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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Instant replay perfects preaching.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45879 INSTANT REPLAY PERFECTS PREACHING WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Father John Burke of the U.S. Army Chaplain Board, Fort Meade, Md., uses a cassette tape recorder to critique sermons submitted by Army chaplains. Father Burke, a Roman Catholic Dominican priest who is executive director of the Word of God Institute in Washington, serves as the resource consultant of a new project of the Army’s Chaplain Board called Preaching Exchange. The Exchange offers each participating chaplain a sermon critique through the medium of cassette tape. Chaplains throughout the Army are able to tape record one of their sermons, send it to the Exchange, and receive immediate and valuable feedback on their preaching. Father Burke audits the sermons and, on the “flip-side” of the cassette tape, provides each chaplain with a critique based upon theological, homiletical and communication guidelines. The Exchange is a direct result of efforts by the Chief of Army Chaplains, Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Gerhardt W. Hyatt, who believes that “every chaplain in the Army, no matter what his age, should be developing his preaching talent.” His emphasis has led to a renewal of interest in preaching among Army chaplains as evidenced in preaching clinics, workshops, conferences and programs of continuing education. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WAS-8B-74-DS)
Creator:
United States. Army Command Information Unit. (publisher), Rodgers, John H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Burke, John., United States. Army Chaplain Board., Dominicans.
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Cassette tape recorders., Audiocassettes in education., Clergy--Post-ordination training., Military chaplains--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Fort George G. Meade (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360920
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Pilgrimage of hope.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45693 PILGRIMAGE OF HOPE PHILADELPHIA -- An interfaith group, including India’s famed Mother Teresa, listens to Msgr. Philip Dowling (right), former executive of the Cardinal’s Commission on Human Relations, address the more than 5,000 participants in Philadelphia’s Pilgrimage of Hope. From left are: Stanley Culbreth, president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Mrs. Abraham Joshua Heschel, widow of the late rabbi; Mother Teresa, and Cardinal John Krol, Archbishop of Philadelphia. The mile-long, candlelight pilgrimage, a major event in the Philadelphia Roman Catholic Archdiocese’s observance of the Holy Year, featured readings and reflections by Protestant, Jewish and Catholic clergymen as the procession stopped at a Methodist church, a monument to Jewish martyrs and the Catholic Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. The procession began at Philadelphia’s City Hall and ended at the Art Museum where speakers dealt with the theme of reconciliation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JPF-PHI-6C-74-DS)
Creator:
Halvey, Robert S. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Clergy., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Teresa, Mother, Saint, 1910-1997., Dowling, Philip., Culbreth, Stanley., Heschel, Sylvia, 1914-2007., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.), Catholic Church--Customs and practices.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Nuns--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Speeches, addresses, etc., Rabbis' spouses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360897
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Proud parents.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-45907 PROUD PARENTS NASHVILLE -- Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dean are joined by their son, Father Edwin Dean, Jr., as they look over a newspaper account of his recent ordination to the priesthood at their Nashville home. Father Dean, the first black Tennessean to become a Catholic priest, was brought up as a Baptist and attended the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. with his parents until he was 12, when he made the decision to become a Catholic. Mrs. Dean said that she and her husband had no objection to their son’s becoming a priest. “The whole family attended his ordination service, along with almost all the congregation of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.” She said her son first expressed an interest in the Catholic Church at the age of four. He attended St. Vincent de Paul School, in the parish he now serves as assistant pastor, from the second grade on and was baptized a Catholic at age 13. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TA-NAS-8C-74-DS)
Creator:
Andrews, Teena. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Dean, Edwin, Jr., Dean, Edwin.
Topics:
Clergy--Tennessee--Nashville., African American clergy--Tennessee--Nashville., Catholic converts--Tennessee--Nashville.
