Religious News Service Photographs

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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)
Creator:
Russell, Reginald. (photographer), Tucson Citizen. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lucero, Felix., Jesus Christ--Art.
Topics:
Concrete sculpture--Arizona--Tucson., Last Supper., Christian art and symbolism., Religious art., World War, 1914-1918--Veterans., Veterans--Arizona--Tucson.
Geographic subjects:
Tucson (Ariz.), Santa Cruz River (Ariz. and Mexico)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360338
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4629 LAUNCHES PRAYER CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE NEW YORK -- Dr. Frank C. Laubach, internationally-know missionary “apostle of literacy,” addresses a meeting at the Marble Collegiate Reformed Church here to open a nation-wide campaign to have church people pray for the success of the Paris Peace Conference and the United Nations organization. The drive will be conducted in 25 cities throughout the country and has the endorsement of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, the United Council of Church Women, and the Federal Council of Churches. Dr. Laubach recently returned from Paris where he organized prayer sessions for the success of the Peace Conference. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LH-NY-MES-10B-6-W)
Creator:
Hasse, Louie. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Laubach, Frank Charles, 1884-1970., Marble Collegiate Church (New York, N.Y.), Paris Peace Conference (1946 : Paris, France), United Nations., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., United Council of Church Women., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.
Topics:
Prayer groups--Christianity., Prayer groups--New York (State)--New York., Church and social problems--New York (State)--New York., Christianity and international relations--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360335
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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)
Creator:
Hansen, A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Council of Churches of the City of New York., Wetzelberger, Isabelle., Farrow, Charles., Lacker, Yolanda., Wood, John S., White, Jeanne., Evans, Leona., Doskocil, Alberta., Doskocil, Albina., Flemister, Carl., Eismann, Peggy.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Youth in church work--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360334
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4610 NATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION’S FIRST CONVENTION CHICAGO -- General scene at Moody Memorial Church here during the first convention of the National Sunday School Association, founded in April,1945, and affiliated with the National Association of Evangelicals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-CHI-MES-10B-6-W-SS)
Creator:
Newman, Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.), National Sunday School Association (U.S.)--Congresses., National Association of Evangelicals.
Topics:
Sunday school conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Evangelists--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360333
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4605 CHRISTIAN TEACHING MISSION KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Dr. Harry C. Munro of the International Council of Religious Education, Chicago (right), explains methods used in conducting a religious census of Kalamazoo County as part of the Christian Teaching Mission sponsored here by the Federal Council of Churches and the International Council. Seated at tables are pastors and “group leaders” of 41 Kalamazoo County churches representing 16 denominations, all of whom participated in the program. Christian Teaching Mission here is one of a series being held throughout the country. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DR-K-MICH-MES-10B-6-W)
Creator:
Ryan, Dan. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Munro, Harry C. (Harry Clyde), 1890-1962., International Council of Religious Education., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.
Topics:
Home missions--Michigan--Kalamazoo., Missions--Educational work--Michigan--Kalamazoo., Census takers (Persons)--Michigan--Kalamazoo., Census.
Geographic subjects:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360332
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4596 CHURCH BULLETIN BOARD CARRIES GREETING TO JEWS BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Rev. Harry T. Bridwell, pastor of the Central Church of the Disciples of Christ here, stands beside the church bulletin board which carries a Jewish New Year’s message expressing the friendship and good will of the church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (REH-BUF-NY-MES-10A-6-W)
Creator:
Hinkson, Ralph E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Central Church of the Disciples of Christ (Buffalo, N.Y.), Disciples of Christ--Clergy., Bridwell, Harry T.
Topics:
Church signs--New York (State)--Buffalo., Signs and signboards--New York (State)--Buffalo., Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity and other religions--Judaism., Rosh ha-Shanah., High Holidays., Fasts and feasts--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Buffalo (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360330
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4567 OUT TO “REHABILITATE” THE HOME FOLK RICHMOND, Va. -- Fifty World War II veterans, identified by orange and black armbands that bear the legend “GI Lutheran Team,” are shown leaving the First English Evangelical church here to start their unique drive of home visitations designed to vitalize church interest and increase attendance. Returning from service, the men were dismayed to find that their old Sunday school classes had disbanded, and decided “it’s about time somebody rehabilitates the folks back home.” Operating as two-man teams they intend to visit more than 600 families in this city. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JC-RICH-BS-9D-6-W-L)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., First English Evangelical Lutheran Church (Richmond, Va.)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans., Veterans--Virginia--Richmond., Home missions--Virginia--Richmond., Missions--Educational work--Virginia--Richmond.
