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:
Bethlehem Lutheran Sunday service.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #1064 BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN SUNDAY SERVICE Lutheran Church service.
Creator:
Pedersen. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Lutheran Church--Liturgy., Church attendance.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358815
Title:
Bells of Bethlehem.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1059 BELLS OF BETHLEHEM In the silent night, the bells of Bethlehem ring out over the town of David and the fields beyond, where 2,000 years ago shepherds keeping their watch were visited by an angel, who announced the joyful tidings: “This day is born to you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (TFD-NY-TFD-11-29-5)
Creator:
Doyle. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bell towers--Jerusalem., Bell music--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358814
Title:
The manger.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1056 THE MANGER Pilgrims come to the Chapel of the Manger to kneel in prayer at the place where once the infant Christ was laid. The shrine is lighted by fifteen silver lamps which are kept perpetually burning. The manager [sic. manger] itself is preserved in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. (TD-NY-TD-11-29-5)
Creator:
Doyle. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Santa Maria Maggiore (Church : Rome, Italy), Jesus Christ--Nativity.
Topics:
Catholic church buildings--Italy--Rome., Chapels--Italy--Rome., Crib in Christian art and tradition--Italy--Rome., Crèches (Nativity scenes)--Italy--Rome., Christian shrines--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358813
Title:
Star of Bethlehem.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1055 STAR OF BETHLEHEM In this circular chapel of Nativity Church surrounded by sacred pictures, is the shrine depicting the Star of Bethlehem which guided the Magi from the East who came bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The visit of the three Wise Men is commemorated on the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6. (TD-NY-TD-11-29-5)
Creator:
Doyle. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), Catholic Church--Buildings., Armenian Church--Buildings., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Buildings., Coptic Church--Buildings., YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān--Buildings., Syrian Orthodox Church--Buildings., Jesus Christ--Nativity., Jesus Christ--Art.
Topics:
Church buildings--Bethlehem., Christian art and symbolism--Bethlehem., Chapels--Bethlehem., Star of Bethlehem., Magi--Art., Epiphany.
Geographic subjects:
Bethlehem--Buildings, structures, etc., Bethlehem
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358812
Title:
Basilica.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1054 BASILICA To the Church of the Nativity, reputedly the oldest Christian church in existence, part of which is shown here, worshippers gather for 24-hour services, highlighted by midnight Mass and the singing of carols to hail the birth of the Redeemer. The Mass is celebrated by the Latin Patriarch of the Holy Land, whose arrival in the town is marked by elaborate ceremonies. (TD-NY-TD-11-29-5)
Creator:
Doyle. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), Catholic Church--Buildings., Armenian Church--Buildings., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Buildings., Coptic Church--Buildings., YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān--Buildings., Syrian Orthodox Church--Buildings., Catholic Church. Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Latin), Catholic Church--Bishops., Barlassina, Luigi (Aloysius)
Topics:
Church buildings--Bethlehem., Historic buildings--Bethlehem., Mass--Celebration.
Geographic subjects:
Bethlehem--Buildings, structures, etc., Bethlehem
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358811
Title:
Religious literature to Italy.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1046 RELIGIOUS LITERATURE TO ITALY Among those at the airport in Geneva when religious literature was flown from the World Council of Churches to Italy were (left to right) Stewart Herman, Jr., an American secretary of the Council; Colonel Frank Brown, ranking Italian theater chaplain; Olivier Beguin of the Council’s Prisoner of War service, and S.C. Michelfelder, Lutheran “ambassador” to the council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-RR-11-25-5)
Creator:
Root Geneva. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Herman, Stewart W. (Stewart Winfield), 1909-2006., American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy., Browne, Frank, 1880-1960., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Béguin, Olivier., Michelfelder, Sylvester Clarence, 1889-
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Italy., Reconstruction (1939-1951), Delivery of goods--Italy., Transport planes--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358810
Title:
Religious literature to Italy.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1046 RELIGIOUS LITERATURE TO ITALY Among those at the airport in Geneva when religious literature was flown from the World Council of Churches to Italy were (left to right) Stewart Herman, Jr., an American secretary of the Council; Colonel Frank Brown, ranking Italian theater chaplain; Olivier Beguin of the Council’s Prisoner of War service, and S.C. Michelfelder, Lutheran “ambassador” to the council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-RR-11-25-5)
Creator:
Root Geneva. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Herman, Stewart W. (Stewart Winfield), 1909-2006., American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy., Browne, Frank, 1880-1960., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Béguin, Olivier., Michelfelder, Sylvester Clarence, 1889-, Aéroport de Genève-Cointrin.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Italy., Reconstruction (1939-1951), Delivery of goods--Italy., Transport planes--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358809
Title:
Hendrik Kraemer.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #1045 Hendrik Kraemer.
