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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Unusual Sunday school.
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Text transcribed from caption: UNUSUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL #S-4900 PITTSBURGH -- The Rev. James T. Orr reaches the climax of a Bible story at one of America’s most unique Sunday Schools. It is the Sunday School at the Alleghany County Juvenile Home, sponsored by the Council of Churches and the Board of Directors, for neglected and delinquent children ranging from six to 18 years old. Between 70 and 80 children attend each Sunday, singing hymns, repeating scriptures, listening to Bible stories and worshipping at an altar (above) made by inmates of Western Penitentiary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANH-PITTS-12C-6-JOG-2-SS)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Orr, James T.
Topics:
Clergy--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Sunday schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Juvenile detention homes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Religious education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360577
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Church schools provide summer interests.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4077 CHURCH SCHOOLS PROVIDE SUMMER INTERESTS PITTSBURGH, Penn. -- Summer church schools, growing in popularity since the turn of the century, are once more in full swing throughout the country. Here Carol Schultise displays articles made by youngsters attending combined classes of the Mt. Zion and Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran churches. There are from 150 to 200 churches conducting vacation schools in the Pittsburgh area alone. The idea also has extended to Canada and China. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AMH-PITTS-MES-7B-6-O-SS)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Schultise, Carol., Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Topics:
Summer schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church and education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Missions--Educational work--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church work with children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359767
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Miniature church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4053 MINIATURE CHURCH [2] PITTSBURGH -- From the pulpit of the miniature children’s church of Emory Methodist church here a youngster reads a Bible text while his “congregation” listens attentively. Children conduct their own services in the church, which has a steeple, bell, small piano, eight stained glass windows and pews to accommodate a dozen tiny tots. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AMH-PITTS-MES-7A-6-Y-M)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Emory Methodist Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Topics:
Play--Religious aspects--Christianity., Children's playhouses--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church work with children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359765
Title:
Miniature church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4052 MINIATURE CHURCH [1] PITTSBURGH -- This miniature church is a special attraction for the younger generation attending Emory Methodist Church here. It has a steeple, bell, small piano, eight stained glass windows, and pews to accommodate a dozen youngsters. The children conduct their own services and there is a small pulpit from which the group leader may recite memorized Bible texts. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AMH-PITTS-MES-7A-6-Y-M)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Emory Methodist Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Topics:
Play--Religious aspects--Christianity., Children's playhouses--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church work with children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359764
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Seeks guarantees for Christians in Lebanon.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SEEKS GUARANTEES FOR CHRISTIANS IN LEBANON #c-3685 PITTSBURGH -- Christians in Lebanon want a United National guarantee of religious freedom, according to the Rt. Rev. Chor-Bishop Antoun Akl, a high dignitary of the Maronite (Eastern Rite) Catholic Church shown here (right) with the Rev. Elias Basil, pastor of St. Anne’s Syro-Maronite Catholic church. According to Bishop Akl, the Christians in Lebanon, only country in the Levant not dominated by Moslems, fear a pan-Arabic union. This would leave Lebanon Christians isolated in a Moslem world, Bishop Akl says, and they feel their religious liberties might be curtailed in such a situation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AMH-PITTS-MES-5D-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Akl, Antoun., Catholic Church--Maronite rite--Clergy., Basil, Elias.
Topics:
Freedom of religion--Lebanon., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Christianity and other religions--Islam., Christianity and other religions--Lebanon., Islam--Relations--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.), Lebanon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359574
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Priest acts as OPA official.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PRIEST ACTS AS OPA OFFICIAL #c-3178 PITTSBURGH -- The Rev. Charles O. Rice implements his spiritual ministry by acting as OPA district rent director here, an activity which he feels brings religion into the everyday problems of life. Here Father Rice (right) is giving reassuring advice to harried apartment house tenant who have come to consult him in the fear that when their leases expire May 1 they will be evicted. Father Rice says “the rush is twice as bad as last year.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PP-PA-MES-4A-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Office of Price Administration., Catholic Church--Clergy., Rice, Charles Owen.
Topics:
Housing--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Scarcity., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Eviction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church and social problems--Catholic Church., Church and social problems--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359104

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