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:
Maryknoll 'radio schools' for Indians.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31938 MARYKNOLL ‘RADIO SCHOOLS’ FOR INDIANS MARYKNOLL, N.Y. -- Village “radio schools” like this, held under direction of the Maryknoll Fathers, are teaching South American Indians how to read and write, and agricultural and technical subjects raise their living standards. Held either in a small room or out-doors, each class is conducted by a local volunteer teacher in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and northern Argentina. Since the Quechua dialect which the Indians speak has little written material, they are taught Spanish, official language of the countries in which they live. Other subjects include religion, health, and academic courses. Instructions for the teacher are received by radio from Maryknoll broadcasting centers in various areas. Recently, Radio Moscow, which has been jamming the broadcasts, began sending programs to South America in Quechua. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-12C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Kearns, Robert. (photographer), Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Missions--Peru.
Topics:
Education--Peru., Missions--Peru., Quechua Indians--Peru., Radio in education--Peru., Literacy--Peru., Volunteer workers in education--Peru., Cold War.
Geographic subjects:
Peru.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356598
Title:
Cited for aiding Buenos Aires poor.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31997 CITED FOR AIDING BUENOS AIRES POOR BUENOS AIRES -- Thomas Hollywood of Sunnyside, N.Y., Argentina director of Catholics for Latin America (left), is proud of this mud, manure and brick oven he built for a poor grandmother in a slum area of Buenos Aires. Bottom shows him surveying the “villa miseria” (village of misery), on the outskirts of the Argentina city. The village is in a pit where construction companies once excavated sand, and where between 8,000 and 14,000 needy people live. Mr. Hollywood is being cited for his work among the poor of Latin America by the Eloy Alfaro International Foundation of the Republic of Panama. He was scheduled to receive the foundation’s award at a dinner in New York on Jan. 15. Founded in 1949 by Panama, the foundation is named for Eloy Alfaro, noted soldier, statesman and martyr of Ecuador. He was that nation’s President from 1895-1901 and 1906-1911, and was slain in a revolution in 1912. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-1A-65-NAB)
Creator:
Catholics for Latin America (Yonkers, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hollywood, Thomas., Catholics for Latin America (Yonkers, N.Y.), Eloy Alfaro International Foundation (Panama City, Panama)--Awards.
Topics:
Missionaries--Argentina--Buenos Aires., Housing--Argentina--Buenos Aires., Church work with the poor--Argentina--Buenos Aires., Church work with the poor--Catholic Church., Poor--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
Geographic subjects:
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355841
Title:
Cited for aiding Buenos Aires poor.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31997 CITED FOR AIDING BUENOS AIRES POOR BUENOS AIRES -- Thomas Hollywood of Sunnyside, N.Y., Argentina director of Catholics for Latin America (left), is proud of this mud, manure and brick oven he built for a poor grandmother in a slum area of Buenos Aires. Bottom shows him surveying the “villa miseria” (village of misery), on the outskirts of the Argentina city. The village is in a pit where construction companies once excavated sand, and where between 8,000 and 14,000 needy people live. Mr. Hollywood is being cited for his work among the poor of Latin America by the Eloy Alfaro International Foundation of the Republic of Panama. He was scheduled to receive the foundation’s award at a dinner in New York on Jan. 15. Founded in 1949 by Panama, the foundation is named for Eloy Alfaro, noted soldier, statesman and martyr of Ecuador. He was that nation’s President from 1895-1901 and 1906-1911, and was slain in a revolution in 1912. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-1A-65-NAB)
Creator:
Catholics for Latin America (Yonkers, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hollywood, Thomas., Catholics for Latin America (Yonkers, N.Y.), Eloy Alfaro International Foundation (Panama City, Panama)--Awards.
Topics:
Missionaries--Argentina--Buenos Aires., Church work with the poor--Argentina--Buenos Aires., Church work with the poor--Catholic Church., Poor--Argentina--Buenos Aires., Poor women--Argentina--Buenos Aires., Poor older people--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
Geographic subjects:
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355840
Title:
Nun auditor in mission field.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Lawson, Morgan. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Loretto., Catholic Church--Missions--Bolivia., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Acolytes--Catholic Church., Nuns--Kentucky--Loretto., Missions--Educational work--Bolivia.
Geographic subjects:
Bolivia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349393
Title:
Former Marist students.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
McCormick, E.J. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nolazco, Jose., Aramburu, Carlos Alconada., Argentina. Ministerio de Educación., Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Argentina--Buenos Aires., Catholic schools--Alumni and alumnae., Alumni and alumnae--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349313
Title:
Cardinal greets Papal volunteers.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
McCarthy, Dan B. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Papal Volunteers for Latin America., Landázuri Ricketts, Juan, 1913-1997., Stennette, Thelma., Matesich, Margaret., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Lima (Peru), Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Missions--Peru--Lima.
