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:
Unusual view.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4615 UNUSUAL VIEW NEW YORK -- This unusual picture of St. Patrick’s Cathedral here, taken from Radio City, emphasizes formation of the cross in the structure. Cathedral is now undergoing extensive repairs and reconstruction (note scaffolding around walls). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LH-NY-MES-10B-6-C)
Creator:
Hasse, L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Catholic church buildings--New York (State)--New York., Cathedrals--New York (State)--New York., Church architecture--New York (State)--New York., Church buildings--New York (State)--New York., Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--New York (State)--New York., Church architecture--Conservation and restoration--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360315
Title:
Protestant youth work for interracial amity.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Hansen, A. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Council of Churches of the City of New York., Wetzelberger, Isabelle., Farrow, Charles., Lacker, Yolanda., Wood, John S., White, Jeanne., Evans, Leona., Doskocil, Alberta., Doskocil, Albina., Flemister, Carl., Eismann, Peggy.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Youth in church work--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360233
Title:
Dream church come true.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Pickow, George. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Zazzera, Dominic.
Topics:
Architectural models--New York (State)--New York., Models and modelmaking--New York (State)--New York., Miniature objects--New York (State)--New York., Church buildings--Models.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Città della Pieve (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360223
Title:
Brooklyn parade marks Sunday school anniversary.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: S-3983 BROOKLYN PARADE MARKS SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Ninety-thousand Brooklyn children and adults marched in 30 parades throughout the borough in celebrations marking the 130th anniversary of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. The first parade was held in 1829. This float, one of the many in the different parades, carries the theme of the celebration, Christ, Our Salvation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BE-NY-MES-6C-6-W-M-SS-Y)
Creator:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Firm) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Brooklyn Sunday School Union--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Parades--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Educational work--New York (State)--New York., Sunday schools--New York (State)--New York., Church and education--New York (State)--New York., Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Church work with youth--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359858
Title:
Earthquake expert.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-4234 EARTHQUAKE EXPERT NEW YORK -- Whenever New Yorkers think they’ve felt an earth tremor one of the first persons they call is Father Joseph Lynch, S.J., director of the Fordham University Observatory and one of the nation’s outstanding seismologists. Father Lynch assures all callers that he’s never known a quake to start in New York. Above, Father Lynch points to wavy lines on seismograph which indicate an actual quake in progress. He fixed location of these shocks as coming from a point in the South Atlantic. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (P.A.-NY-JOG-8B-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lynch, J. Joseph (John Joseph), 1894-1987., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Fordham University--Faculty.
Topics:
Seismologists--New York (State)--New York., Seismology--Instruments., Seismology--Observations., Religion and science--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359849
Title:
Chilean Cardinal honored at St. Patrick’s.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-3955 CHILEAN CARDINAL HONORED AT ST. PATRICK’S NEW YORK -- Jose Caro Cardinal Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santiago, Chile (right), is shown with Francis Cardinal Spellman on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral here following a solemn Pontifical Mass at which Cardinal Rodriguez presided. Cardinal Rodriguez received the Red Hat at a private consistory in Rome May 17, after illness kept him from the consistory ceremonies in February. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-6B-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Caro Rodríguez, José María, 1866-1958., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Santiago (Chile), Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Visits of state--New York (State)--New York., Mass--Celebration.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359818
Title:
Mother Cabrini bench.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-3953 MOTHER CABRINI BENCH NEW YORK -- On this bench, in the garden of Mother Cabrini High School here, Mother Cabrini spent her early morning hours in meditation. Inscription reads: “Here Oft In Early Morning Lyric Beata Cabrini Communed With God.” Mother Cabrini will be canonized on July 7, the first United States citizen to be proclaimed a saint. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JU-RP-LI-MES-6C-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917.
Topics:
Historical markers--New York (State)--New York., Monuments--New York (State)--New York., Benches--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359817
Title:
Priest makes parish calls in jeep.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-3914 PRIEST MAKES PARISH CALLS IN JEEP NEW YORK -- Jeep-riding is no new experience for the Rev. Walter T. McNamara, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in the Bronx, who makes all his parish calls in his newly-acquired vehicle. He was a U.S. Army chaplain in Europe, and was on the long trek from England trough France, Belgium and Germany. Father McNamara obtained his jeep through the War Assets Administration when, unable to secure an automobile, he exercised his priority as a veteran to buy one of its surplus Army cars. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WAA-MES-6B-6-C)
Creator:
United States. War Assets Administration. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., McNamara, Walter T., St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church (Bronx, New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Clergy., United States. War Assets Administration., Jeep Corporation.