Geographic subjects:
Nashville (Tenn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360865
Title:
Don't mess with father.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45900 DON’T MESS WITH FATHER ELMIRA, N.Y. -- Father Thomas Streb says Mass and does the thousand and one things every parish priest does, plus one more. He takes judo lessons. At six feet two and 235 pounds, it’s not, as Father Streb explains it, for protection. “I’m interested in it mainly as a sport,” said the assistant past of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Elmira Heights, N.Y., “I thought it would be a challenge. It is.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-ROC-8B-74-DS)
Creator:
McKinney, Susan. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Streb, Thomas., Wilson, John., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--Elmira., Judo., Judo--Training.
Geographic subjects:
Elmira (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360861
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High kicking charismatics.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-45877 HIGH KICKING CHARISMATICS SAN DIEGO -- Making like a chorus line, leaders at the regional conference of Catholic Charismatic Renewal praise the Lord with dance during a three-day meeting in San Diego. From left are: Deacon Kevin Ranaghan of South Bend, Ind., an author and keynote speaker; his wife, Dorothy; Bob Cavnar of Dallas, a speaker at a general session; Father Leo E. Begin, O.P., of Hollywood; Gerard Frederick of Seattle, and Dennis Higbe of San Diego. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DP-SD-8B-74-DS)
Creator:
Pitre, Dan E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (U.S.), Ranaghan, Kevin., Ranaghan, Dorothy., Cavnar, Bob., Begin, Leo E., Catholic Church--Clergy., Frederick, Gerard., Higbe, Dennis.
Topics:
Pentecostalism--Catholic Church., Clergy--California--San Diego., Revivals--California--San Diego., Dance--California--San Diego.
Geographic subjects:
San Diego (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360860
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Priest-hostage injured in prison break attempt.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-45864 PRIEST-HOSTAGE INJURED IN PRISON BREAK ATTEMPT HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Father Joseph O’Brien, 48, chaplain at the Huntsville, Texas, State Prison, manages a weak smile from his hospital bed after he was shot by an inmate during an attempt by three armed convicts to break out of the prison. The inmates had seized 15 hostages 11 days before the escape attempt. They later released three persons and Father O’Brien volunteered to serve as a hostage. During the attempted break-out, two of the convicts and two women hostages were killed. The other inmate and another male hostage were injured. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-HUN-8B-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., O'Brien, Joseph., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Hostages--Texas--Huntsville., Victims of crimes--Texas--Huntsville., Prisons--Texas--Huntsville., Escaped prisoners--Texas--Huntsville., Clergy--Texas--Huntsville., Prison chaplains--Texas--Huntsville., Gunshot wounds.
Geographic subjects:
Huntsville (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360859
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Deportation hearing for Maryknoll priest.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45863 DEPORTATION HEARING FOR MARYKNOLL PRIEST MARYKNOLL, N.Y. -- Father Edward M. Gerlock, M.M. (right, top photo) a Maryknoll missionary from Binghampton, N.Y., appears at a deportation hearing in the Philippines with his chief counsel, Lorenzo M. Tanada, a former Senator in the Philippine National Congress. Below, documents are marked during the hearings as spectators look on. At the table, from left to right, are: Mr. Tanada, Father Gerlock, a deportation board clerk and a Philippine National Constabulary officer called as a witness. Maryknoll Bishop Joseph W. Regan, M.M., of Tagum stands at far right. Father Gerlock, arrested by the government at Tagum on the island of Mindanao last October, is still awaiting a ruling by the deportation board although the hearing on his case began in December 1973. Charged with being critical of Filipino martial law, he is free to “come and go” within the city of Manila but is still in a kind of “limbo” so far as his future is concerned. One of three Maryknollers arrested in October 1973 and slated for deportation, the veteran of 12 years’ service in the Philippines decided to plead “not guilty” to charges and demand a hearing. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-MNY-8B-74-DS)
Creator:
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Philippines., Gerlock, Edward., Tañada, Lorenzo M. (Lorenzo Martínez), 1908-, Regan, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1905-1994., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Missionaries--Philippines--Manila., Deportation--Philippines., Clergy--Philippines--Manila., Lawyers--Philippines--Manila., Court proceedings--Philippines., Bishops--Philippines--Manila.
