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:
Cardinal Ritter.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ritter, Joseph, 1892-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Missouri--Saint Louis.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349040
Title:
Cardinal Cushing.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349039
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Creator:
New York Public Library. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Topics:
Composers--Germany., Pianists--Germany.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349038
Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Creator:
New York Public Library. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Topics:
Composers--Germany., Pianists--Germany.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349037
Title:
Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
Creator:
New York Public Library. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Diplomats--United States., Protestant authors--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349036
Title:
Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
Creator:
New York Public Library. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Diplomats--United States., Protestant authors--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349035
Title:
William Croft.
Creator:
New York Public Library. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Croft, William, 1678-1727.
Topics:
Composers--England., Organists--England.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349034
Title:
Rev. William H. Foulkes.
Creator:
Hymn Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foulkes, William Hiram, 1877-1961.
Topics:
Composers--United States., Hymn writers--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349033
Title:
Oliver Holden.
Creator:
Hymn Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Holden, Oliver, 1765-1844.
Topics:
Composers--United States., Hymn writers--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349032
Title:
Charles Wesley.
Creator:
Hymn Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788., Church of England--Clergy.
Topics:
Evangelists--England., Composers--England., Hymn writers--England.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349031
Title:
John Wesley.
Creator:
Hymn Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wesley, John, 1703-1791., Church of England--Clergy.
Topics:
Evangelists--England.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349030
Title:
Isaac Watts.
Creator:
Hymn Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.
Topics:
Congregational churches--Clergy., Composers--England., Hymn writers--England.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349029
Title:
Calvin Laufer.
Creator:
Hymn Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Laufer, Calvin Weiss, 1874-1938., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Composers--United States., Hymn writers--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349028
Title:
Reginald Heber.
Creator:
Hymn Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Heber, Reginald, 1783-1826., Church of England--Bishops.
Topics:
Composers--England., Hymn writers--England.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349027
Title:
John Bacchus Dykes.
Creator:
Hymn Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dykes, John Bacchus, 1823-1876.
Topics:
Composers--England., Hymn writers--England.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349026
Title:
Woman ordained in AME church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PN-31024 WOMAN ORDAINED IN AME CHURCH NEW YORK -- Mrs. Lillian Webb, a secretary in the National Council of Churches’ Department of Stewardship and Benevolence, is the first woman to be ordained as an itinerant minister in the New York Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is congratulated here by the Rev. Malcolm Blackburn, associate executive director of the department, which she will continue to serve. Mr. Blackburn delivered the ordinate sermon at the Macedonia AME church in Flushing, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5D-64-NBM)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348822
Title:
Demonstrators pray before dispersing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31023 DEMONSTRATORS PRAY BEFORE DISPERSING CAMBRIDGE, Md. -- A Roman Catholic priest leads demonstrators in prayer at Cambridge, Md., as they prepare to disperse. The group, which included Protestant and Catholic clergymen, had gathered at the courthouse to protest the arrest of a demonstration leader, Mrs. Gloria Richardson, a Negro. Leading the prayers is Father Louis Jaramillo of the Catholic University of America. To his right is Brig. Gen. G. M. Gelston, commander of the Maryland National Guard forces, who ordered the group to leave the area. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-5C-64-W)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348821
Title:
Ousted Greek Orthodox prelates reach U.S.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31000 OUSTED GREEK ORTHODOX PRELATES REACH U.S. NEW YORK -- Two high-ranking Greek Orthodox metropolitans, ousted from Turkey for alleged “actions harmful to the state,” arrived in New York after visits to London, Paris and Geneva. At a press conference in New York at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, Metropolitan Iakovos of Philadelphia (left) and Metropolitan Emilianos of Selefkias denied any actions against Turkey. Their forced departure was described as a political pressure move against the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, which has been under increased harassment during the Greek-Turkish conflict on Cyprus. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-5C-64-NBM)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348820
Title:
Protestant-sponsored 'demonstration Catholic Mass.'
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30996 PROTESTANT-SPONSORED ‘DEMONSTRATION CATHOLIC MASS’ CHICAGO -- An ecumenical first in the U.S. -- a Demonstration (Roman Catholic) English Mass -- will be held May 25 at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago. Twenty Protestant groups -- five seminaries and 14 churches -- are co-sponsors of the program along with the Catholic Adult Education Center of Chicago and local Catholic parishes. Denominations to be represented include Baptist, Unitarian, United Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian, Methodist, Luther and Protestant Episcopal groups. The experimental mass in English to be demonstrated is the work of a young Chicago composer, Dennis Fitzpatrick, shown below. According to the Catholic Adult Education Center, “because his work incorporates actual and contemplate changes by Vatican Council II, it will afford a new experience for Roman Catholic and Protestant alike.” Dr. Howard C. Schomer, president of Chicago Theological Seminary (United Church of Christ), said “many traditional Protestant misunderstandings of the intent of Roman Catholic worship may be dissolved in surprise and joy at this ecumenical event at Rockefeller Chapel.” Mr. Roger Nachtwey, a singer, will portray the role of the “priest” in the demonstration mass. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FEL-CHI-5B-64-W)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348819
Title:
President urges religious civil rights support.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30963 PRESIDENT URGES RELIGIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- America’s religious community was challenged by President Johnson to “reawaken the conscience” of the nation and make the civil rights bill -- which he predicted would pass -- an effective force in the struggle for equal justice. A total of 177 Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen heard the President in the East Room of the White House on the day following a mass interreligious convocation at Georgetown University to demand passage of the civil rights bill. Seated under painting to the President’s right, from right to left, are top Protestant, Catholic and Jewish spokesmen: Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America; Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and a vice chairman of the National Council of Churches’ race commission; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, NCC race commission chairman and chief administrative officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington, and Rabbi Lewis A. Weintraub, president of the Washington Board of Rabbis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-DC-5A-64-NBM)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348818

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