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:
School Bible reading (pro tem).
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29878 SCHOOL BIBLE READING (PRO TEM) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Bible reading continues, at least temporarily, in this public school classroom. Edward J. Murphy, eighth-grade teacher in the Russell School at Cambridge, Mass., reads from the Scriptures as students listen. The status of Bible reading was much confused at Cambridge. The School Committee voted 5-2 to substitute a moment of silent meditation, but a parliamentary maneuver caused the decision to be held up for a week. During the week Bible reading was permissible, the board ruled; however, the superintendent of schools left the practice to the discretion of teachers. Mr. Murphy was the only teacher at Russell School to authorize Bible readings in his class. Atty. Gen. Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts has held that public schools in the state must obey the Supreme Court decision barring devotional exercises. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-9B-63-W)
Creator:
Backoff, Robert. (photographer), Globe Newspaper Co. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Murphy, Edward J., Russell School (Cambridge, Mass.), Russell School (Cambridge, Mass.)--Faculty., Russell School (Cambridge, Mass.)--Students.
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--United States., Teachers--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Male teachers--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Middle school students--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Religion in the public schools--United States., Religion in the public schools--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Bible--Study and teaching--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358127
Title:
Prelate's rating: Jet pilot.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29780 PRELATE’S RATING: JET PILOT BOSTON -- How strong are you? Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, finds out by clubbing the Hi-Striker at Boston’s Nantasket Beach. The occasion was the cardinal’s 68th birthday, and he celebrated it by taking some 250 old people to the amusement park from the Little Sisters of the Poor homes in Roxbury and Somerville. His guests ranged in age from 70 to 98. At the park, the cardinal sang with the barbershop quartet and rode the roller coaster with a group of nuns. His strength on the Hi-Striker? Cardinal range the bell at 2700 (truck driver) and 2900 (jet pilot). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-8E-63-RB)
Creator:
Mason, Ed. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970--Birth., Paragon Park (Nantasket Beach, Mass.)
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach., Birthday parties--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach., Amusement parks--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach., Carnival games--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach.
Geographic subjects:
Nantasket Beach (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358045
Title:
Educational TV trainee.
Description:
Handwritten notations on reverse of image.
Creator:
Mason, Ed. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Daly, Donna., Endicott College--Students., Endicott College.
Topics:
Nuns--Massachusetts--Beverly., College students--Massachusetts--Beverly., Women college students--Massachusetts--Beverly., Nuns as teachers--Massachusetts--Brockton.
Geographic subjects:
Beverly (Mass.), Brockton (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358041
Title:
Educational TV trainee.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29769 EDUCATIONAL TV TRAINEE BOSTON -- Sister Claire Bernadette, of Sacred Heart school, Brockton, Mass., receives instruction in the use of a television camera from Donna Daly of Endicott Junior College. Sister Claire is one of 16 nuns and two brothers now studying television broadcasting as a teaching medium in Boston parochial schools. Some nuns will serve as instructors and others as consultants of a new channel which Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, hopes will be in operation within six months. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-8D-63-RB)
Creator:
Runci, Joseph. (photographer), Globe Newspaper Co. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Daly, Donna., Endicott College--Students., Endicott College.
Topics:
Nuns--Massachusetts--Beverly., Church and mass media--Massachusetts--Boston., Television cameras., Television in religion--Massachusetts--Boston., Television broadcasting--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Television in education--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Beverly (Mass.), Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358040
Title:
Special Marian Week ceremonies.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29759 SPECIAL MARIAN WEEK CEREMONIES STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. -- Marian Week, a special time of prayer and penance, drew great throngs to the Marian Seminary near Stockbridge, Mass. Top photo shows part of the great crowd of 3,000 at the field Mass opening the Week at the Shrine of the Mercy of God. Below, following a candlelight procession, worshippers hold candles as they listen to a sermon. Marian Fathers have conducted the program annually for ten years; average attendance is slightly over 10,000. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LA-GB-8D-63-W)
Creator:
Aigner, Lucien. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Marian Fathers., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Customs and practices., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Shrines--Massachusetts--Stockbridge.
Topics:
Mass., Christian shrines--Massachusetts--Stockbridge.