Topics:
Military chaplains--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains--New York (State)--New York., Home missions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359808
Title:
Confirmation class.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 4203 Rev. Paul E. West & Confirmation class. Transfiguration Lutheran Church--74 West 126th Street, New York.
Creator:
Lutheran World Federation. Office of Communication. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Transfiguration Lutheran Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.), West, Paul E., Svenska kyrkan--Clergy.
Topics:
African American churches--New York (State)--New York., African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., Confirmation--African American churches., Confirmation--Lutheran Church., Sacraments--Lutheran Church., Initiation rites--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359802
Title:
Religious leaders among group going to Russia.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4102 RELIGIOUS LEADERS AMONG GROUP GOING TO RUSSIA NEW YORK -- Shown at LaGuardia Field here before their departure for Russia where they will tour the devastated areas of the Soviet Union are Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, minister of Christ Methodist Church, New York (left), and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (third from right). The delegation is composed of seven Americans active in behalf of the American Society for Russian Relief. They were invited to make the tour by the Soviet Government and the Soviet Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Other members of the group are (left to right): Louis Levine, member of the executive board of the World Jewish Congress; Mrs. LaFell Dickinson, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Peter Grimm, president of the New York State Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the American Society for Russian Relief; Dr. Edward Young, Boston surgeon and chairman of the executive committee of the Cabot Memorial Fund, and Fred Myers, executive director of the American Society for Russian Relief. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-7B-6-W)
Creator:
Seskind. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.), Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., American Society for Russian Relief, Inc., International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies., Levine, Louis., World Jewish Congress., Dickinson, Lucy Jennings, 1882-1971., General Federation of Women's Clubs., Grimm, Peter., New York Chamber of Commerce., Myers, Fred., Young, Edward.
Topics:
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Soviet Union., International relief--Soviet Union., War relief--Soviet Union., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359773
Title:
The clasped hand of Christian welcome.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4002 THE CLASPED HAND OF CHRISTIAN WELCOME A new vista is opened for those received into the church, and for the servant of God who welcomes them into Christ’s fold. [Annotations] Dr. Langston, Disciples of Christ Church, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-6D-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Langston, Ira Wright., Disciples of Christ--Clergy.
Topics:
Church attendance--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359747
Title:
The clasped hand of Christian welcome.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4002 THE CLASPED HAND OF CHRISTIAN WELCOME A new vista is opened for those received into the church, and for the servant of God who welcomes them into Christ’s fold. [Annotations] Dr. Langston, Disciples of Christ Church, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-6D-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Langston, Ira Wright., Disciples of Christ--Clergy.
Topics:
Church attendance--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359746
Title:
Riverside Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: 4000 RIVERSIDE CHURCH N.Y.C.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Interfaith worship--New York (State)--New York., Church buildings--New York (State)--New York., Church attendance--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359745
Title:
New president of Synagogue Council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 3971 NEW PRESIDENT OF SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL NEW YORK -- Dr. Isaac Landman is the newly-elected president of the Synagogue Council of America. He succeeds Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein. Dr. Landman, director of the Academy for Adult Jewish Education and editor of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, is rabbi of Temple Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, a Reform congregation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JL-NY-MES-6C-6-J)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Landman, Isaac, 1880-1946., Synagogue Council of America., Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Jewish leadership--New York (State)--New York., School administrators--New York (State)--New York., Jewish educators--New York (State)--New York., Jewish religious education--New York (State)--New York., Editors--New York (State)--New York., Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Jewish councils--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359741
Title:
Religious hobbies.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moyer, William H.
Topics:
Bookbinding--Repairing--New York (State)--Buffalo., Hobbies--Religious aspects--Christianity., Bible--Study and teaching--Nigeria., Religious literature--Distribution--Nigeria.
Geographic subjects:
Buffalo (N.Y.), Nigeria--Civilization--British influences.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359693
Title:
Off for Cambridge Conference.
