has spent 12 years in China; Sister Mary Ludmilla, of Chicago, nine years; Sister Mary Charitas, of Sublette, Ill., six years. Following their release from imprisonment the sisters recuperated at their Motherhouse in St. Francis, Wisc. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (D-H-MIL-WIS-BS-9D6-0)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360350
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Childhood church re-created.
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4301 CHILDHOOD CHURCH RE-CREATED NEW YORK -- Built from memory is this replica of the church Dominic Zazzera attended in Pieve, Italy before coming to this country as a teen-age-youth. Zazzera, who is chef in a restaurant here, took special pride in the model, for his grandfather designed the original church. Complete with lights, pews, altars and carpeting for the center aisle, the church is a masterpiece of detail. A small victrola sounds the Ave Maria and bells from the chime tower. Model cost $4,000 to build. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (3L-NY-MES-8C-6-C)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360349
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Nun musicians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360348
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Scandinavian bishops meet in Sweden.
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Text transcribed from caption: #4471 SCANDINAVIAN BISHOPS MEET IN SWEDEN STOCKHOLM -- Lutheran Bishops representing all the Scandinavian churches met here recently for their first gathering since the war to discuss mutual church problems and renew personal contacts. Shown here (left to right) are: Archbishop Erling Eidem, Primate of the Sweden Lutheran Church; Bishop Edvard Rodhe, Sweden; Bishop Andreas Fleischer, Norway; Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard, Primate of the Danish Lutheran Church, and Bishop E. G. Gulin, Finland. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ASN-NY-MES-9B-6-L)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360347
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Polish Lutherans hold service in Warsaw.
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Text transcribed from caption: #4442 POLISH LUTHERANS HOLD SERVICE IN WARSAW WARSAW -- Polish Lutherans are shown standing in front of the Lutheran church here following services in the ruined edifice. Service was lent an interdenominational aspect by the presence of the Rev. Edmund Chambers, Methodist Polish pastor (front row, left). LEFT TO RIGHT next to him are Lutheran Bishop Jan Seruda, the Rev. Rueger, and the Rev. Clifford A. Nelson, of the St. Paul, Minn., a member of the American Section of the Lutheran World Federation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (Z-WAR-MES-9B-6-L)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360346
Title:
F.E. Mayer
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #4439 Professor F. E. Mayer of St. Louis.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360345
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African exhibit at Baptist conference.
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Text transcribed from caption: #4378 AFRICAN EXHIBIT AT BAPTIST CONFERENCE TACOMA, Wash. -- Missionaries attending the 28th meeting here of the North American Baptist Conference, formerly the German Baptist Conference, examine an African exhibit at the First Baptist church. Articles came from the Cameroons, West Africa, where these missionaries will take up their work. LEFT TO RIGHT are: George D. Henderson, Toccoa Falls, Ga.; Miss Alma Siewert, Milwaukee, Wis.; the Rev. George A. Dunger, Hartford, Conn.; the Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Schneider, Dallas, Ore.; Miss Esther Schultz, Auburn, Mich., and Miss Clara Gebauer, McMinnville, Ore. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (YP-TAC-WASH-MES-8E-6-M)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360344
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U.S. churchmen in Poland.
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Text transcribed from caption: #4354 U.S. CHURCHMEN IN POLAND WARSAW -- Three American churchmen are shown in Warsaw during meetings with Polish clergymen and representatives of the World Council of Churches. Left to right are: Dr. George Mecklenburg, Minneapolis, Minn., Methodist; Dr. Robert N. Montgomery, president of Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio, United Presbyterian; and the Rev. Dana Dawson, Shreveport, La., Methodist. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (Z-WAR-MES-9A-6-M-MT-UP)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360343
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National Convention of the Catholic Daughters of Isabella.
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Text transcribed from caption: #4328 NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Group of 6 women. General view taken at the Schroeder Hotel, Wednesday, August 14, 1946. (FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT) National Vice Regent - Mrs. Helen T. Howard, Columbus, Ohio; National Regent - Mrs. Carolyn B. Manning, New Bedford, Mass.; National Past Regent - Mrs. Minerva C. Boyd, Chicago, Illinois. (STANDING) National Advocate - Miss Elizabeth C. Moran, Ware. Mass.; National Secretary - Miss Mary F. Riley, Providence, R.I.; National Treasurer- Miss Mary A. Barron, Portland, Me. (SPEAKER) Mrs. Helen Baechle, Ohio State Regent - of Cincinnati, Ohio.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360342
Title:
Methodist, Lutheran leaders confer.
