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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To become first Negro nursing Sisters.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4326 TO BECOME FIRST NEGRO NURSING SISTERS ST. LOUIS -- Said to be the first Negro girls admitted to a Catholic nursing order in America, these three young women have begun training with the Sisters of St. Mary of the Third Order of St. Francis at St. Mary’s Infirmary here. LEFT TO RIGHT they are: Pauline Townsend, Washington, D.C.; Hilda Brickus, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Betty Ebo, Bloomington, Ill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JZ-ST.L-MES-8D-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Franciscan Sisters of Mary., SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital (Saint Louis, Mo.), Townsend, Pauline., Brickus, Hilda., Ebo, Betty.
Topics:
African American Catholics--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns as nurses--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American nurses--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360301
Title:
U. Church service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Church Service Center (Saint Louis, Mo.), Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction.
Topics:
War relief--Missouri--Saint Louis., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359751
Title:
Churches rally for world relief.
Description:
Newspaper or magazine article from "The Messenger."
Creator:
Walters, Loren. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Church Service Center (Saint Louis, Mo.), Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction.
Topics:
War relief--Missouri--Saint Louis., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359702
Title:
"Hoodlum priest" dies.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29744 ‘HOODLUM PRIEST’ DIES ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Father Charles Dismas Clark, S.J., known as the “Hoodlum priest” for his work in rehabilitating former prison inmates, died in St. Louis after a long illness. He was 62. In 1959 he founded Dismas House here as a haven for ex-convicts. He is shown here before the institution named for the “good thief” crucified beside Christ. Father Clark also was responsible for setting up several other such centers in U.S. cities. His life story was the subject of a motion picture two years ago -- “The Hoodlum Priest.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8C-63-RB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Dismas House (Saint Louis, Mo.), Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963--Death and burial.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Halfway houses--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with ex-convicts--Missouri--Saint Louis., Ex-convicts--Services for--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358037
Title:
"Hoodlum priest" dies; rehabilitated convicts.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Dismas House (Saint Louis, Mo.), Clark, Charles Dismas, 1901-1963--Death and burial.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Halfway houses--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with ex-convicts--Missouri--Saint Louis., Ex-convicts--Services for--Missouri--Saint Louis., Racism in criminal justice administration--United States., Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357948
Title:
Dr. King speaks at Episcopalian meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31724 DR. KING SPEAKS AT EPISCOPALIAN MEETING ST. LOUIS -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., just before being notified that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize, addressed a dinner meeting of the unofficial Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, held in connection with the 61st General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Welcoming the noted Negro integration leader are Bishop George Cadigan of Missouri (left) and the Rev. John Morris, executive director of ESCRU. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PEC-SL-10D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Episcopal Church. National Council. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Episcopal Church--Congresses., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Cadigan, George L. (George Leslie), 1910-, Morris, John.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Nobel Prize winners--Missouri--Saint Louis., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356620
Title:
She'll pray for the Mets, Casey.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31701 SHE’LL PRAY FOR THE METS, CASEY ST. LOUIS -- The go-go-go manager of the New York Mets, an organization often but not always referred to as a professional baseball team, is halted for an autograph in St. Louis. Casey Stengel, who paid for tickets to the 1964 World Series after 10 years of spectating on the house, signs on the dotted line in St. Louis for Sister Maura, Glenmary Sisters. For the delegate to the National Conference of Catholic Charities, Casey wrote: “Dear Sister Maura: May your future years be better than the Mets’ record this year.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RAC-STL-10C-64-W)
Creator:
Clavenna, Robert. (contributor), Finke, Richard C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stengel, Casey., World Series (Baseball), National Conference of Catholic Charities (U.S.)--Congresses., New York Mets (Baseball team)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356528
Title:
Dr. King speaks at Episcopalian meeting.
Creator:
Episcopal Church. National Council. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Episcopal Church--Congresses., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Cadigan, George L. (George Leslie), 1910-, Morris, John.
