Religious News Service Photographs

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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46504 ‘CRUCIFIXION OF MAN’ GENEVA -- In a Geneva studio, Guido Rocha works on his “Crucifixion of Man,” a work he says is based on the physical torture he suffered in the prisons of Brazil. Mr. Rocha was arrested for protesting against oppression, was tortured and then “acquitted.” He then fled to Chile where he was caught up in the military coup that overthrew the government of Marxist President Salvador Allende in Sept. 1973. Again arrested, he spent 40 days in detention at Santiago’s National Stadium before being released and admitted to Switzerland as a political refugee. A special scholarship to the School of Fine Arts in Geneva has enabled him to work on his “Crucifixion of Man.” When it is finished, Mr. Rocha intends to present it to the World Council of Churches as his way of thanking the churches for their assistance to Chilean refugees. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-GEN-12A-74-DS)
Creator:
Taylor, John. (photographer), World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rocha, Guido., World Council of Churches., École supérieure des beaux-arts de Genève--Students.
Topics:
Refugees--Chile., Refugees--Brazil., Artists--Switzerland--Geneva., Crucifixion in art., Crosses., Sculptors--Switzerland--Geneva., Sculpture--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361956
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rocha, Guido., World Council of Churches., École supérieure des beaux-arts de Genève--Students.
Topics:
Refugees--Chile., Refugees--Brazil., Artists--Switzerland--Geneva., Crucifixion in art., Crosses., Sculptors--Switzerland--Geneva., Sculpture--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361891
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Two copies of the same caption on the reverse of collage.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rocha, Guido., World Council of Churches., École supérieure des beaux-arts de Genève--Students.
Topics:
Refugees--Chile., Refugees--Brazil., Artists--Switzerland--Geneva., Crucifixion in art., Crosses., Sculptors--Switzerland--Geneva., Sculpture--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361885
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46101 CHAVEZ RECEIVES WCC SUPPORT GENEVA -- Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers of America, meets with Dr. Philip Potter, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, during a visit to the Ecumenical Center in Geneva, where he received pledges of continued support for his goals from WCC leaders. Mr. Chavez was on a European tour soliciting support for an international boycott of non-Farm Workers picked grapes and iceberg lettuce from California. He concentrated his efforts in England, Scandinavia and West Germany, where substantial shipments of the California produce are received. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-GEN-10B-74-DS)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Communications Department (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993., United Farm Workers of America., Potter, Philip Alford., World Council of Churches., Ecumenical Centre (Geneva, Switzerland)
Topics:
Visits of state--Switzerland--Geneva., Agricultural laborers--Labor unions--United States., Agricultural laborers--United States., Labor movements--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361533
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Text transcribed from caption: P-46108 STARTING HIS NEW JOB GENEVA -- Dr. Carl H. Mau, Jr. (left), newly-elected general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, started work in the LWF's Geneva headquarters during the first week of October. Until the end of the year Dr. Mau will continue his responsibilities as general secretary of the USA National Committee of the LWF. An American Lutheran Church clergyman, Dr. Mau was elected last July to succeed Dr. Andre Appel to head the federation representing 87 member Churches. He is the LWF's fifth general secretary -- and third American. A native of Seattle, he has been involved with LWF work for 17 of his 28 years in the ministry. Here, he confers with the Rev. Albertus Maasdorp (right), LWF associate general secretary, at the federation's Geneva headquarters. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-GEN-1OB- 74-DS)
Creator:
Lutheran World Federation. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mau, Carl Henning., Lutheran World Federation., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)--Clergy., Lutheran World Federation. U.S.A. National Committee., Maasdorp, Albertus.
Topics:
Christian leadership--Lutheran Church., Church polity.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland), United States--Foreign relations--Switzerland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361515
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Letter from World Council of Churches providing news image and corresponding caption.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Communications Department (author), Religious News Service. (addressee)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993., United Farm Workers of America., Potter, Philip Alford., World Council of Churches., Ecumenical Centre (Geneva, Switzerland)
Topics:
Visits of state--Switzerland--Geneva., Agricultural laborers--Labor unions--United States., Agricultural laborers--United States., Labor movements--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361440
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Lutheran World Federation. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mau, Carl Henning., Lutheran World Federation., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)--Clergy., Lutheran World Federation. U.S.A. National Committee., Maasdorp, Albertus.