Geographic subjects:
Manila (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360858
Title:
Where arson killed a priest.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45858 WHERE ARSON KILLED A PRIEST NEW YORK -- Scene of a “set” fire in which a priest died, four priest and 16 firemen were injured in New York city. Fire inspectors and a parish priest check damage at the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church rectory in New York City. Father Thomas Smith, 65, a Dominican, died of a heart attack induced by heavy smoke inhalation. Suspect in the arson case was a man wanted in California on other charges who had been only recently released from a mental institution in Washington, D.C. The man was also charged with setting fires at two Episcopal churches on the same day. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (S-NY-8A-74-W)
Creator:
Sheridan, Chris. (photographer), Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Catholic Church--Clergy., Smith, Thomas--Death and burial.
Topics:
Clergy--Death., Fires--New York (State)--New York., Church buildings--Fires and fire prevention., Arson--New York (State)--New York., Fires--Casualties.
Geographic subjects:
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360856
Title:
Ministry of healing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45832 MINISTRY OF HEALING NEW ORLEANS -- Father Francis MacNutt, O.P., of St. Louis, noted in Catholic Charismatic Renewal for his healing ministry, prays over a participant in the seventh annual Catechetical and Pastoral Institute at Loyola University of the South. Father MacNutt, former head of the Christian Preaching Conference, addressed an overflow audience on healing. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (G-NO-7D-74-W)
Creator:
Gurtner, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., MacNutt, Francis., Catholic Church--Clergy., Dominicans., Loyola University (New Orleans, La.), National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (U.S.)
Topics:
Clergy--Louisiana--New Orleans., Spiritual healing--Catholic Church., Spiritual healing--Louisiana--New Orleans., Pentecostalism--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
New Orleans (La.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360855
Title:
Center of attraction.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45700 CENTER OF ATTRACTION SAGINAW, Mich. -- Father Bartholomew Kestell and his puppet, “Father Oscar,” entertain a group of youngsters at St. Joseph School in Saginaw, Mich. The Capuchin priest was in the Midwest for a brief vacation following his second four-year mission stint on the Persian Gulf sheikdom of Bahrain Island. A man in perpetual motion who is sometimes called “The Brown Tornado” (for his brown robe) by fellow priests, Father Barth, a native of New Holstein, Wisc., is widely known in Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan for his wide range of talents. He is an architect, an archaeologist, a puppeteer, a historian and a former Navy chaplain. When Father Barth returns to the Mid-East, he will begin construction on the first Catholic church in Oman, another Persian Gulf sheikdom, in more than 300 years. The church will reflect Arabic architecture because, as Father Barth explains, 50 years from now it might serve as a mosque. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BFS-SAG-6C-74-DS)
Creator:
Sauve, Bernard F. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kestell, Bartholomew., Capuchins., Catholic Church--Clergy., St. Joseph School (Saginaw, Mich.)--Students.
Topics:
Clergy--Michigan--Saginaw., Monks--Michigan--Saginaw., Architects--Michigan--Saginaw., Hand puppets., Church architecture--Oman., Children--Michigan--Saginaw., African American children--Michigan--Saginaw.
Geographic subjects:
Saginaw (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360847
Title:
Happy day for eight youngsters.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45698 HAPPY DAY FOR EIGHT YOUNGSTERS NEW YORK -- While Confirmation is normally not an unusual sacrament, it is for a group of eight students -- all of them brain-damaged or emotionally disturbed children -- as they are confirmed by Auxiliary Bishop Patrick Ahern of New York during a ceremony in St. Eugene’s Chapel of Sacred Heart Church in the Bronx. The youngsters are children at the Murray Hill Classes, a nonsectarian private school for children who have been excluded from public school because of the severity of their illnesses. The school rents the chapel from Sacred Heart Parish and uses it as a classroom building. Father Joseph Gleeson (right), associate pastor at the parish, is a volunteer teacher in the school’s released time religious education program. It was he who prepared the youngsters for Confirmation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-6C-74-DS)
Creator:
Sheridan, Chris. (photographer), Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Clergy., Ahern, Patrick V., Gleeson, Joseph.