Topics:
Clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Nobel Prize winners--Missouri--Saint Louis., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356490
Title:
Federation elects Negro, names "Man Of The Year."
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30524 FEDERATION ELECTS NEGRO, NAMES "MAN OF THE YEAR" ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Rev. Amos Ryce II (left), pastor of Lane Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal church, was elected president of the Metropolitan Church Federation of Greater St. Louis. He is the first Negro to head the 55-year-old organization. The federation also named Dr. Ned Cole (right), dean of Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), as "Ecumenical Man of the Year for 1963" for his ministry in his congregation, the federation and the community. Dr. Cole has been elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Central New York and plans to move to Syracuse, N.Y., in the spring. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DE-SL-1E-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cole, Ned., Christ Church Cathedral (Saint Louis, Mo.), Episcopal Church. Diocese of Central New York., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., Award winners--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353785
Title:
Federation elects Negro, names "Man Of The Year."
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30524 FEDERATION ELECTS NEGRO, NAMES "MAN OF THE YEAR" ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Rev. Amos Ryce II (left), pastor of Lane Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal church, was elected president of the Metropolitan Church Federation of Greater St. Louis. He is the first Negro to head the 55-year-old organization. The federation also named Dr. Ned Cole (right), dean of Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), as "Ecumenical Man of the Year for 1963" for his ministry in his congregation, the federation and the community. Dr. Cole has been elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Central New York and plans to move to Syracuse, N.Y., in the spring. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DE-SL-1E-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ryce, Amos, II., Lane Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Saint Louis, Mo.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., African American clergy--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American civic leaders--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353784
Title:
In spirit of St. Patrick's Day.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30734 IN SPIRIT OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY ST. LOUIS -- Nursery school went Irish in a great big way for these little fellers, who followed Sister Mary Justus through a series of jigs and reels. Photograph, taken at St. Elizabeth's Day Nursery at St. Louis, shows the nun helping Charles Kelly, left, and Bobby Morris dance to the glory of Ireland's Patron Saint. Sister Mary Justus is a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-3C-64-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Notre Dame., St. Elizabeth's Day Nursery (Saint Louis, Mo.), Kelly, Charles., Morris, Bobby.
Topics:
Saint Patrick's Day--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nursery schools--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns as teachers--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with children--Missouri--Saint Louis., Dance--Study and teaching., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353758
Title:
In the spirit.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Notre Dame., St. Elizabeth's Day Nursery (Saint Louis, Mo.), Kelly, Charles., Morris, Bobby.
Topics:
Saint Patrick's Day--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nursery schools--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns as teachers--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church work with children--Missouri--Saint Louis., Dance--Study and teaching., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353523
Title:
The great men of the liturgy movement.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Diekmann, Godfrey., St. John's Benedictine Abbey (Collegeville, Minn.), Reinhold, H. A. (Hans Ansgar), 1897-1968., Liturgical Conference, inc., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Congresses.
Topics:
Mass--Celebration., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis., English language--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Sacraments--Catholic Church., Lord's Supper.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349430
Title:
The Mass.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Clavenna, Robert A. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ritter, Joseph, 1892-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Congresses., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Mo.)
Topics:
Mass--Celebration., Mass media--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Television broadcasting--Missouri--Saint Louis., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis., English language--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349368
Title:
First 'English' Mass.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., McManus, Frederick R. (Frederick Richard), 1923-2005., Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis, Mo.), Catholic University of America--Faculty., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Congresses.
Topics:
Mass--Celebration., English language--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349255
Title:
Auditorium crowded for 'English' Mass.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31521 AUDITORIUM CROWDED FOR 'ENGLISH' MASS ST. LOUIS -- Some 12,000 delegates to the Liturgical Week convention in St. Louis attended this "English" Mass at Keil [Kiel] Auditorium. Mass was said facing the congregation. On each side of the altar are the 40 priests and deacons who distributed Communion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RAC-STL-8E-64-W)
Creator:
Westrich Photography (Saint Louis, Mo.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis, Mo.), Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Congresses., Liturgical Conference, inc., Catholic Church--Liturgy--History.
