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:
German churchworker.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse of image.
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects:
Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360552
Title:
German churchworker.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4683 GERMAN CHURCHWORKER FRANKFURT -- One of the younger sisters of the Motherhouse for Deaconesses, located on the outskirts of this city, manages a pleasant smile despite the private and desperate need suffered by many German civilians like herself. She is one of the group which during the war busied itself evacuating sick and wounded to air raid shelters during aerial bombardments and has now undertaken the care of German war orphans. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-FRANK-BS-10E6-W-L)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects:
Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360551
Title:
Churchwomen provide for German orphans.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse of image.
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Children--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects:
Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360550
Title:
Churchwomen provide for German orphans.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4682 CHURCHWOMEN PROVIDE FOR GERMAN ORPHANS FRANKFURT -- To help solve the problem of young German children left orphaned and homeless by the war various religious groups in Germany, assisted by occupation authorities, have undertaken the work of caring for the needy youngsters. Here, at a Motherhouse for Deaconesses, a group of children gather for an informal midday meal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-FRANK-BS-10D6-W-L)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Children--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects:
Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360549
Title:
Dissidents in Russian Orthodox Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4679 DISSIDENTS IN RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PARIS -- Posed outside the Church of St. Sergius here where they convened for a four-day diocesan council are clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church who rebelled against the appointment by the Moscow Patriarch of Metropolitan Seraphim as Exarch of the western European dioceses. They have officially elected Archbishop Vladimir (seated, center, holding crozier) in his stead. The council maintained that the western dioceses belong to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at Istanbul and not to the Moscow Patriarchate. It further claimed that Archbishop Vladimir was named specifically in the will of the late Metropolitan Eulogius, of Paris, to succeed him as Exarch. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MP-PAR-BS-10D6-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ, Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate). Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe., Vladimir, Metropolitan, 1873-1959.
Topics:
Dissenters, Religious--France--Paris., Dissenters--France--Paris., Bishops--France--Paris., Councils and synods, Diocesan --France--Paris., Exarchates--Europe, Western.
Geographic subjects:
Paris (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360548
Title:
Church becomes a college classroom.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHURCH BECOMES A COLLEGE CLASSROOM #S-4664 MADISON, Wis. -- The rapid influx of college students this fall, most of them veterans taking advantage of the federal education benefits, has crowded the classroom right off the campus in many colleges throughout the country. Shown above are 1,050 University of Wisconsin undergraduates assembled in the First Congregational church here attending a twice-weekly lecture on political science. University officials, lacking facilities to handle the record-breaking number of students, arranged with the church’s deacons to use the house of worship. The professor in charge lectures from a special platform and does not use the pulpit. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JRM-MAD-BS-10C-6-W)
Creator:
Miller, James Roy. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., First Congregational Church (Madison, Wis.), University of Wisconsin--Students.
Topics:
College students--Wisconsin--Madison., Political science--Study and teaching--Wisconsin--Madison., School enrollment--Wisconsin--Madison., College facilities--Wisconsin--Madison., Veterans--Education--United States., Veterans--Scholarships, fellowships, etc., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Madison (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360547
Title:
Ministers picket White House.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MINISTERS PICKET WHITE HOUSE #S-4663 WASHINGTON -- Thirty-six ministers from various Protestant denominations formed a picket line on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House to protest the continued imprisonment of 1,200 conscientious objectors. The pickets, representing the Committee for Amnesty, paraded quietly, bearing placards that read “Jail for Conscience Denies Religious Freedom” and “Free U.S. Religious Prisoners” while separate delegations of clergymen brought the issue in person to Attorney General Tom C. Clark and David K. Niles, administrative assistant to President Truman. Other groups visited Capitol Hill to present their plea to members of Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-BS-10C-6-W)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.), World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors., Conscientious objectors--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., Liberty of conscience--United States., World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360546
Title:
Blessing the fruits of the field.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4649 BLESSING THE FRUITS OF THE FIELD INNISVILLE, Ont. -- Lifting a huge pumpkin from a table laden with good sized produce the Rev. F. Weeger, of St. John’s Anglican church imparts a blessing for the plentiful harvest yield enjoyed by his parishioners in this agricultural village. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-OTA-BS-10D6-W-C)
Creator:
Malak (Ottawa, Ont.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Weeger, D.F., Church of England in Canada--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Ontario--Innisville., Benediction--Church of England., Harvesting--Ontario--Innisville., Gourds.
Geographic subjects:
Innisville (Ont.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360545
Title:
Missionaries leave for Africa.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES LEAVE FOR AFRICA #S-4646 NEW YORK -- A group of 41 missionaries and their children board a Clipper at LaGuardia Field bound for Lagos, Nigeria, where they will take up their work with the Sudan Interior Mission. This 53-year-old interdenominational organization operates 125 schools, 85 clinics and seven major hospitals in Nigeria. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PAA-NY-BS-10B-6-W)
Creator:
Pan American Airways Corporation. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field., Sudan Interior Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Nigeria., Interdenominational cooperation--Nigeria., Missionaries--Nigeria., Airplanes--New York (State)--New York., Women missionaries--Nigeria., Children of missionaries--Nigeria.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360544
Title:
Key to family life.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4641 KEY TO FAMILY LIFE National Family Week will be observed from May 4 to May 11 this year. Theme of the observance is “Religious Living Begins at Hope.” Motherhood is key to wholesome family living. The home should be a place of love, companionship and growth, with Christ at the center of its life. Only growing parents are well suited to guide growing children. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W.H.-WASH-D.C.-4A-7-JOG-R)
Creator:
Hering, Walter. (creator)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
National Family Week--United States., Special weeks--United States., Families., Parenting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Christian art and symbolism.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360543
Title:
Young mission crusaders.
