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:
Signs of the past.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Suggested for use in connection with Brotherhood Week, Feb. 20-27 PC-49290 SIGNS OF THE PAST Like the Birmingham, Alabama, store they are located on, “colored” and “white” entrances have been abandoned in this country. But signs of the recent past such as these still remain to remind Americans that there is a long way to go towards achieving mutual respect. Brotherhood Week, a program of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in cooperation with schools, churches and synagogues, civic, service and community organizations, serves to remind us that “Brotherhood Begins with Respect.” Brotherhood Week will be observed for the 44th time from Feb. 20-27. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Vernon Sigl (VS-NY-2A-77-DS)
Creator:
Sigl, Vernon. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Segregation--United States., Signs and signboards--Alabama--Birmingham., Brotherhood Week--United States., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358356
Title:
Stassen and unidentified person.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357378
Title:
Clinchy, Stassen, and unidentified person.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001., Clinchy, Everett R. (Everett Ross), 1896-1986., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357377
Title:
Stassen, Fannie Hurst, and unidentified person.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357376
Title:
Judge Cross & Stassen.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357375
Title:
Stassen & Farley.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357374
Title:
Stassen & Farley.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357373
Title:
Stassen & Clinchy.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001., Clinchy, Everett R. (Everett Ross), 1896-1986., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357372
Title:
Here to plan international conference.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HERE TO PLAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE #S-1243 [sic] NEW YORK -- The Rev. William W. Simpson, general secretary of the British Council of Christians and Jews, has arrived in this country to confer with leaders of the National Conference of Christians and Jews on plans for the convening next year of an international Conference of Christians and Jews. It will be the first such international, interfaith conference ever held. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-MES-12-10-5)
Subject names:
Council of Christians and Jews., International Council of Christians and Jews--Congresses., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Simpson, W. W. (William Wynn), 1907-1987., Clinchy, Everett R. (Everett Ross), 1896-1986., Johnson, Willard., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Great Britain., Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity--Relations--Judaism., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357004
Title:
Discuss international conference of Christians and Jews.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: DISCUSS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS #1242 NEW YORK -- The Rev. William W. Simpson (center), general secretary of the British Council of Christians and Jews, confers here with Dr. Everett Clinchy, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (right), and Willard Johnson, assistant to Dr. Clinchy, on plans for an international conference of Christians and Jews, to be held next Summer. It will be the first such international interfaith conference ever held. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RS-NY-MES-12-10-5)
Subject names:
Council of Christians and Jews., International Council of Christians and Jews--Congresses., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Simpson, W. W. (William Wynn), 1907-1987., Clinchy, Everett R. (Everett Ross), 1896-1986., Johnson, Willard., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Great Britain., Ecumenical movement--United States., Congresses and conventions--England--Oxford., Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity--Relations--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356914
Title:
Citations.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1159a “Citations” Basil O’Connor receives citation from Dr. Everett R. Clinchy in 1945
Subject names:
O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972., Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.), Clinchy, Everett R. (Everett Ross), 1896-1986., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Awards., National Conference of Christians and Jews., American Red Cross--Presidents., National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis--Presidents., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Award presentations--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356871
Title:
Noted Catholic Layman honored.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: “Citations” NOTED CATHOLIC LAYMAN HONORED #1159 NEW YORK -- Basil O’Connor, noted Catholic layman (right), receives a citation from Dr. Everett R. Clincy, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The citation honored Mr. O’Connor as a “public servant of rare distinction and accomplishment.” It was presented at a dinner in the Waldorf Astoria hotel attended by a large number of notables. Mr. O’Connor is president of the American Red Cross, and president of the National Foundation on Infantile Paralysis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MC-NY-LM-11-30-5)
Subject names:
O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972., Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.), Clinchy, Everett R. (Everett Ross), 1896-1986., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Awards., National Conference of Christians and Jews., American Red Cross--Presidents., National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis--Presidents., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Award presentations--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356870
Title:
Christian-Jewish relations authority visits U.S.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31800 CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS AUTHORITY VISITS U.S. NEW YORK -- Dr. Gertrud Luckner, noted German Catholic scholar who has devoted most of her life to improving interreligious relations, and Rabbi Arthur Gilbert, staff consultant to the National Conference of Christians and Jews’ Religious Freedom and Public Affairs Project, examine a copy of a publication she edits, “Freiburger Rundbrief.” Dr. Luckner, who survived three years in a Nazi concentration camp and has been honored by Israel on many occasion for her assistance to Jews, was the guest at a reception held in New York as she arrived in the U.S. for a two-month lecture tour. Her publication, which is devoted to “promoting friendship between the old and new people of God under both the Old and New Testaments,” is sponsored by Catholics but also features articles by Protestants and Jews. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-NY-11B-64-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Luckner, Gertrud., Gilbert, Arthur., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--Germany., Women in church work--New York (State)--New York., Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356677
Title:
NCCJ examines responsibilities in changing times.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31738 NCCJ EXAMINES RESPONSIBILITIES IN CHANGING TIMES PHILADELPHIA -- Some 130 officials of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, concerned with responsibility for the public order, met in Philadelphia to discuss the civil rights struggle, the urban crisis and the interreligious situation. Shown at a luncheon held in connection with a national staff meeting are from left: Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, president of the NCCJ; and Philip Scharper, editor-in-chief of Sheed & Ward publishing house in New York, who spoke on the religious relevance to the temporal order. Dr. Jones said the purpose of the meeting was to “examine our responsibilities in the rapidly changing period in which we live.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-10D-64-NAB)
Creator:
National Conference of Christians and Jews. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., Horchler, Richard., Jones, Lewis Webster, 1899-1975., Scharper, Philip J.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356621
Title:
Acceptance of pluralism, reliance on dialogue cited to NCCJ.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., Horchler, Richard., Jones, Lewis Webster, 1899-1975., Scharper, Philip J., Sheed and Ward (Firm)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Christianity--Relations--Judaism., Leadership--Religious aspects--Christianity., Community leadership--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church and social problems--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356381
Title:
Catholic editor addresses NCCJ meeting.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., Horchler, Richard., Jones, Lewis Webster, 1899-1975., Scharper, Philip J., Sheed and Ward (Firm)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Editors--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356324
Title:
Tide of public opinion held turning against radical groups.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., Larson, Arthur., Council for Civic Responsibility (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church and social problems--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Radicalism--United States., Internationalism--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356257
Title:
Catholics and Jews hold theological colloquy.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32091 CATHOLICS AND JEWS HOLD THEOLOGICAL COLLOQUY LATROBE, Pa. -- Participants in a Catholic-Jewish theological colloquy at St. Vincent’s Archabbey, Latrobe, included these noted clergymen. Left to right: Archabbot Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B., of St. Vincent’s; Father John B. Sheerin, C.S.P., editor of the Catholic World; Father Francis Bruce Vawter, C.M., of DePaul University, Chicago; and Rabbi Solomon Grayzel, editor of the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia. The dialogue was held under auspices of the American Benedictine Academy and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Archabbot Weakland said the meeting, stimulated by the spirit of the Vatican Council, enabled eminent scholars to discuss “issues that touch on Jewish and Catholic relations.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-1D-65-NAB)
Creator:
Saint Vincent Archabbey (Latrobe, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Saint Vincent Archabbey (Latrobe, Pa.), Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism., Weakland, Rembert., Catholic Church--Clergy., Sheerin, John B., Vawter, Bruce., DePaul University--Faculty., Grayzel, Solomon, 1896-1980., Jewish Publication Society., American Benedictine Academy., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Topics:
Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church., Rabbis--Pennsylvania--Latrobe., Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Latrobe., Religious disputations--Pennsylvania--Latrobe., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Latrobe., Editors--Pennsylvania--Latrobe.
Geographic subjects:
Latrobe (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355857
Title:
Ecumenical spirit hailed at brotherhood event.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30628 ECUMENICAL SPIRIT HAILED AT BROTHERHOOD EVENT NEW YORK -- An interreligious audience of some 1,200 at a Brotherhood Week luncheon in New York heard Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston (second from left), cite recent gains in the ecumenical movement and call for increased contacts and conversations among men of various faiths. Other participants included (from left to right) included: Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz, former president of the New York Board of Rabbis, who gave a brief address in response to the cardinal; Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, who delivered the invocation; Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, which annually sponsors Brotherhood Week, and the Rev. Edler G. Hawkins, pastor of St. Augustine United Presbyterian Church in New York, who gave the benediction. The luncheon was sponsored by the Manhattan region of the NCCJ. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-2D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Mowshowitz, Israel., New York Board of Rabbis., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Jones, Lewis Webster, 1899-1975., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Hawkins, Edler G., 1908-1977., St. Augustine Presbyterian Church (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement., Christianity--Relations--Judaism., Brotherhood Week--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353854
Title:
Brotherhood Week poster, 1964.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Topics:
Christian leadership., Interdenominational cooperation., Posters.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353697

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