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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National Sunday School Association's first convention.
Description:
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
Title:
100,000 jam Soldiers Field to honor saint.
Description:
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
Title:
Chaplains pray to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini.
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
Title:
Anderson & Egemein.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #4612 ANDERSON & EGEMEIN (left to right) Dr. Archer E. Anderson, Presbyterian of Duluth, Minn., President and C.V. Egemein of Chicago, Executive Secretary of National S. S. Assoc. [National Sunday School Association] -- 1st Convention in Chicago.
Creator:
Newman, Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Anderson, Archer E. (Archer Edward), 1899-, Egemein, C. V., National Sunday School Association (U.S.)--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Interdenominational cooperation., Bible--In art.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360295
Title:
Gov. Robert Kerr.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #4611 GOV. ROBERT KERR Gov. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma addressing the National Sunday School Association First Convention in Chicago.
Creator:
Newman, Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kerr, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1896-1963., National Sunday School Association (U.S.)--Congresses.
Topics:
Governors--Oklahoma., Public speaking--Religious aspects--Christianity., Speeches, addresses, etc., Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360294
Title:
Tractor no puzzle to her.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4483 TRACTOR NO PUZZLE TO HER Dressed in flowing black and white robes, Sister Mary Othelia operates a tractor at Mount Assisi Convent of the Sisters of Christ the King at Lemont, Ill., where most of the farmwork is done by nuns. During the war, nuns in other communities where there was a shortage of farm labor overcame the difficulty by learning to do their own planting and reaping. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mt. Assisi Convent (Lemont, Ill.), Franciscans.
Topics:
Tractor driving--Illinois--Lemont., Nuns--Illinois--Lemont., Monasticism and religious orders for women--Illinois--Lemont., Women farmers--Illinois--Lemont., Farmers--Illinois--Lemont.
Geographic subjects:
Lemont (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360285
Title:
Kindergarten dances.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4481 KINDERGARTEN DANCES These sisters are doing a kindergarten dance as part of their training to teach kindergarten classes. Some 145 nuns from 33 orders in 24 states attended instruction at De Paul University in Chicago to learn by doing. LEFT TO RIGHT are: Sister Mary James Louis, B.V.M., Kansas City; Sister Thomas Aquinas, O.P., Chicago; Sister Mary Alice, R.S.M., Lake Forest, Ill.; Sister Mary Leonard, H.P.N., Argo, Ill., and Sister Mary Thomosita, O.F.M., Ft. Wayne, Ind. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (INP-CHI-MES-9B-6-R)
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., DePaul University., Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dubuque, Iowa), Callahan, Sister Mary James Louis., Dominicans., Kenny, Sister Mary Alice., Sisters of Mercy., Sisters of Saint Francis (Oldenburg, Ind.)
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360284
Title:
Father Lord addresses summer school group.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-4059 FATHER LORD ADDRESSES SUMMER SCHOOL GROUP CHICAGO -- The Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S.J., editor of The Queen’s Work, national sodality publication, addresses a class at the Summer School of Catholic Action. The meeting here is one of the yearly summer sessions sponsored throughout the country by the Sodality of Our Lady. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-CHI-MES-7A-6-C)
Creator:
Newman, Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lord, Daniel A. (Daniel Aloysius), 1888-1955., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Topics:
Summer schools--Illinois--Chicago., Church schools--Illinois--Chicago., Church and education--Illinois--Chicago., Church work with youth--Illinois--Chicago., Missions--Educational work--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359837
Title:
Father Lord addresses summer school group.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-4059 FATHER LORD ADDRESSES SUMMER SCHOOL GROUP CHICAGO -- The Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S.J., editor of The Queen’s Work, national sodality publication, addresses a class at the Summer School of Catholic Action. The meeting here is one of the yearly summer sessions sponsored throughout the country by the Sodality of Our Lady. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-CHI-MES-7A-6-C)
Creator:
Newman, Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lord, Daniel A. (Daniel Aloysius), 1888-1955., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Topics:
Summer schools--Illinois--Chicago., Church schools--Illinois--Chicago., Church and education--Illinois--Chicago., Church work with youth--Illinois--Chicago., Missions--Educational work--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359836
Title:
Painting honors Mother Cabrini.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-4012 PAINTING HONORS MOTHER CABRINI CHICAGO -- The finishing touches to his picture of Mother Cabrini are applied by artist Gasper Ruffolo prior to its unveiling at the Mother Cabrini hospital here on July 7, the day on which her canonization ceremonies will take place at the Vatican. Mother Cabrini will be the first U.S. citizen to be so honored by the Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CME-MES-6D-6-C)
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917., Ruffolo, Gaspare J.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism--Illinois--Chicago., Portrait painting--Illinois--Chicago., Religious art--Illinois--Chicago., Christian saints in art.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359829
Title:
Painting honors Mother Cabrini.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (author.)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917., Ruffolo, Gaspare J.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism--Illinois--Chicago., Portrait painting--Illinois--Chicago., Religious art--Illinois--Chicago., Christian saints in art.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359675
Title:
Baptist retire chapel car.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BAPTIST RETIRE CHAPEL CAR #S-3420 CHICAGO, Ill. -- Chicago’s Baptists have bidden farewell to one of the last vestiges of a vanishing era in American life--a “chapel” car. A historic relic of Frontier Christianity, the “church on wheels” owned by the Northern Baptist Convention was on exhibition here before making its last trip to the convention’s assembly ground at Green Lake, Wisconsin. Known as “Grace” the car contained pulpit, organ, pews for 65 worshippers and a three-room apartment for the minister and his family. Standing beside the car here are the Rev. and Mrs. Howard Parry who used the car at Provo, Utah for two years. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-LM-5A-6-W-B)
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
Topics:
Pastoral theology--Equipment and supplies., Rural clergy--Travel., Railroad passenger cars--Illinois--Chicago., Chapels--Illinois--Chicago., Home missions--West (U.S.), Baptists--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359580
Title:
Baptist retire chapel car.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BAPTIST RETIRE CHAPEL CAR #S-3420 CHICAGO, Ill. -- Chicago’s Baptists have bidden farewell to one of the last vestiges of a vanishing era in American life--a “chapel” car. A historic relic of Frontier Christianity, the “church on wheels” owned by the Northern Baptist Convention was on exhibition here before making its last trip to the convention’s assembly ground at Green Lake, Wisconsin. Known as “Grace” the car contained pulpit, organ, pews for 65 worshippers and a three-room apartment for the minister and his family. Standing beside the car here are the Rev. and Mrs. Howard Parry who used the car at Provo, Utah for two years. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-LM-5A-6-W-B)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company., Parry, Howard.
Topics:
Pastoral theology--Equipment and supplies., Rural clergy--Travel., Railroad passenger cars--Illinois--Chicago., Chapels--Illinois--Chicago., Returned missionaries--Utah--Provo., Home missions--West (U.S.), Baptists--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359579
Title:
Chinese cardinal right at home.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHINESE CARDINAL RIGHT AT HOME #c-3515 CHICAGO -- Thomas Cardinal Tien of China uses the chopsticks of his native land at a dinner given in his honor here by the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association. He was presented with a purse of $1,000 by Msgr. Joseph B. Lux for “whatever mission work the cardinal desires in China.” It was the gift of the Catholic Church Extension Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CHI-SUN-MES-5B-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tian, Gengxin, 1890-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Dinners and dining--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Guilds--Illinois--Chicago., Missions--China., Chopsticks.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359562
Title:
Armistice Day.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., V-E Day, 1945--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Armistices.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359519
Title:
Archbishop Leonty.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3524 At ecumenical service L to R Archbishop Leonty and Patriarch Eshai Mar Shimun XXIII Rockefeller Memorial Chapel Chicago
Creator:
Newman, Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Leontiĭ, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, 1876-1965., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., Eshai Shimun, XXIII, Catholicos Patriarch of the Church of the East, 1920-1975., Assyrian Church of the East--Bishops., Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359464
Title:
Easter flowers at Garfield Park Conservatory.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EASTER FLOWERS AT GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY Symbolic of the season, 4-year-old Nola Jeanne McKinney of Columbia City, Ind., makes a pretty picture among a display of Easter lilies at the Spring Flower Show at the Garfield Park Conservatory. SUN PHOTO BY CLYDE HODGES.
Creator:
Hodges, Clyde. (photographer), Chicago Sun-Times. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., McKinney, Nola Jeanne., Garfield Park Conservatory (Chicago, Ill.)
Topics:
Flowers--Illinois--Chicago., Lilies--Illinois--Chicago., Easter--Illinois--Chicago., Children--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359457
Title:
Ecumenical group.
Creator:
Newman, Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359410
Title:
Ecumenical worship.
Creator:
Newman, Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Public worship--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359409
Title:
Temperance group holds first council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TEMPERANCE GROUP HOLDS FIRST COUNCIL #3417 CHICAGO -- Several hundred temperance advocates met here for the first National Council on the New Approach to the Alcohol Problem. Top photo shows a general view of the opening session with Errol T. Elliott presiding. Below, three delegates display anti-liquor poster. Left to right are: the Rev. Norman Lovein, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Edna Alstrom, Chicago, and Mrs. Jerome B. Wilson, Racine, Wis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-CHI-MES-5A-6-W)
Creator:
Newman, Art. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lovein, Norman., Alstrom, Edna.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Alcoholism--Prevention--Congresses., Temperance--Congresses., Temperance--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359406

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