Topics:
Voluntarism--Latin America., Voluntarism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Women missionaries--Peru--Lima., Missionaries--Peru--Lima., African American missionaries--Peru--Lima., Bishops--Peru--Lima.
Geographic subjects:
Lima (Peru)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349272
Title:
Latin American apostolate.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Papal Volunteers for Latin America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jones, John Wesley., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Ruiz, Julio Gonzalez., Fedders, Edward L., Dwyer, Kevin., Kearns, Robert., Hufft, Susan., Papal Volunteers for Latin America., Catholic Church--Missions--Bolivia--La Paz., Catholic Church--Missions--Peru--Puno.
Topics:
Voluntarism--Latin America., Voluntarism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Nurses--Bolivia--La Paz., Aymara Indians--Missions--Peru--Puno., Voluntarism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Women missionaries--Bolivia--La Paz., Quechua Indians--Missions--Peru--Puno., Catholic hospitals--Bolivia--La Paz., Religious broadcasting--Peru--Puno.
Geographic subjects:
La Paz (Bolivia), Puno (Puno, Peru)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349261
Title:
Latin American apostolate.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31535 LATIN AMERICAN APOSTOLATE Americans working for the Church in Latin America. At top, Susan Hufft of St. Louis, a Papal Volunteer nurse, is shown with Aymara Indiana women at the outpatient clinic of Isabel the Catholic Hospital, La Paz, Bolivia. Miss Hufft also conducts programs for a local parish. Below, U.S. Ambassador to Peru J. Wesley Jones, center, inspects the Maryknoll Fathers' radio station at Puno, Peru. The station presents daily school programs for Aymara and Quechuan Indians living in rural areas. With Mr. Jones are, left to right, Bishop Julio Gonzalez Ruiz of Puno; Bishop Edward L. Fedders, M.M., of the Prelature of Juli; Kevin Dwyer, PAVLA field assistant for Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia; and Father Robert Kearns, director of the Maryknoll stations in Puno. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (V-LI-9A-64-W)
Creator:
Papal Volunteers for Latin America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jones, John Wesley., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Ruiz, Julio Gonzalez., Fedders, Edward L., Dwyer, Kevin., Kearns, Robert., Catholic Church--Missions--Peru--Puno.
Topics:
Voluntarism--Latin America., Voluntarism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Aymara Indians--Missions--Peru--Puno., Quechua Indians--Missions--Peru--Puno., Missionaries--Peru--Puno., Religious broadcasting--Peru--Puno.
Geographic subjects:
Puno (Puno, Peru)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349102
Title:
Latin American apostolate.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31535 LATIN AMERICAN APOSTOLATE Americans working for the Church in Latin America. At top, Susan Hufft of St. Louis, a Papal Volunteer nurse, is shown with Aymara Indiana women at the outpatient clinic of Isabel the Catholic Hospital, La Paz, Bolivia. Miss Hufft also conducts programs for a local parish. Below, U.S. Ambassador to Peru J. Wesley Jones, center, inspects the Maryknoll Fathers' radio station at Puno, Peru. The station presents daily school programs for Aymara and Quechuan Indians living in rural areas. With Mr. Jones are, left to right, Bishop Julio Gonzalez Ruiz of Puno; Bishop Edward L. Fedders, M.M., of the Prelature of Juli; Kevin Dwyer, PAVLA field assistant for Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia; and Father Robert Kearns, director of the Maryknoll stations in Puno. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (V-LI-9A-64-W)
Creator:
Papal Volunteers for Latin America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hufft, Susan., Papal Volunteers for Latin America., Catholic Church--Missions--Bolivia--La Paz.
Topics:
Voluntarism--Latin America., Nurses--Bolivia--La Paz., Voluntarism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Women missionaries--Bolivia--La Paz., Missionaries--Bolivia--La Paz., Aymara Indians--Missions--Bolivia--La Paz., Aymara women--Bolivia--La Paz., Catholic hospitals--Bolivia--La Paz.
Geographic subjects:
La Paz (Bolivia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349101
Title:
Cardinal greets Papal volunteers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31464 CARDINAL GREETS PAPAL VOLUNTEERS LIMA, Peru -- American Papal Volunteers for Latin America are welcomed by Juan Cardinal Landazurri, Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru. Teaching in Lima are Thelma Stennette, left, of Seattle, Wash., and Margaret Matesich of Newark, Ohio. Cardinal Landazurri recently opened the Papal Volunteers' Regional Center in Lima at a benediction service. The Regional Center's facilities are drawn on by PAVLA workers in Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DM-LIMA-8E-64-W)
Creator:
McCarthy, Dan B. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Papal Volunteers for Latin America., Landázuri Ricketts, Juan, 1913-1997., Stennette, Thelma., Matesich, Margaret., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Lima (Peru), Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Missions--Peru--Lima.
