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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Title:
The topic: TV and children.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-32067 THE TOPIC: TV AND CHILDREN TORONTO, Ont. -- Some 75 Protestant, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox educators and audio-visual experts and TV network consultants explored in detail the effects of television on children during a first Consultation on Children and Television held at Toronto, Ont. The meeting was sponsored by the National Council of Churches through its Broadcasting and Film Commission and its Department of Audio-Visual and Broadcast Education. Participants in the consultation included Miss Mary Venable (left) and Mrs. Harry Poppe, both of New York, in charge, respectively, of children’s work and television for the Division of Christian Education of the NCC, and Dr. Lester Beck, behavioral psychologist and teaching research professor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-1D-65-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Venable, Mary., Beck, Lester F. (Lester Fred), 1909-1977., Oregon State System of Higher Education--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Ontario--Toronto., Church and mass media--Ontario--Toronto., Violence in mass media--Ontario--Toronto., Mass media and children--Ontario--Toronto.
Geographic subjects:
Toronto (Ont.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355902
Title:
Christian unity in Hong Kong.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30552 CHRISTIAN UNITY IN HONG KONG HONG KONG -- For the first time in the British Crown Colony, Hong Kong's Roman Catholic and Anglican bishops attended Christian unity services in the other's cathedral. They were Catholic Bishop Lawrence Bianci (left), and Anglican Bishop Ronald Hall, shown outside St. John's Anglican Cathedral. Both bishops also participated in a service in the Hong Kong Catholic Cathedral. Other Protestant and Catholic clergymen attended joint services in various churches in Hong Kong. During Christian Unity Week, special programs on improving Christian relations were broadcast over Hong Kong radio. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HY-HK-2A-64-NAB)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. John’s Cathedral (Hong Kong, China), Bianci, Lawrence., Catholic Church--Bishops., Hall, Ronald., Church of England--Bishops.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--China--Hong Kong., Ecumenical movement--China--Hong Kong., Bishops--China--Hong Kong.
Geographic subjects:
Hong Kong (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353845
Title:
Capetown's Archbishop to retire; Opposed Apartheid system.
Description:
Caption written when photo was re-issued in 1973.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Taylor, Robert Selby, 1909-1995., Church of England--Bishops., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Cape Town., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Pretoria.
Topics:
Bishops--Retirement., Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Cape Town., Civil rights workers--South Africa--Cape Town.
Geographic subjects:
Cape Town (South Africa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353469
Title:
Rights bill thanksgiving service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31197 RIGHTS BILL THANKSGIVING SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 200 Protestants, Roman Catholics and Jews joined in an interreligious thanksgiving service to mark the Senate passage of the civil rights bill and to pledge continued efforts on behalf of racial justice. It was held on the lawn of the Methodist Building in Washington, about a block from the Capitol. Reading the Scripture is Bishop Henry C. Bunton of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Other leaders in the service included Father John F. Cronin, assistant director, National Catholic Welfare Conference’s Social Action Department (center of group at wall). Seated next to him (white robe) is Dean Francis B. Sayre, Jr., of Washington Cathedral (Episcopal). In front of them (bending) is Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director, National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. The service was sponsored by the NCC, the NCWC, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Theological Students Vigil for Civil Rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-NY-6D-64-NAB)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-, Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Sermons--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350278
Title:
NCC president given honorary degree.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31138 NCC PRESIDENT GIVEN HONORARY DEGREE BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of Indianapolis, president of the National Council of Churches (center), is congratulated as he receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Indiana University in Bloomington. Shaking his hand is Dr. Elvis J. Stahr, university president. Applying the hood is Lynne L. Merritt, acting dean of faculties. Dr. Mueller is Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-6B-64-NAB)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., Indiana University., Evangelical United Brethren Church--Bishops., Stahr, Elvis J. (Elvis Jacob), 1916-1998., Merritt, Lynne L. (Lynne Lionel), 1915-2001.
Topics:
Degrees, Academic--Indiana--Bloomington., Bishops--Indiana--Bloomington., Commencement ceremonies--Indiana--Bloomington.
Geographic subjects:
Bloomington (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350220
Title:
Samuel Proctor.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Proctor, Samuel D., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
African American clergy--United States., African American civil rights workers--United States., African American educators--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349044

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