Geographic subjects:
Stockbridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358038
Title:
Aid for the blind.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29712 AID FOR THE BLIND NEWTON, Mass. -- Robert Amendola, a Boston artist, conducts a class in visualization for newly blinded adults at the St. Paul’s Rehabilitation Center for the Blind in Newton, Mass. St. Paul’s was founded by Father Thomas J. Carroll, its present director, in 1954 under auspices of Boston’s Catholic Guild for All the Blind. Admission to the center is open to blind persons of any religious belief. St. Paul’s has a staff of 40 therapists and instructors. They are headed by Dr. Thomas E. Caulfield, one of the nation’s leading experts in the psychology of blindness. The center will be the subject of a documentary and dramatic film Sept. 8 on the “Look Up and Live” program over the CBS-TV network. The film, shot on location in Newton, is being produced in cooperation with the National Council of Catholic Men. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-NY-8B-63-RB)
Creator:
National Council of Catholic Men (U.S.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Amendola, Robert, 1909-, National Council of Catholic Men (U.S.), CBS Television Network., St. Paul's Rehabilitation Center (Newton, Mass.)
Topics:
Artists--Massachusetts--Newton., Church work with the blind--Catholic Church., Church work with the blind--Massachusetts--Newton., Blind--Rehabilitation--Massachusetts--Newton.
Geographic subjects:
Newton (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358032
Title:
A helping hand.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29707 A HELPING HAND HYANNISPORT, Mass. -- After Mass at St. Francis Xavier church in Hyannisport, Mass., Caroline Kennedy lends a helping hand to her father’s pocket flap so he’ll look neat for spectators and cameramen. The President’s other pocket flap also is disarranged. Following Mr. Kennedy and Caroline out of the church is Mrs. Paul Fay, wife of the Undersecretary of Navy. It was Caroline’s first appearance at the church here with her father. Earlier this year she attended Mass with him at Middleburg, Va. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-HY-8B-63-RB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-, Fay, Anita.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Hyannis Port (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358031
Title:
To say thanks.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29684 TO SAY THANKS BOSTON -- Sister Immaculata, a Korean Caritas nun who underwent successful heart surgery at Boston’s Carney Hospital, gives a handmade Korean doll to Sister Margaret, the hospital’s administrator, as a gesture of thanks. At right is Archbishop Harold W. Henry of Kwangju, Korea, Sister Immaculata’s ecclesiastic superior; and at left is Sister Mary Stephanie, a Columban missionary nun at Mokpo, Korea. Sister Mary Stephanie was instrumental in arranging for the Korean nun to come to Boston for the delicate operation. She had written her sister, Virginia King, a nurse at Carney. Miss King, in turn, told hospital officials who arranged for the surgery. The nuns and Archbishop Henry arrived in Boston in early June. After extensive tests, the operation was performed by Dr. Joseph P. Lynch, chief of thoracic surgery at the hospital. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CH-BOS-7E-63-RB)
Creator:
Carney Hospital. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carney Hospital., Catholic Church--Bishops., Henry, Harold W.
Topics:
Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Heart--Surgery--Patients--Massachusetts--Boston., Medical tourism--United States., Gifts., Dolls.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358027
Title:
Special Marian Week ceremonies.
Creator:
Aigner, Lucien. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Marian Fathers., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Customs and practices., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Shrines--Massachusetts--Stockbridge.
Topics:
Mass., Christian shrines--Massachusetts--Stockbridge.
Geographic subjects:
Stockbridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357956
Title:
Cardinal Cushing on 86th birthday at carnival.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970--Birth., Paragon Park (Nantasket Beach, Mass.)
Topics:
Bishops--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach., Birthday parties--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach., Amusement parks--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach., Carnival games--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach.
Geographic subjects:
Nantasket Beach (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357939
Title:
Attach to print.
Creator:
Backoff, Robert. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Murphy, Edward J., Russell School (Cambridge, Mass.), Russell School (Cambridge, Mass.)--Faculty., Russell School (Cambridge, Mass.)--Students.
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--United States., Teachers--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Male teachers--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Middle school students--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Religion in the public schools--United States., Religion in the public schools--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Bible--Study and teaching--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357931
Title:
For immediate release.
Creator:
National Council of Catholic Men (U.S.) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Amendola, Robert, 1909-, National Council of Catholic Men (U.S.), CBS Television Network., St. Paul's Rehabilitation Center (Newton, Mass.)
