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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Rustic cross attracts lakeside worshippers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31411 RUSTIC CROSS ATTRACTS LAKESIDE WORSHIPPERS JACKSON, Wyo. -- Lovely Jackson Lake and the soaring peaks of the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming provide a beautiful wilderness setting for worshipping vacationers. Minutes before this photo was taken, Donald Scaar, student minister in his second year at Duke Divinity School, Durham, N.C., had placed his rustic cross at the water's edge. Soon worshippers from the nearby campground arrived for the scheduled Sunday service. To be ordained as a minister of the Reformed Church of America, Mr. Scaar is one of some 200 college and seminary students participating in the National Council of Churches' Ministry in the National Parks. Over one million vacationers in 36 parks are served in the summer phase of the program and many more will take advantage of year-round and special winter ministries in nine parks. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JM-NY-8C-64-NBM)
Creator:
McNeil, Jean. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Scaar, Donald., Duke University. Divinity School., Reformed Church in America--Clergy., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
National parks and reserves--Wyoming--Jackson., Public worship--Wyoming--Jackson., Seminarians.
Geographic subjects:
Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.), Jackson Lake (Teton County, Wyo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349151
Title:
Astronaut's parents pray.
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. James A. McDivitt, Sr., parents of Astronaut Jim McDivitt, attend a special Mass in Jackson's Queen of the Miraculous Medal Catholic church a few hours before the Gemini 4 spacecraft soared into space from the Cape Kennedy launch pad.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., Project Gemini (U.S.), Gemini 4 (Spacecraft), Queen of the Miraculous Medal (Jackson, Mich.), McDivitt, James Alton, -1929., McDivitt, James., McDivitt, Margaret Maxwell., Schmidt, Charleen McDivitt.
Topics:
Astronauts--United States., Parents--Michigan--Jackson., Manned space flight.
Geographic subjects:
Jackson (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151573

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