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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15,000 witness historical pontifical Mass.
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Text transcribed from caption: #C-4706 15,000 WITNESS HISTORIC PONTIFICAL MASS BOSTON -- In one of the most colorful religious spectacles ever held in New England, 15,000 Catholics kneel in Boston Garden here during the celebration of a Pontifical Mass that highlighted the eighth national congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic delegate to the United States, was celebrant of the Mass, while Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, delivered the sermon in which he scored the UN for failing to open its General Assembly with a prayer for divine guidance. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EMAC-BOS-BS-10E6-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine--Congresses., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Boston Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360523
Title:
Listening to broadcast by Pope Pius.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4703 LISTENING TO BROADCAST BY POPE PIUS BOSTON -- Two Dominican nuns and a group of priests, among the 12,000 persons who attended the eighth annual Congress of the National Confraternity of Christian Doctrine here, gather around a portable radio to hear Pope Pius XII broadcast from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-BS-10E6-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dominicans., Catholic Church--Clergy., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine--Congresses., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Oratory.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Dominican sisters--Massachusetts--Boston., Radio broadcasting., Radio public speaking., Popes.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360522
Title:
Dr. Meek group.
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Meek, Frederick M., Kopf, Karl Heath., Ranson, Charles W., 1903-1988., Gill, Harley H., Goodsell, Fred Field, 1880-1976.
Topics:
Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360438
Title:
Greek bishops.
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360436
Title:
Larneu Group.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: R-3713 LARNEU GROUP Boston -- National Catholic Welfare Conference 1946.
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Catholic Welfare Conference--Congresses., Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Topics:
Church and social problems--Massachusetts--Boston., Church and social problems--Catholic Church., Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359850
Title:
New officers of Laymen’s Retreat League.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-4003 NEW OFFICERS OF LAYMEN’S RETREAT LEAGUE BOSTON -- New officers of the National Catholic Laymen’s Retreat League elected here are, left to right (front row); Dr. R. E. Mulholland, Long Branch, N.J., second vice president; Frank Crotty, Boston, president; Daniel M. Hammil, Pittsburgh, vice president, and David Askin, Brooklyn, N.Y., secretary. Back row: J.W. Cunningham, Hartford, Conn., trustee; Daniel Morrissey, Chicago, treasurer, and Judge Joseph W. Ward, St. Louis, six-year trustee. Object of the League is the personal sanctification of members through the promotion of spiritual retreats. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-6D-6-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mulholland, R. E., Crotty, Frank., Hammil, Daniel M., Askin, David., Cunningham, J. W., Morrissey, Daniel., Ward, Joseph W., National Committee of Catholic Laymen (U.S.)
Topics:
Catholic men--Societies, etc., Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., Laity--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359824
Title:
Archbishop attends editors’ meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-3716 ARCHBISHOP ATTENDS EDITORS’ MEETING [2] BOSTON -- Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston addresses members of the National Catholic Press Association at their annal meeting here. The archbishop told the delegates that the church’s greatest missionary opportunity lies in the Far East. More than 400 editors, publishers and journalists attended the sessions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOS-MES-5E-6-C-O)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Media Association--Congresses.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--Massachusetts--Boston., Religious literature--Publishing--Societies, etc., Religious literature--Publishing--Massachusetts--Boston., Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359806
Title:
Archbishop attends editors’ meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-3714 ARCHBISHOP ATTENDS EDITORS’ MEETING [1] BOSTON -- Archbishop John G. Murray, of St. Paul, Minn., Episcopal Chairman of the Press Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference (left), talks with the Rev. H. H. Long, general manager of The Witness, Dubuque, Iowa, during the meeting here of the National Catholic Press Association. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOS-MES-5E-6-ST.P-WIT-O)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Murray, John Gregory., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of St. Paul (Minn.), National Catholic Welfare Conference., Long, H. H., Catholic Media Association--Congresses.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--Massachusetts--Boston., Religious literature--Publishing--Societies, etc., Religious literature--Publishing--Massachusetts--Boston., Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359805
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4127 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [8] BOSTON -- Since 1944 the Massachusetts Council of Churches has sponsored a Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital here. Chief purpose of the Institute is to train clergymen in hospital routines; this training to be utilized in their work of ministering to the sick both as regular clergymen and as hospital trainees. Classes and practical work form basis of course. Here Joseph F. Coble, Methodist theological student from North Carolina, is shown at blackboard during discussion period. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Coble, Joseph F., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359788
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4126 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [7] BOSTON -- A friendly card game among the patients at Massachusetts General Hospital here is observed by the Rev. E. K. Van Winkle and the Rev. Allen L. Lewis (standing, right). Mr. Van Winkle, Protestant Episcopal clergyman from Worcester, Mass., is an instructor at the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at the hospital, and Mr. Lewis, from Terre Haute, Ind., is a student at the Institute. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Lewis, Allen L.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359787
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4125 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [6] BOSTON -- The Rev. E. K. Van Winkle, instructor at the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital, makes a sick call upon one of the patients. Mr. Van Winkle is a Protestant Episcopal clergyman from Worcester, Mass. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359786