Creator:
Root Geneva. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kraemer, H. (Hendrik), 1888-1965., Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk.
Topics:
Missiologists--Netherlands., Theologians--Netherlands., Ecumenists--Netherlands.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358808
Title:
Sunday school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1023 SUNDAY SCHOOL A Sunday school children’s class during a discussion session on character. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-LM-11-14-5)
Creator:
Siskine, Carroll. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Sunday schools., Church work with children., Volunteer workers in education., Classrooms.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358806
Title:
Sunday school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1023 SUNDAY SCHOOL A Sunday school children’s class during a discussion session on character. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-LM-11-14-5)
Creator:
Siskine, Carroll. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Sunday schools., Church work with children., Volunteer workers in education., Classrooms.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358805
Title:
Sunday school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1021 SUNDAY SCHOOL A Sunday school student reads his assignment to the assembled members. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-LM-11-14-5)
Creator:
Siskine, Carroll. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Sunday schools., Church work with youth.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358804
Title:
Christian Bartholdy.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #1019 C. BARTHOLDY Lutheran.
Creator:
Porilson. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bartholdy, Christian, 1889-1976.
Topics:
Clergy--Denmark.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358803
Title:
H. Fuglsang-Damgaard.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #1018 FUGLSANG-DAMGAARD Primate of Danish Lutheran Church, H. Fuglsang-Damgaard.
Creator:
Porilson. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Fuglsang-Damgaard, Hans, 1890-1979., Danske folkekirke--Bishops.
Topics:
Clergy--Denmark.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358802
Title:
Congregation of a trailer chapel.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1014B CONGREGATION OF A TRAILER CHAPEL These youngsters and adults form the congregation of the trailer chapel operated by Miss Mary Murray for the Detroit Baptist Missionary Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JC-DET-LM-11-27-5)
Creator:
Clark, Joe. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Murray, Mary., American Baptist Home Mission Society.
Topics:
Church work with mobile home dwellers--Michigan--Detroit., Sunday schools--Michigan--Detroit., Church work with children--Michigan--Detroit., Missionaries--Michigan--Detroit., Women missionaries--Michigan--Detroit., Home missions--Michigan--Detroit., Chapels--Michigan--Detroit., Trailer camps--Michigan--Detroit.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358800
Title:
Made by Gleaners Class of Baptist church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1010 MADE BY GLEANERS CLASS OF BAPTIST CHURCH These articles on display in Rutherford, New Jersey were made by the Gleaners Class of the Baptist Church of that city, for the Save the Children Federation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EF-NJ-PG-111-55)
Creator:
Farlie, Ed. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Save the Children (U.S.)
Topics:
Gleaning., Charity laws and legislation., Charity--Religious aspects--Christianity., Laity--Baptists., Church committees--Baptists--New Jersey--Rutherford.
Geographic subjects:
Rutherford (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358798
Title:
Training Catholic nurses.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #1005 TRAINING CATHOLIC NURSES Catholic nurses in training.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Nurses., Nursing--Study and teaching., Nursing--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Nursing students.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358795
Title:
Training Catholic nurses.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #1005 TRAINING CATHOLIC NURSES Catholic nurses in training.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Nurses., Nursing--Study and teaching., Nursing--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Nursing students.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358794
Title:
Training Catholic nurses.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #1005 TRAINING CATHOLIC NURSES Catholic nurses in training.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Nurses., Nursing--Study and teaching., Nursing--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Nursing students.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358793
Title:
Training Catholic nurses.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #1005 TRAINING CATHOLIC NURSES Catholic nurses in training.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Nurses., Nursing--Study and teaching., Nursing--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Nursing students.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358792
Title:
Training Catholic nurses.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #1005 TRAINING CATHOLIC NURSES Catholic nurses in training.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Nurses., Nursing--Study and teaching., Nursing--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Nursing students.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358791

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