Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30414 FATHER WEIGEL, FAMED THEOLOGIAN, DIES
AT 57 NEW YORK -- Father Gustave Weigel, S.J., famed U.S. Roman Catholic
theologian and ecumenical leader, died Jan. 3 at the age of 57. A member of
the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, Father Weigel was
noted for his friendships and contacts with Protestant and Orthodox. Here the
priest is shown in familiar settings. At top, he is shown at Alexandria, Va.,
where 20 Protest-ant churches and the city’s largest Catholic church joined
in 1962 in a program of prayer for Christian Unity. With Father Weigel (third
from left) were, left to right, Suffragan Bishop Samuel B. Chilton of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Virginia; the Rev. William Basom of Beverly
Hills Community church; and the Rev. Charles Bayer, pastor of First Christian
Church. Below, Father Weigel is shown in Rome where he assisted American
journalists at daily press conferences arranged for newsmen at the Second
Vatican Council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
(RPT-NY-1B-64-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Weigel, Gustave, 1906-1964., Catholic Church--Clergy., Chilton, Samuel Blackwell., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Basom, William E., Evangelical United Brethren Church--Clergy., Bayer, Charles H., Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)--Clergy., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches.
Topics:
Clergy--Virginia--Alexandria., Clergy--Italy--Rome., Theologians--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--United States., Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Alexandria (Va.), Rome (Italy), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352901