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4124 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [5] BOSTON -- Practical work around a hospital means tidying up, as the Rev. Allen L. Lewis, of Terre Haute, Ind., learns during his six-week course at the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at Massachusetts General Hospital here. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Lewis, Allen L.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359785
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4123 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [4] BOSTON -- One of the daily duties of students at the Summer Institute of Pastorals Care at Massachusetts General Hospital here is to call upon hospital patients. Here the Rev. E. K. Van Winkle, Protestant Episcopal clergymen from Worcester, Mass. (left), and the Rev. James H. Burns, Baptist minister from Princeton, Mass., instructors, are checking up with a nurse on request from patients for calls. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Burns, James H.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359784
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4122 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [3] BOSTON -- Students at the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at Massachusetts General Hospital here kneel in prayer in the hospital chapel during a morning service prior to taking up their round of duties and studies. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359783
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4121 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [2] BOSTON -- The Rev. Allen L. Lewis, of Terre Haute, Ind. (right), a student at the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at Massachusetts General Hospital here works in the hospital laundry as part of his orderly duties. Landing a helping hand is the Rev. E. K. Van Winkle, Protestant Episcopal clergyman from Worcester, Mass., who is an instructor at the Institute. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Lewis, Allen L., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359782
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4120B HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [1] BOSTON -- A four-man staff directs the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital here. Photo shows the Rev. Rollin R. Fairbanks, executive director (second from right), discussing the day’s schedule. Instructors are (left to right): the Rev. E. K. Van Winkle, Protestant Episcopal clergyman from Worcester, Mass.; Joseph F. Coble, Methodist theological student from North Carolina, and the Rev. James H. Burns, Baptist minister from Princeton, Mass. Mr. Fairbanks is chaplain of the hospital. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Fairbanks, Rollin R., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Coble, Joseph F., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Burns, James H.
Topics:
Baptists--Clergy., Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359781
Title:
Nathan R. Wood.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 3959 NATHAN R. WOOD Unveiling of oil portrait of Nathan R. Wood, President Emeritus of Gordon College. Left to right: President T. Leonard Lewis of Gordon College, President Emeritus Nathan R. Wood.
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wood, Nathan R. (Nathan Robinson), 1874-1961., Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.)--Faculty., Lewis, T. Leonard
Topics:
College presidents--Massachusetts--Wenham., Rites and ceremonies--Massachusetts--Wenham.
Geographic subjects:
Wenham (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359740
Title:
Archbishop blesses plane.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ARCHBISHOP BLESSES PLANE #c-3566 BOSTON -- Archbishop Richard J. Cushing blesses the plane Our Lady of Hudson Bay at Boston airport. The ship will be used by the Rev. Aloysius Cartier, O.M.I., (left) to keep in touch with remote missions in the Arctic region. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-MES-5C-6-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Clergy., Cartier, Aloysius.
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Benediction--Catholic Church., Clergy--Arctic regions., Airplanes--Massachusetts--Boston., Pastoral theology--Equipment and supplies., Rural clergy--Travel.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359565
Title:
Chaplain for the big top.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHAPLAIN FOR THE BIG TOP #3615-D BOSTON -- Circus performers are old friends to Father Edward S. Sullivan, shown here (center) with members of the famous Wallender troupe of aerialists. As chaplain of the Circus Fans Association, a group banded together to break down old prejudices against the circus, he has known thousands of performers over the last 20 years. He first came into contact with the Big Top artists when he worked on a wild animal farm near here. During those years circus people visited the farm to purchase animals, and he found them a group whose “knowledge of the arts and music is amazing.” He is known as Father Ed to the artists, and he has served circus people all over the country, regardless of their denomination. Pointing out that the circus is built on the family idea, the artists handing down their talent from generation to generation, Father Sullivan says there are fewer divorces among circus people than in any comparable group in the amusement world. He is curate of St. Peter’s church, Cambridge, Mass. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOS-MES-5D-6-R-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Circus Fans Association of America., Catholic Church--Clergy., Sullivan, Edward S.
Topics:
Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Circus performers--Massachusetts., Women circus performers--Massachusetts., Aerialists--Massachusetts., Religious medals.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359524
Title:
Chaplain for the big top.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHAPLAIN FOR THE BIG TOP #3615-C BOSTON -- Father Edward S. Sullivan, curate of St. Peter’s church, Cambridge, Mass., has served circus folks all over the country as chaplain of the Circus Fans Association, a group of people who have banded together to dispel prejudices regarding the Big Top performers. He is shown here with some of the smaller members of his “congregation”--the circus midgets. Father Sullivan describes circus people as “sober and industrious.” He points out that people often confuse “honky-tonks and girly shows with circus stars. This situation is unfortunate because actually the stars of the sawdust trail lead daily lives just as normal as do their audiences, although constant practice in their specialties deprives them of normal outside activities.” He says he has been a circus fan since he used to help water the elephants when they came to Charlestown, his boyhood home. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOS-MES-5D-6-R-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Circus Fans Association of America., Catholic Church--Clergy., Sullivan, Edward S.
Topics:
Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Circus performers--Massachusetts., Dwarfs (persons)--Massachusetts., Religious medals.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359523

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