Topics:
Christian leadership--Lutheran Church., Church polity.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland), United States--Foreign relations--Switzerland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361429
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46002 REFUGEE CROSS GENEVA -- The United Nations High commissioner for Refugees, Sadruddin Aga Khan, receives a sculpture of Christ on the cross from Guido Rocha (left), an artist who is a refugee from both Brazil and Chile. The sculptor made the crucifix in his native Brazil and took it with him when he became a refugee in Santiago, Chile. When the military took control of Chile in September 1973, Mr. Rocha and other political refugees stayed in one of several “safe havens” set up by the High Commissioner’s office and Chilean churches to provide protection for those obliged to leave Chile following the military coup. The artist and a group of refugees had originally presented the crucifix, to which they had added a plaque dedicating it to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office and to all political prisoners in Chile, to the office’s representative in Latin America. Sent to Geneva, it was forgotten until recently by officials whose main concern was organizing an emergency resettlement program for the more than 2,600 persons obliged to leave Chile. While giving the cross to the High Commissioner at the latter’s Geneva’s headquarters, Mr. Rocha, now a student at Geneva’s School of Fine Arts, said the double presentation -- in Santiago and in Geneva -- gave added significance to the gesture as the fight for the respect of basic human rights and the protection of refugees goes on around the world. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-GEN-9B-74-DS)
Creator:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees., Rocha, Guido., Aga Khan, Sadruddin, Prince, 1933-2003.
Topics:
Refugees--Chile., Refugees--Brazil., Artists--Switzerland--Geneva., Ambassadors., Presentation pieces (Gifts), Crosses.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland), Santiago (Chile), Brazil.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361261
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4824 RELIGIOUS EDITORS AT WORLD COUNCIL GENEVA -- Delegates to the first International Conference of Christian Press Associations are shown in session at World Council headquarters here. Editors came from Denmark, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Hungary, England, Italy, Czechoslovakia and the United States to discuss methods of improving the gathering and transmission of religious news throughout the world. Similar meetings will be held each year. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-BS-11C6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Editors--Switzerland--Geneva., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Religious newspapers and periodicals--Congresses., Religion and the press.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360566
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4347 DISCUSS AMERICAN CHURCH YOUTH TRIPS TO GERMANY GENEVA -- Plans to bring groups of American church youth to Germany are discussed by Hayes Beall (left), director of youth activities in the education and religious affairs branch for the military government of the American zone in Germany, and Dr. Stewart Herman, Jr., assistant director of the reconstruction department of the World Council of Churches. Under the proposal, the Americans would work with young Germans on manual projects such as reconstruction. Mr. Beall is a former president of the National Council of Methodist Youth. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-8E-6-W-METH-L)
Creator:
Root Geneva. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beall, Hayes., Herman, Stewart W. (Stewart Winfield), 1909-2006., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction.
Topics:
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Youth in church work--Germany., Church work with youth--Germany., Interdenominational cooperation., Strategic planning--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland), Germany.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360324
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Text transcribed from caption: S-4232 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMEN MEET GENEVA -- Shown together at World Council of Churches headquarters here are Dr. Benjamin J. Bush (left), of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., a member of the reconstruction division of the Council, and the Rev. Albert J. Kissling, of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern), a member of the commission on union with the U.S.A. Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-JOG-8B-6-W-P)
Creator:
Root Geneva. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bush, Benjamin J., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., Kissling, Albert J., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Clergy.
Topics:
Discussion.--Switzerland--Geneva., Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Christian union--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359872
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Text transcribed from caption: S-4150 DISCUSS OSLO WORLD CHRISTIAN YOUTH CONFERENCE GENEVA -- Delegates to the planning session here of the World Christian Youth Conference to be held in Oslo, Norway, next year go over the proceedings of first meeting held in Amsterdam in 1939. Left to right are: Rena Joyce Weller, Waterbury, Conn., a national secretary of the United Christian Youth Movement and associate director of youth work, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; the Rev. E.S. Parsons, assistant pastor, Newton Center (Mass.) Baptist Church; the Rev. Kenneth E. Reeves, Philadelphia, director of young people’s work, national Board of Education, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and the Rev. Wilton E. Bergstrand, Minneapolis, youth director of the Augustana Lutheran Synod. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-7D-6-W-P-L)
Creator:
Root Geneva. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Conference of Christian Youth., Karefa-Smart, Rena, 1921-2019., African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Waterbury, Conn.), Parsons, E.S., First Baptist Church in Newton (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.), Reeves, Kenneth E., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Northern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Bergstrand, Wilton Everet., American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy., Augustana Lutheran Church (Minneapolis, Minn.), Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America.