Creator:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Conference of Church Leaders on International Affairs (1946 : Cambridge, England), Nolde, O. Frederick (Otto Frederick), 1899-1972., Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, Pa.), American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy., Diffendorfer, Ralph E. (Ralph Eugene), 1879-1951., Methodist Church (U.S.). Division of Foreign Missions., Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975., World Council of Churches., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Oxnam, G. Bromley., International Missionary Council., Rennie, Wesley F., Young Men’s Christian Association (Seattle, Wash.), Cunningham, John Rood., Davidson College--Faculty., Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959., Baker, James Chamberlain, 1879-1969., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Decker, J.W. (John William), 1890-
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Cooperative societies--New York (State)--New York., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Airplanes--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359665
Title:
Missionaries receive blessings at shrine of martyr.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES RECEIVE BLESSINGS AT SHRINE OF MARTYR #S-3645 AURIESVILLE, N.Y. -- Jesuit missionaries who shortly will return to the Philippines and Japan are blessed by the Rev. Demetrius B. Zema, S.J., director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs here. Statue honors the memories of St. Isaac Jogues, first saint to be martyred on American soil. The Jesuit missionary was killed on approximately this same spot by the Mohawk Indians. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AK-NY-MES-5D-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Missions--Japan., Catholic Church--Missions--Philippines., Zema, Demetrius B., Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs (Auriesville, N.Y.), Jogues, Isaac, Saint, 1607-1646--Monuments.
Topics:
Missionaries--New York (State)--Auriesville., Missions--Japan., Missions--Philippines., Benediction--Catholic Church., Clergy--New York (State)--Auriesville.
Geographic subjects:
Auriesville (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359599
Title:
Dr. Mott addresses agricultural missions group.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: DR. MOTT ADDRESSES AGRICULTURAL MISSIONS GROUP #S-3609 NEW YORK -- Dr. John R. Mott, chairman of the board of director of Agricultural Missions, Inc., addresses the annual luncheon of the group here. Others shown here are (left to right): Dr. Henry C. Taylor, Farm Foundation; Dr. A.R. Mann, director of the General Education Board; Dr. Channing H. Tobias, director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund; Dr. C.W. Chang, dean of the College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Nanking; Dr. Mott; Dr. Howard R. Tolley, head of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; John H. Reisner, executive secretary of Agricultural Missions, who will leave shortly for a six-month tour of India; the Rev. W. Don McClure, United Presbyterian Church missionary in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; Dr. M.L. Wilson, director of extension service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Harold B. Allen, educational director of the Near East Foundation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SS-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Agricultural Missions, Inc. (New York, N.Y.), Agricultural Missions, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)--Congresses., Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Agricultural assistance--Societies, etc., Agricultural development projects.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359597
Title:
Heads new relief agency.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HEADS NEW RELIEF AGENCY #s-3560 NEW YORK -- Harper Sibley, treasurer of the Federal Council of Churches, has been named president of Church World Service, newly-formed Protestant relief agency with headquarters here. Church World Service consolidates the work of the Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction, the Church Committee for Relief in Asia, and the Commission for World Council Service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JI-NY-MES-5B-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959., Church World Service.
Topics:
International relief., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359594
Title:
Italian church leader at Waldensian anniversary.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ITALIAN CHURCH LEADER AT WALDENSIAN ANNIVERSARY s-3489 NEW YORK -- Principal speaker at the 40th anniversary dinner of Waldensian Church in Italy was the Rev. Guido Comba (right), who proposed establishment of a Protestant newspaper in Italy. Above, Mr. Comba shakes hands with Dr. Benjamin Bush, European representative of Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and a secretary of the World Council of Churches. Looking on (center) is Dr. A. Mangano, president of National Evangelistic Committee for Relief in Italy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-JOG-5B-6-W)
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Chiesa evangelica valdese--Anniversaries, etc., Columbia University., Anthony, Robert W., Mair, George., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., American Waldensian Aid Society., Morgan, Minot C. (Minot Canfield), 1876-1955., Miller, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dexter), 1887-1968.
Topics:
Anniversaries., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Protestant churches--Italy., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Italy., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Italy.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359591

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