Topics:
Voluntarism--Latin America., Voluntarism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Women missionaries--Peru--Lima., Missionaries--Peru--Lima., African American missionaries--Peru--Lima., Bishops--Peru--Lima.
Geographic subjects:
Lima (Peru)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349080
Title:
Cardinal Cushing in Peru.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31437 CARDINAL CUSHING IN PERU PAMPA DE COMAS, Peru -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, is shown as he greeted youngsters in Pampa de Comas, a slum suburban area outside Lima, Peru. The prelate visited missions and churches established by the missionary order he founded to aid the Church in Latin America. Cardinal Cushing was forced to curtail portions of his tour when, after visiting Bolivia, doctors ordered him to rest, saying he suffered from exhaustion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-8D-64-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Missions--Peru., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.)
Topics:
Church work with children--Peru--Lima., Children--Peru--Lima., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Lima (Peru)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349075
Title:
Former Marist students.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31436 FORMER MARIST STUDENTS BUENOS AIRES -- Opening of the Second World Congress of Former Marist Students at Buenos Aires. The speaker is Dr. Jose Nolazco, president of the World Union of Former Marist Students. Delegates from many countries attended the sessions at Buenos Aires University. Among the speakers was Dr. Carlos Alconada Aramburu, Argentine Minister of Education and Justice, an ex-Marist student. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BA-8D-64-W)
Creator:
McCormick, E.J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nolazco, Jose., Aramburu, Carlos Alconada., Argentina. Ministerio de Educación., Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Argentina--Buenos Aires., Catholic schools--Alumni and alumnae., Alumni and alumnae--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349074
Title:
Bible translation work progresses in Amazon jungle.
Description:
Alternate captions.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Topics:
Mashco Indians--Peru., Indigenous peoples--Peru., Literacy--Peru., Bibles--Translating., Mashco language--Translating., Campa language--Translating.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y), Peru--Religion.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348681
Title:
Bible translation work progresses in Amazon jungle.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31025 BIBLE TRANSLATION WORK PROGRESSES IN AMAZON JUNGLE NEW YORK -- Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., workers report steady progress in bringing the written Gospel to remote parts of the world, with many tribes considered still at a stone-age level now learning to read and write. At left, an Amarakaeri Indian boy in the jungles of the Upper Amazon in Peru studies a primer. His language, unwritten until five years ago, was mastered by a Wycliffe linguist, Robert Tripp. At right, a Campa Indian girl is being taught to write by Willard R. Kindberg, another Wycliffe worker who plans to remain among the Campas for 20 years with his family to produce the New Testament in the native language for the first time. Translation efforts of the Wycliffe organization are being described at the New York World’s Fair in the “2,000 Tribes Pavilion,” an exhibit named for the number of tribes in the world still without a written language. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BT-N-5D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Capa, Cornell. (photographer), Wycliffe Bible Translators. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Kindberg, Willard Roy., Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Topics:
Campa Indians--Peru., Indigenous peoples--Peru., Literacy--Peru., Bibles--Translating., Campa language--Translating.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y), Peru--Religion.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348381
Title:
Bible translation work progresses in Amazon jungle.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31025 BIBLE TRANSLATION WORK PROGRESSES IN AMAZON JUNGLE NEW YORK -- Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., workers report steady progress in bringing the written Gospel to remote parts of the world, with many tribes considered still at a stone-age level now learning to read and write. At left, an Amarakaeri Indian boy in the jungles of the Upper Amazon in Peru studies a primer. His language, unwritten until five years ago, was mastered by a Wycliffe linguist, Robert Tripp. At right, a Campa Indian girl is being taught to write by Willard R. Kindberg, another Wycliffe worker who plans to remain among the Campas for 20 years with his family to produce the New Testament in the native language for the first time. Translation efforts of the Wycliffe organization are being described at the New York World’s Fair in the “2,000 Tribes Pavilion,” an exhibit named for the number of tribes in the world still without a written language. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BT-N-5D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Capa, Cornell. (photographer), Wycliffe Bible Translators. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Wycliffe Bible Translators., Kindberg, Willard Roy.
Topics:
Mashco Indians--Peru., Indigenous peoples--Peru., Literacy--Peru., Bibles--Translating., Mashco language--Translating.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y), Peru--Religion.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348380

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