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Confirmation--New York (State)--New York., Confirmation--Catholic Church., Sacraments--Catholic Church., Mass., Children with disabilities--New York (State)--New York., Children with disabilities--Religious life.
Geographic subjects:
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360846
Title:
Priest to receive award.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., MacNutt, Francis., Catholic Church--Clergy., Dominicans., Franciscans--Awards.
Topics:
Clergy--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Awards., Pentecostalism--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360837
Title:
Father MacNutt will receive Franciscan international award.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., MacNutt, Francis., Catholic Church--Clergy., Dominicans., Franciscans--Awards.
Topics:
Clergy--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Awards., Pentecostalism--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360823
Title:
Priest-hostage injured in prison break attempt.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., O'Brien, Joseph., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Hostages--Texas--Huntsville., Victims of crimes--Texas--Huntsville., Prisons--Texas--Huntsville., Escaped prisoners--Texas--Huntsville., Clergy--Texas--Huntsville., Prison chaplains--Texas--Huntsville., Gunshot wounds.
Geographic subjects:
Huntsville (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360811
Title:
Makes a happy day in the Bronx.
Description:
Clipping from an unknown issue of Catholic New York, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of New York.
Creator:
Sheridan, Chris. (author), Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Clergy., Ahern, Patrick V., Gleeson, Joseph.
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Confirmation--New York (State)--New York., Confirmation--Catholic Church., Sacraments--Catholic Church., Mass., Children with disabilities--New York (State)--New York., Children with disabilities--Religious life.
Geographic subjects:
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360809
Title:
Deportation hearing for Maryknoll priest.
Creator:
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Philippines., Gerlock, Edward., Tañada, Lorenzo M. (Lorenzo Martínez), 1908-, Regan, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1905-1994., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Missionaries--Philippines--Manila., Deportation--Philippines., Clergy--Philippines--Manila., Lawyers--Philippines--Manila., Court proceedings--Philippines., Bishops--Philippines--Manila.
Geographic subjects:
Manila (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360799
Title:
Maryknoller exists in a kind of 'limbo.'
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Philippines., Gerlock, Edward., Tañada, Lorenzo M. (Lorenzo Martínez), 1908-
Topics:
Missionaries--Philippines--Manila., Deportation--Philippines., Clergy--Philippines--Manila., Lawyers--Philippines--Manila., Court proceedings--Philippines., Martial law--Philippines.
Geographic subjects:
Maryknoll (N.Y.), Manila (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360779
Title:
Center of attraction.
Creator:
Sauve, Bernard F. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kestell, Bartholomew., Capuchins., Catholic Church--Clergy., St. Joseph School (Saginaw, Mich.)--Students.
Topics:
Clergy--Michigan--Saginaw., Monks--Michigan--Saginaw., Architects--Michigan--Saginaw., Hand puppets., Church architecture--Oman., Children--Michigan--Saginaw., African American children--Michigan--Saginaw.
Geographic subjects:
Saginaw (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360767
Title:
Pilgrimage of hope.
Creator:
Halvey, Robert S. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Clergy., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Teresa, Mother, Saint, 1910-1997., Dowling, Philip., Culbreth, Stanley., Heschel, Sylvia, 1914-2007., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.), Catholic Church--Customs and practices.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Nuns--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Speeches, addresses, etc., Rabbis' spouses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360729
Title:
Don't mess with father.
Creator:
McKinney, Susan. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Streb, Thomas., Wilson, John., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--Elmira., Judo., Judo--Training.
Geographic subjects:
Elmira (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360671

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