Topics:
Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Cooperative societies--Switzerland--Geneva., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation., Congresses and conventions--Planning.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359864
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Root Geneva. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Conference of Christian Youth., Karefa-Smart, Rena, 1921-2019., African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Waterbury, Conn.), Parsons, E.S., First Baptist Church in Newton (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.), Reeves, Kenneth E., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Northern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Bergstrand, Wilton Everet., American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy., Augustana Lutheran Church (Minneapolis, Minn.), Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America.
Topics:
Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Cooperative societies--Switzerland--Geneva., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation., Congresses and conventions--Planning.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359671
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Text transcribed from caption: DIRECTS MATERIAL AID DIVISION #s-3422 GENEVA -- Frank Northam (above), British Methodist layman, has been named by the World Council of Churches to the newly-created post of business manager of its Material Aid Division. Dr. Sylvester C. Michelfelder, of Toledo, Ohio, formerly acting director of the Division, has become chairman of a staff committee directing material aid work. Northam, an accountant by profession, was with the British Ministry of Food during the war, later becoming supply assistant to UNRRA in London. His wife is the former Josephine Batchelder, of Los Angeles. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-5A-6-W-M)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Northam, Frank.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359581
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Text transcribed from caption: MATERIAL AID LEADERS CONFER IN GENEVA #s-3407 GENEVA -- Frank Northam (right), newly appointed business manager of the Material Aid Division of the World Council of Churches, listens to Dr. Sylvester C. Michelfelder, of Toledo, Ohio, (left) during a discussion of the problems facing the division. An accountant by profession, Northam relieves Dr. Michelfelder, who held the post of acting director. Dr. Michelfelder is now chairman of the World Council staff committee directing material aid work. Northam is a British Methodist. Richard Matthey of Switzerland (center) is the new purchasing agent for the division. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-5A-6-W-TO)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Michelfelder, Sylvester Clarence., Northam, Frank., Matthey, Richard.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359577
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Text transcribed from caption: ARMY CHAPLAINS AT WORLD COUNCIL #s-3042 GENEVA, Switzerland -- U.S. Army chaplains from the Mediterranean Theater are shown in conference at the headquarters of the World Council of Churches here. This was the first of a series of two-day meetings to be held under the auspices of the World Council for chaplains in Europe. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-3D-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Army. Chaplain Corps., World Council of Churches.
Topics:
Military chaplains--Switzerland--Geneva., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Mediterranean Region.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359114
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: YMCA LEADER IN EUROPE #3273 GENEVA -- Paul B. Anderson, senior secretary of the international committee of the YMCA, is shown at the recent meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Anderson, who has his headquarters in Paris, served for 17 years with the Y in France before the war. An Episcopalian, he represented the organization on the Allied Repatriation Commission for Prisoners of War after spending 13 months in Paris when the Germans occupied the city. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., World Alliance of YMCAs., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., World War, 1939-1945--Repatriations.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359083
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Text transcribed from caption: NORWEGIAN DELEGATE AT GENEVA MEETING #3271 GENEVA -- The Rev. Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen of the Norwegian Lutheran Church is shown at the recent meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Svendsen is chairman of the reconstruction committee of the Norwegian church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-L-Minn. Times)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Bonnevie-Svendsen, Conrad, 1898-1983.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359082
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Text transcribed from caption: FINNISH LEADER AT RECONSTRUCTION MEETING #3270 GENEVA -- The Rev. Toivo Harjunpaa of Finland takes time out for tea during the recent sessions here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Harjunpaa is secretary of the Finnish reconstruction committee and assistant to Archbishop Aleksi E. Lehtonen, Primate of the Finnish Lutheran Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-L)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Harjunpää, Toivo.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359081
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BRITISH RECONSTRUCTION LEADER #3268 LONDON -- Miss Eleanora Iredale is secretary of the British Committee for Christian Reconstruction in Europe which was set up in 1943 by the British Council of Churches to cope with problems in the post-war period. Miss Iredale’s committee has worked closely with the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches in Geneva. Last year the group raised 1,000,000 pounds ($4,000,000) for reconstruction purposes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Iredale, Eleanora., British Council of Churches., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid.
Topics:
Women in church work--England--London., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Europe.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359080

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