Description:
Handwritten notations on reverse of image.
Creator:
Wilcox, William W., Jr. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade (U.S.)
Topics:
Youth in church work--New York (State)--Syracuse., Catholic youth--Societies, etc., Church societies--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Syracuse (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360541
Title:
Young mission crusaders.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: YOUNG MISSION CRUSADERS #C-4963 SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Young Catholics, ranging from 12 to 24 years of age, who develop opportunities for spreading the faith, are banded together in the Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade, like the seven girls shown here in C.S.M.C. robes. The Crusade, started 28 years ago as a means of creating interest in missions and of promoting a knowledge of mission conditions and activities, now has 700,000 members in the U.S. and abroad. Shown above, front, from left to right, are: Jane Koagel, Patricia Engler and Rosemarie Penizotto. Rear: Patricia O’Brien, Maureen Gaynor, Jeanne Look and Gloria Cerio. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WIL-SYRA-1B-7-JOG-C)
Creator:
Wilcox, William W., Jr. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade (U.S.)
Topics:
Youth in church work--New York (State)--Syracuse., Catholic youth--Societies, etc., Church societies--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Syracuse (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360540
Title:
Bishop Toolen advises toy bowl gridders.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BISHOP TOOLEN ADVISES TOY BOWL GRIDDERS #C-4922 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Most Rev. Thomas J. Toolen, Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile, which takes in all of Alabama, is shown surrounded by some of the youngsters who played in the inaugural Toy Bowl game here which pitted a team from local parochial schools against the St. Stanislaus Rockachaws, of Bay St. Louis, Miss. The local squad won, 26-6. The game, sponsored by Catholic organizations here, was a feature of a festive Catholic week-end, and was attended by 17,000 spectators including Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (J.F.B.G.-12C-6-JOG-C)
Creator:
Birmingham News Company. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Toolen, Thomas J., 1886-1976.
Topics:
Bishops--Alabama--Birmingham., Children--Alabama--Birmingham., Football--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360538
Title:
"Hark the herald angels sing."
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ‘HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING’ #C-4905 PHILADELPHIA -- These three pert misses, dressed in native Ukrainian costumes, lift their voices in Christmas harmony. Left to right are Anne Orik, Anne Marcy and Mary Bega, all of this city. They are members of the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral choir. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JD-PHIL-BS-12B-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral (Philadelphia, Pa.), Marcy, Anne., Bega, Mary., Orik, Anne.
Topics:
Carols., Choirs (Music)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ukrainian Americans--Clothing., Ethnic costume--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Christmas music.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360537
Title:
Stepanic protest meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: STEPINAC PROTEST MEETING #C-4886 PHILADELPHIA -- Convention Hall is jammed with 25,000 Catholics from all parishes of this city and its environs for a gigantic protest meeting that asked President Truman and the State Department to insist on the release of Archbishop Louis Stepinac, convicted Yugoslav prelate. The rally, sponsored by the local chapter of the Catholic War Veterans, was attended by Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia. The huge throng was the largest ever assembled in the municipal auditorium. Thousands were unable to get in and listened to the proceedings broadcast by loud speakers outside. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JD-PHIL-BS-12A-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Municipal Auditorium (Philadelphia, Pa.), Stepinac, Alojzije, 1898-1960--Imprisonment., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Yugoslavia., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Prisoners and prisons--Yugoslavia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), Yugoslavia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360536
Title:
Angelus Kupfer, Abbot of Koster Ettal.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse.
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Kupfer, Angelus.
Topics:
Abbots--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Teachers--Training of--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Church and education--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Ettal (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360535
Title:
Reopens Catholic school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: REOPENS CATHOLIC SCHOOL #C-4872 BERLIN -- Abbott Angelus Kupfer has received permission from occupation authorities to reopen Ettal Cloister, famous Bavarian monastery which the Hitler SS confiscated during the war. A picked faculty has been assembled to prepare students from established anti-Nazi families for the teaching profession--all part of the long-range de-Nazification policy now in effect in Germany. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Kupfer, Angelus.
Topics:
Abbots--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Teachers--Training of--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Church and education--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Ettal (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360534
Title:
The beautiful baroque church of Kloster Ettal.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse.
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Church architecture--Germany--Ettal., Architecture, Baroque--Germany--Ettal.
Geographic subjects:
Ettal (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360533
Title:
Reopened as German Catholic school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: REOPENED AS GERMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL #C-4870 BERLIN -- Famed Ettal Cloister, a magnificent Catholic monastery high in the Bavarian mountains founded in 1330 by Emperor Ludvig, has been reopened as a school to train teachers as part of the long range de-Nazification policy now in effect in Germany. Since 1905 the monastery fathers have devoted most of their time to the education of young boys but their work was interrupted when the Hitler SS confiscated the building and grounds at the outbreak of the war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12D-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Teachers--Training of--Germany., Church and education--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Ettal (Germany), Germany (West), Ettal (Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360532
Title:
Harmony in a German orphanage.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HARMONY IN A GERMAN ORPHANAGE #C-4868 BERLIN -- Catholic nuns at a German orphanage, sisters of the Order of St. Joseph, gather in the courtyard for some instrumental diversion. Many religious workers such as these have accepted the monumental task of rededicating the lives of Germany’s “lost” youth to new ideals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Saint Joseph.
Topics:
Nuns--Germany--Berlin., Musicians--Germany--Berlin., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Orphanages--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360531

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