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Text transcribed from caption: #4311 METHODIST, LUTHERAN LEADERS CONFER OLSTYN, East Prussia -- Polish Methodist leader the Rev. Edmund Chambers (right) confers with Lutheran Pastor Edmund Friske, during a recent visit here by the former. The Methodist Church has a working agreement with the Lutherans in East Prussia, each denomination dividing up the large field of activity left them by the collapse of the Union Church, which was dissolved because of its German connections during the Hitler regime. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ZA-MES-8C-6-M-L)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360341
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Museum benefits from icon collection.
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Text transcribed from caption: #4302 MUSEUM BENEFITS FROM ICON COLLECTION MILWAUKEE -- More than 60 Greek Orthodox icons, part of group collected over a period of 20 years, are being prepared for display at the public museum here by Elmer Goessl, museum assistant. They were the personal collection of the late Ralph Grassler. Most of the icons of this collection were forged from brass. Grassler obtained some of them during personal travels and bought others at a sale five years ago. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (IGS-MIL-MES-8C-6-A-E)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360340
Title:
Greek Catholic altar.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #4261 GREEK CATHOLIC ALTAR The imported altar of the Greek Catholic Church of Braddock has been redecorated for the Golden Jubilee on Memorial Day. The altar was imported from Italy and the marble came from the Isle of Capri.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360339
Title:
Yugoslav court finds him guilty.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4638 YUGOSLAV COURT FINDS HIM GUILTY ZAGREB, Yugoslavia -- Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac was convicted by a three-judge People’s Court here and sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment at forced labor. The court also ordered the confiscation of all his property and deprived him of all legal rights for five years. The archbishop is shown above in the courtroom during the trial. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-10B-6-W)
Creator:
Zehrt, J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Zagreb (Croatia), Catholic Church--Bishops., Stepinac, Alojzije, 1898-1960., Catholic Church--Trials, litigation, etc.
Topics:
Court proceedings--Croatia--Zagreb., Judgments--Croatia--Zagreb., Actions and defenses--Croatia--Zagreb.
Geographic subjects:
Zagreb (Croatia), Yugoslavia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360337
Title:
Mass meeting honors missionaries.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4540 MASS MEETING HONORS MISSIONARIES SAN FRANCISCO -- Temporarily stranded here by the shipping strike, 400 missionaries bound for the Orient crowd the stage of the Opera House during a mass-meeting held in their honor. More than 3,000 persons attended the meeting, which was addressed by Henry R. Luce, editor of Time, Life and Fortune magazines, and other outstanding in public life. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AC-NY-MES-9C-6-W)
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Grand Opera House (San Francisco, Calif.), Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967.
Topics:
Labor disputes--California--San Francisco., Meetings--California--San Francisco., Missionaries--California--San Francisco., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360328
Title:
New and retiring moderators of United Church of Canada.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4509 NEW AND RETIRING MODERATORS OF UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA MONTREAL -- Dr. Jesse H. Arnup, retiring moderator of the United Church of Canada (left) is shown with Dr. T. W. Jones, of Montreal, the new moderator (center), and Dr. Gordon A. Sisco, secretary of the General Council during the meeting here of the General Council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CP-MC-MES-9C-6-W-A-E)
Creator:
Randolph, Hampton. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Arnup, Jesse H., United Church of Canada. General Council--Congresses., Jones, T. W., Sisco, Gordon A.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Québec--Montréal., Church polity.
Geographic subjects:
Montréal (Québec)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360327
Title:
Railroad engine pulpit.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4386 RAILROAD ENGINE PULPIT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen cluster around an engine in the Union Station yard here while the Rev. Thomas H. Harrison preaches a sermon. A former engineer himself, Mr. Harrison has spoken in railroad yards and other public places throughout the country since he left the throttle for the pulpit in 1912. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FR-WASH-MES-9A-6-W)
Creator:
Rostt, Travis. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Union Station (Washington, D.C.), Harrison, Thomas H.
Topics:
Preaching--Washington (D.C.), Steam locomotives--Washington (D.C.), Railroads--Washington (D.C.), Railroads--Employees., Locomotive engineers--Washington (D.C.), Railroad conductors--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360325

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