Topics:
Mass--Celebration., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349096
Title:
Liturgical pioneers at 'English' Mass.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31519 LITURGICAL PIONEERS AT 'ENGLISH' MASS ST. LOUIS -- A touching and impressive moment at the Liturgical Week convention in St. Louis. Father Godfrey Diekmann, O.S.B., of St. John's Benedictine Abbey, Collegeville, Minn., distributes Holy Communion to Father H.A. Reinhold of Pittsburgh. Father Diekmann, editor of Worship magazine, and Father Reinhold, a member of the National Catholic Liturgical Conference's board of directors, were pioneers in the U.S. liturgical movement. Picture was taken during the third 'English' Mass celebrated at the convention. In August, 1961, Father Reinhold predicted that the vernacular would be adopted by the Second Vatican Council, holding that "we (the U.S.) have more reason to be for the vernacular than any nation." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RAC-STL-8E-64-W)
Creator:
Westrich Photography (Saint Louis, Mo.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Diekmann, Godfrey., St. John's Benedictine Abbey (Collegeville, Minn.), Reinhold, H. A. (Hans Ansgar), 1897-1968., Liturgical Conference, inc., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Congresses.
Topics:
Mass--Celebration., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis., English language--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Sacraments--Catholic Church., Lord's Supper.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349095
Title:
Liturgical Week choir.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31476 LITURGICAL WEEK CHOIR ST. LOUIS -- A 390-voice choir, made up of priests, religious and laity, was assembled especially for the 25th annual Liturgical Week at St. Louis. Here C. Alexander Peloquin directs the choir before a crowd of about 12,000 at Keil [Kiel] Auditorium. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RC-STL-8E-64-W)
Creator:
Westrich Photography (Saint Louis, Mo.) (photographer), Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Peloquin, C. Alexander (Charles Alexander), 1918-1997., Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis, Mo.), Catholic Church--Congresses.
Topics:
Mass., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis., Choirs (Music)--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349088
Title:
First 'English' Mass.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31474 FIRST 'ENGLISH' MASS ST. LOUIS -- An historic moment in the American Church. Father Frederic McManus is shown as he celebrated the first Mass in which English was used. Upward of 12,000 delegates to the 25th annual Liturgical Week attended the low Mass at Keil [Kiel] Auditorium, St. Louis. Father Frederic [Frederick] McManus, professor of canon law at the Catholic University of America, Washington, is past president of the Liturgical Conference. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RC-STL-8E-64-W)
Creator:
Westrich Photography (Saint Louis, Mo.) (photographer), Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., McManus, Frederick R. (Frederick Richard), 1923-2005., Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis, Mo.), Catholic University of America--Faculty., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Congresses.
Topics:
Mass--Celebration., English language--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Congresses and conventions--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349087
Title:
At conference on Negro welfare.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30871 AT CONFERENCE ON NEGRO WELFARE ST. LOUIS, MO. -- Officers of the Midwest Clergy Conference on Negro Welfare confer at the organization’s three-day meeting at St. Louis. Left to right, they are Father Matthew Gottschalk, O.F.M. Cap., of Milwaukee, vice-president; Father Bernardin Patterson, O.S.B., of South Union, Ky., president; Father Clement Faistl, of Columbus, Ohio, secretary; and Father Philip Allen, of Wichita, Kans., treasurer. Father Bernardin, prior of St. Maur’s Priory, South Union, Ky., is the first Negro to head a Benedictine monastery in the United States. The agency is studying recommendations that it establish a national office to assist priests active in interracial work. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RAC-STL-4C-64-W)
Creator:
Clavenna, Robert A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Gottschalk, Matthew., Patterson, Bernardin J., Faistl, Clement F., Allen, Philip J.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy conferences--Missouri--Saint Louis., African American clergy--United States., Clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348410

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