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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Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4125 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [6] BOSTON -- The Rev. E. K. Van Winkle, instructor at the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital, makes a sick call upon one of the patients. Mr. Van Winkle is a Protestant Episcopal clergyman from Worcester, Mass. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359786
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4124 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [5] BOSTON -- Practical work around a hospital means tidying up, as the Rev. Allen L. Lewis, of Terre Haute, Ind., learns during his six-week course at the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at Massachusetts General Hospital here. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Lewis, Allen L.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359785
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4123 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [4] BOSTON -- One of the daily duties of students at the Summer Institute of Pastorals Care at Massachusetts General Hospital here is to call upon hospital patients. Here the Rev. E. K. Van Winkle, Protestant Episcopal clergymen from Worcester, Mass. (left), and the Rev. James H. Burns, Baptist minister from Princeton, Mass., instructors, are checking up with a nurse on request from patients for calls. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Burns, James H.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359784
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4122 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [3] BOSTON -- Students at the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at Massachusetts General Hospital here kneel in prayer in the hospital chapel during a morning service prior to taking up their round of duties and studies. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359783
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4121 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [2] BOSTON -- The Rev. Allen L. Lewis, of Terre Haute, Ind. (right), a student at the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at Massachusetts General Hospital here works in the hospital laundry as part of his orderly duties. Landing a helping hand is the Rev. E. K. Van Winkle, Protestant Episcopal clergyman from Worcester, Mass., who is an instructor at the Institute. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Lewis, Allen L., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359782
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4120B HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [1] BOSTON -- A four-man staff directs the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital here. Photo shows the Rev. Rollin R. Fairbanks, executive director (second from right), discussing the day’s schedule. Instructors are (left to right): the Rev. E. K. Van Winkle, Protestant Episcopal clergyman from Worcester, Mass.; Joseph F. Coble, Methodist theological student from North Carolina, and the Rev. James H. Burns, Baptist minister from Princeton, Mass. Mr. Fairbanks is chaplain of the hospital. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Fairbanks, Rollin R., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Coble, Joseph F., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Burns, James H.
Topics:
Baptists--Clergy., Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359781
Title:
Women of the Bible.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 4111 WOMEN OF THE BIBLE [7] Sarah the princess, wife of Abraham.
Creator:
Brochart. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sarah, (Biblical matriarch)--Art.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism., Women in the Bible., Bible--Illustrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359780
Title:
Women of the Bible.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 4110 WOMEN OF THE BIBLE [6] Judith.
Creator:
Vernet, Horace. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Judith, (Biblical figure)--Art.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism., Women in the Bible., Bible--Illustrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359779
Title:
Women of the Bible.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 4109 WOMEN OF THE BIBLE [5] Jezebel.
Creator:
Broehart. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jezebel, Queen, consort of Ahab, King of Israel.--Art.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism., Women in the Bible., Bible--Illustrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359778
Title:
Women of the Bible.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 4108 WOMEN OF THE BIBLE [4] Jephthah’s daughter.
Creator:
Merle. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jephthah's daughter, (Biblical figure)--Art.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism., Women in the Bible., Bible--Illustrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359777
Title:
Women of the Bible.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 4107 WOMEN OF THE BIBLE [3] Queen Esther.
Creator:
Boulauger. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ester, Queen of Persia--Art.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism., Women in the Bible., Bible--Illustrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359776
Title:
Women of the Bible.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 4106 WOMEN OF THE BIBLE [2] Deborah.
Creator:
Laudelle. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Deborah, (Biblical judge)--Art.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism., Women in the Bible., Bible--Illustrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359775
Title:
Women of the Bible.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 4105 WOMEN OF THE BIBLE [1] Delilah.
Creator:
Baader. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Delilah, (Biblical figure)--Art.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism., Women in the Bible., Bible--Illustrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359774
Title:
Discuss veterans and the Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4092 DISCUSS VETERANS AND THE CHURCH COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Bishop James H. Straughn, of Pittsburgh, is shown with ex-GIs during a discussion group session at the Methodist Bishops’ Conference with Returned Veterans. Some 700 former servicemen from 45 states came here for the meetings, which stressed veterans’ problems and their relationship to the church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GS-COL-MES-7B-6-M)
Creator:
Saul. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Straughn, James H., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops.
Topics:
Church work with veterans--Ohio--Columbus., Church and social problems--Ohio--Columbus., Group counseling--Ohio--Columbus., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359770
Title:
Standards at Mother Cabrini Canonization.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4088-4089 STANDARDS AT MOTHER CABRINI CANONIZATION ROME -- One of the canvases which hung from the balconies in St. Peter’s Basilica at the canonization of Mother Cabrini is shown above, left. The painting depicts the miraculous cure of Paul Pezzini, an Italian workman who for 25 years was afflicted with a tumor and who was also stricken with acute double pneumonia and an intestinal inflammation. This was one of the two miracles accepted in 1944 by Pope Pius XII which led to the diminutive nun’s canonization within 30 years after her death in Chicago. At the right is shown a standard which looked out over St. Peter’s Square, outside the Basilica. The canvas portrays the new Saint accompanied by two of the heavenly host, while at the bottom of the panel a ship steams through the sea toward the New York skyline. Mother Cabrini crossed the Atlantic 26 times, became a naturalized American citizen in Seattle in 1909. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BE-RO-JOG-7B-6-C)
Creator:
Bergh. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917., Pezzini, Paul.
Topics:
Gathering rites., Canonization., Christian saints--United States., Religious art--Italy--Rome., Christian art and symbolism--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359769
Title:
Banner at canonization.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4086-4087 BANNER AT CANONIZATION ROME -- Carried aloft in the Papal procession which opened the ceremony of canonization of Mother Cabrini in St. Peter’s Basilica was the resplendent standard shown here. On the front of the banner (left) Mother Cabrini looks down from heaven with compassion on the ill, the needy, and the helpless. The reverse side of the banner (right) depicts the small, frail nun as she knelt before Pope Leo XIII who instructed her to labor in the United States rather than go to China, a land which had attracted her from childhood. In the background is the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, which Mother Cabrini first beheld in 1889 upon completion of her initial voyage from Italy. Before her death in Chicago in 1917 Mother Cabrini crossed the Atlantic 26 times. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BE-RO-JOG-7B-6-C)
Creator:
Bergh. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917., Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.
Topics:
Gathering rites., Canonization., Christian saints--United States., Religious art--Italy--Rome., Christian art and symbolism--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359768
Title:
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
Title:
Church night.
Description:
Text transcribed from log book: 4075 Church night.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings., Snow.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359766
Title:
The model child.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4051 THE MODEL CHILD (No. 7 in a series of scenes of the life of Christ modeled in wax by the Italian sculptor, D. Mastroianni.) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-PAR-MES-8E-6-C-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesus Christ--Art., Mastroianni, D. (Domenico), 1876-1962., Jesus Christ--Chronology.
Topics:
Wax-modeling., Portrait sculpture, Italian., Christian art and symbolism.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359763
Title:
The return from Egypt.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4050 THE RETURN FROM EGYPT (Sixth in a series of scenes of the life of Christ modeled in wax by the Italian sculptor D. Mastroianni.) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-PAR-MES-8D-6-W-C)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesus Christ--Art., Mastroianni, D. (Domenico), 1876-1962., Jesus Christ--Chronology.
Topics:
Wax-modeling., Portrait sculpture, Italian., Christian art and symbolism.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359762

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