Topics:
Artists--Massachusetts--Newton., Church work with the blind--Catholic Church., Church work with the blind--Massachusetts--Newton., Blind--Rehabilitation--Massachusetts--Newton.
Geographic subjects:
Newton (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357828
Title:
So daddy will look neat.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-, Fay, Anita.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Hyannis Port (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357811
Title:
Principals in a success story beginning in Korea and ending in Boston.
Creator:
Carney Hospital. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carney Hospital., Catholic Church--Bishops., Henry, Harold W.
Topics:
Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Heart--Surgery--Patients--Massachusetts--Boston., Medical tourism--United States., Gifts., Dolls.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357803
Title:
Boston pickets protest Birmingham bombing.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carter, Vernon E.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Lutheran Church--Clergy., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., African American clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357774
Title:
Pastors study recovery of Christian worship.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #545 PASTORS STUDY RECOVERY OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP The Rev. Massey H. Shepherd Jr., Ph.D., professor at Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., discusses "The Recovery of Christian Worship" before 125 Connecticut ministers gathered for the annual Pastor's Conference in Hartford, Conn. Pastors' conferences of this kind are held in various parts of the country. Credit Line Should Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Shepherd, Massey Hamilton, 1913-1990., Episcopal Theological School (Cambridge, Mass.)--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Clergy conferences.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357611
Title:
Old Congregational Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #486 OLD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH The famed old church at Chatham, Mass., where, in the vestibule is seen the famous Nativity in modern dress. Credit Line Should Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., First Congregational Church of Chatham (Chatham, Mass.), Jesus Christ--Nativity.
Topics:
Congregational churches--Massachusetts--Chatham., Crèches (Nativity scenes)--Massachusetts--Chatham., Church buildings--Massachusetts--Chatham.
Geographic subjects:
Chatham (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Chatham (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357586
Title:
Clergymen back strikers on picket line.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CLERGYMEN BACK STRIKERS ON PICKET LINE #S-1598 BOSTON -- Carrying placards and wearing pickets’ armbands, these Protestant clergymen march in the picket line outside the East Boston Plant of the General Electric Company. Part of a group of 11 churchmen, they represented the Methodist, Protestant Episcopal and Unitarian denominations. From right to left are: Rev. Hastings Smyth; Rev. D. A. Wills; Rev. Amos C. B. Murphy; Rev. Warren H. McKenna; Professor Bush, theological instructor, and Rev. G. Rich Kuch. They are followed by regular pickets. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PR-NY-MES-1-6-W)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., General Electric Company., Smyth, Hastings., Wills, D. A., Murphy, Amos C.B., McKenna, Warren H., Kuch, Rich.
Topics:
Strikes and lockouts--Electric industry--Massachusetts--Boston., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., Labor movement--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects:
East Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357456
Title:
Youth marches for Christ rally.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH MARCHES FOR CHRIST RALLY #1670 BOSTON -- One of the largest Christian Youth gatherings in Boston’s history hears Dr. Daniel A. Poling address the final meeting of the four-day “Youth Marches for Christ and the Church” rally here. Top photo shows Dr. Poling, who is president of the World’s Christian Endeavor Union and editor of the Christian Herald, on the rostrum. Lower view is of packed hall. This meeting was one of series being held in 21 major cities throughout the country. The “Youth Marches” meetings emphasize youth’s part in promoting a Christian world order, racial brotherhood, the responsibilities of Christian citizenship, world service and vocational choices as well as personal commitment to Christ. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BO-MES-2-6-W-Y)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Poling, Daniel A. (Daniel Alfred), 1884-1968., World’s Christian Endeavor Union.
Topics:
Student movements--Massachusetts--Boston., Church and social problems--United States., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Church work with youth--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357415
Title:
North Church of Paul Revere fame.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EDITORS: April 18 marks the anniversary of the famous “Ride of Paul Revere” which occurred in 1775. NORTH CHURCH OF PAUL REVERE FAME #1534 BOSTON -- The bells of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, the Old North Church from which the lantern warned Paul Revere of the coming of the British troops, still peal out the call to Sunday service. These bells were made by the same man who cast the famous Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOST-MES-3A-6-ROTO-A-E-O)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christ Church (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Massachusetts--Boston., Anniversaries., Church bells--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357335

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