Geographic subjects:
Richmond (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360329
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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
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4476 FIRST WOMAN DELEGATE TO EPISCOPAL CONVENTION PHILADELPHIA -- First woman in the history of the Protestant Episcopal Church to be seated in the House of Deputies as an official delegate is Mrs. Randolph H. Dyer, of St. Louis, wife of vestryman of St. Peter’s Church there. She was accepted by the House at the 55th triennial General Convention of the Church here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JD-PHILA-MES-9B-6-W-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Episcopal Church. House of Clerical and Lay Deputies., Dyer, Elizabeth Huntington.
Topics:
Christian leadership--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Christian leadership--Episcopal Church., Christian women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Women religious leaders--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Religious leaders--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360326
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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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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4341 MENNONITES HOLD GENERAL CONFERENCE SOUDERTON, Pa. -- One hundred and eleven delegates and several hundred ministers representing churches in more than 30 states, India, South America and Canada participated here in a special session of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church. Photo shows delegates at noon recess. Souderton is the oldest Mennonite settlement in America, and the General Conference represents the oldest and largest groups of Mennonites in this country, with a constituency of almost 60,000. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SOUD-PA-MES-8E-6-W)
Creator:
Harvey, D.S. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mennonite General Conference., Mennonite Church--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Souderton., Clergy conferences--Pennsylvania--Souderton.
Geographic subjects:
Souderton (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360323
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4327 GEORGIA CHURCH TO BECOME A SHRINE MIDWAY, Ga. -- Under the joint sponsorship of the Daughters of American Colonists and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Old Midway Church here will be converted into a national shrine. It was built by charter members of the Midway Society who settled in this area in 1752. The present structure was built in 1792, a previous building having been erected of oak logs. Two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall, were members of the church, and it was at one time or another attended by Washington, Aaron Burr and Lafayette. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BW-AT-GA-MES-8D-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Daughters of the American Colonists., United Daughters of the Confederacy., Midway Congregational Church., Gwinnett, Button, approximately 1735-1777., Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790.
Topics:
Church buildings--Georgia--Midway., Congregational churches--Georgia--Midway., Historic buildings--Georgia--Midway., Christian shrines--Georgia--Midway.
Geographic subjects:
Midway (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360322
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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)
Creator:
O'Conner. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Henry, John J., Stigmatine Fathers., Henry, Thomas., Catholic Church--Clergy., Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood., Ecker, George., Golden, John.
Topics:
Lay brothers--Massachusetts--Waltham., Brothers (Religious)--Massachusetts--Waltham., Monasticism and religious orders--Massachusetts--Waltham., Lay ministry--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Waltham (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360318
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4626 GERMAN ABBOT VISITING U.S. COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. -- The Rt. Rev. Corbinian Hofmeister, OSB, abbot of St. Michael’s Benedictine Abbey in Metten, Germany, is shown here (left) with the Rt. Rev. Alcuin Deutsch of St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville. One of the first German civilians to obtain State Department permission to enter the U.S. since the end of the war, Abbott Hofmeister was imprisoned in the Gestapo headquarters in Berlin in 1943. In 1944 he was moved to the notorious Dachau concentration camp where for a year he was fellow pioneer of Pastor Martin Niemoeller, famous Protestant leader. The German abbot is in American for the centennial celebration of the Benedictine order in this country. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HLV-MINN-MES-10-B-6-C)
Creator:
Vogt, H. L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Metten., Benedictines--Centennial celebrations, etc., Catholic Church--Clergy., Hofmeister, Corbinian., Deutsch, Alcuin Henry., Dachau (Concentration camp)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., Ex-internment camp inmates--Minnesota--Collegeville., Visits of State--Minnesota--Collegeville.
Geographic subjects:
Collegeville (Minn.), United States--Foreign relations--Germany.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360317
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4622 TORAH COVER MADE BY CATHOLIC NUNS LINCOLN, Neb. -- This Torah cover, displayed by Rabbi Mayer H. Marx, of Temple B’nai Jeshurun here, was made by Catholic sisters in Hankow, China. It is a replica of a similar cover previously made by the nuns at the request of the small Jewish community there, and was presented to former U.S. Army Captain Billie Weil, a member of the Lincoln synagogue, in 1945 while he was attached to the Office of Strategic Services in the Chinese city. The Torah cover is of white satin and depicts two lions on each side of the tablets of the law upon which are the Hebrew abbreviations of the Decalogue. At the bottom is a flower design of brilliant blue, yellow, brown and green. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LJ-NY-TFD-10B-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Marx, Mayer H., Congregation B'nai Jeshurun (Lincoln, Neb.), Catholic Church., Weil, Billie., United States. Army.
Topics:
Torah cases., Torah scrolls., Bible. Pentateuch--Manuscripts, Hebrew., Judaism--Liturgical objects., Handicraft--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Lincoln (Neb.), Hankou (Wuhan, China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360316
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4615 UNUSUAL VIEW NEW YORK -- This unusual picture of St. Patrick’s Cathedral here, taken from Radio City, emphasizes formation of the cross in the structure. Cathedral is now undergoing extensive repairs and reconstruction (note scaffolding around walls). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LH-NY-MES-10B-6-C)
Creator:
Hasse, L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Catholic church buildings--New York (State)--New York., Cathedrals--New York (State)--New York., Church architecture--New York (State)--New York., Church buildings--New York (State)--New York., Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--New York (State)--New York., Church architecture--Conservation and restoration--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360315
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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)
Creator:
Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kriebs, J. Fred., Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Dubuque, Iowa), Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Dakota Indians--Iowa--Dubuque., Church work with Indigenous peoples--Catholic Church., Church work with Indigenous peoples--Iowa--Dubuque., Mass--Celebration.
Geographic subjects:
Dubuque (Iowa), Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota., Iowa--Centennial celebrations, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360314
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4577 DISCUSS LABOR PROBLEMS AT CREIGHTON OMAHA, Neb. -- Labor problems to be tackled at the fourth session of the Creighton University Labor School here are discussed by (left to right) the Rev. Henry W. Linn, S.J., director of the school; Claude Spear of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen; Bernard McAndrews, CIO, and Albert O. Witzling, president of the Central Labor Union. Attendance at the School is expected to reach one hundred. Similar Catholic labor schools are operated in other sections of the country. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AK-OM-MES-10-A-6-C)
Creator:
O'Neb., A.K. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Creighton University., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Linn, Henry W., Spear, Claude., Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen (U.S.), McAndrews, Bernard., Witzling, Albert O., Omaha Central Labor Union.
Topics:
Catholic Worker Movement., Church and social problems--Catholic Church., Labor--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Forums (Discussion and debate)--Nebraska--Omaha.
Geographic subjects:
Omaha (Neb.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360313
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4563 100,000 JAM SOLDIERS FIELD TO HONOR SAINT CHICAGO -- A huge throng of 100,000 participants stand solemnly to view a giant processional, that included 1,000 priests led by Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, wind its way around brightly-lit Soldiers Field, during a colorful religious drama held here to celebrate the recent canonization of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. The pageant, sponsored by the Holy Name Union of the archdiocese of Chicago, also featured a living portrayal of the map of the United States with several girls dressed as Mother Cabrini and nuns of her order moving from place to place, dramatizing the way she traveled extensively in pursuit of her labors. Another group of 2,000 girls portrayed a living rosary. Cardinal Stritch, speaking from an altar dominated by a 75-foot painting of Mother Cabrini, lauded the virtues of the Italian-born nun who became the first American saint. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CT-CHICAGO-BS-9D-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stritch, Samuel Alphonsus, 1887-1958., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.), Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917., Soldier Field (Chicago, Ill.)
Topics:
Rites and ceremonies--Illinois--Chicago., Canonization., Christian saints--United States., Religious art--Illinois--Chicago., Christian art and symbolism--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360312
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4562 CHAPLAINS PRAY TO ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI CHICAGO -- Roman Catholic chaplains of World War II ascend the altar at Soldiers Field, here, to offer special prayers to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini before an illuminated 75-foot portrait of the recently canonized saint. The procession was one of many that featured a colorful religious pageant sponsored by the Holy Name Union of the archdiocese of Chicago, to pay homage to the Italian-born nun who became America's first saint. Later the crowd of 100,000 who filled the huge amphitheater heard Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, laud the virtues of Mother Cabrini. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CT-CHICAGO-BS-9D-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Soldier Field (Chicago, Ill.), Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.)
Topics:
Military chaplains--Illinois--Chicago., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Canonization., Christian saints--United States., Religious art--Illinois--Chicago., Christian art and symbolism--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360311

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