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:
Youngsters view Bible film.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: YOUNGSTERS VIEW BIBLE FILM #P-2015 LOS ANGELES -- Youngsters from a Protestant mission church here view a movie which dramatizes a Bible story. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DV-HOL-CAL-8D-9-JOG-P)
Creator:
Valentry, Duane. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cathedral Films., St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopalian Mission Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Religious education of children--California--Los Angeles., Religious education--California--Los Angeles., Bible films--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358730
Title:
Youngsters view Bible film.
Creator:
Valentry, Duane. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cathedral Films., Friedrich, James K., St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopalian Mission Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Religious education of children--California--Los Angeles., Religious education--California--Los Angeles., Bible films--California--Los Angeles., Sunday schools--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358564
Title:
In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29923 IN MEMORIAM: RED VESTMENTS FOR MARTYRS SAN FRANCISCO -- Typical of hundreds of churches across the United States was this scene in San Francisco. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the nation’s churchgoers joined in memorial services for four Negro girls who died when a bomb blasted a Negro Baptist church in Birmingham. Here, at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic church, the more than 2,500 attending services overflowed the building. They fell to their knees on the sidewalk during a Mass offered for the dead children. The priest wore vestments in the “red of martyrdom” instead of the black of mourning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9D-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358130
Title:
Graham crusade nears 300,000 attendance.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29773 GRAHAM CRUSADE NEARS 300,000 ATTENDANCE LOS ANGELES -- Billy Graham emphasizes a point as he preaches at the seventh rally during a three-week Southern California Crusade in Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum. He is shown speaking to some 47,655 persons, the largest single audience of the crusade so far. Later, crusade officials said that the first eight rallies drew a total attendance of 298,062 persons, with 13,000 making “decisions for Christ” at the famed evangelist’s invitation. Special “Youth Nights,” held specifically for young people under 25, have drawn huge crowds, officials reported. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CNB-MINN-8E-63-NAB)
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358092
Title:
Billy Graham at Los Angeles crusade.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29745 BILLY GRAHAM AT LOS ANGELES CRUSADE LOS ANGELES, Cal. -- Evangelist Billy Graham (on platform center) addresses some 38,700 persons in Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum as he opens a three-week Southern California Crusade. On the first night the famed evangelist drew 1,514 “decisions for Christ.” Attendance on the second rally was reported at 31,254, with 1,154 decisions. In his first sermons, Dr. Graham deplored the “trend to take God and moral law out of our schools,” and warned that today’s society was entering the “age of the shrug” concerning vital issues, with most people seeking only “escapism.” The Baptist minister’s crusade was being held not far from the spot where he first gained repute as an evangelist at a Los Angeles tent crusade 14 years ago. Since then he has preached to some 30 million people on five continents. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8D-63-NAB)
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic sermons--California--Los Angeles., Prayer in the public schools--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358088
Title:
Catholic sociologists meet.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29786 CATHOLIC SOCIOLOGISTS MEET LOS ANGELES -- Officers of the American Catholic Sociological Society get together at the group’s 25th annual convention in Los Angeles. They are (from left): Father Paul Facey, S.J., Holy Cross College, the organization’s new president; John Hughes, president of Villanova University, the society’s outgoing president; and Sister M. Aquinice of Rosary College, River Forest, Ill., executive secretary. Studies of race relations and discrimination highlighted the convention. Some 40 subjects dealing with Catholic aspects of sociology were covered. One speaker, Brother D. Augustine, F.S.C., of LaSalle College, Philadelphia, stressed that friendly relations can develop between races in a changing neighborhood. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DT-LA-8E-63-RB)
Creator:
Los Angeles Times (Firm) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Catholic Sociological Society--Congresses., American Catholic Sociological Society., Facey, Paul., Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, Ind.)--Faculty., Catholic Church--Clergy., Hughes, John., Villanova University--Presidents., Rosary College (River Forest, Ill.)--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--California--Los Angeles., Religion and sociology--Congresses., Clergy--California--Los Angeles., Nuns--California--Los Angeles., Sociologists--California--Los Angeles., Women sociologists--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358046
Title:
Evangelist Billy Graham at his Los Angeles crusade.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #29867 EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM AT HIS LOS ANGELES CRUSADE Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358021
Title:
Billy Graham addressing Opening Night crowd of 38,708.
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357915
Title:
Billy Graham speaking before the largest crowd of the Crusade Thursday night at the Coliseum.
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357822
Title:
Memo from Dan Thrapp.
Creator:
Thrapp, Dan L. (author), Los Angeles Times (Firm) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Catholic Sociological Society--Congresses., American Catholic Sociological Society., Facey, Paul., Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, Ind.)--Faculty., Catholic Church--Clergy., Hughes, John., Villanova University--Presidents., Rosary College (River Forest, Ill.)--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--California--Los Angeles., Religion and sociology--Congresses., Clergy--California--Los Angeles., Nuns--California--Los Angeles., Sociologists--California--Los Angeles., Women sociologists--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357801
Title:
For release on receipt.
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357786
Title:
They thought of Birmingham.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357754
Title:
Historic American churches.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #531 HISTORIC AMERICAN CHURCHES SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- First of the nine missions founded by Padre Junipero Serra, the Apostle of California, was San Diego De Alcala, above. It was established in 1769, when San Diego was the first permanent settlement in California. Five years after its founding the mission was removed from its original location at Old San Diego to a new one six miles up the valley. It was abandoned in 1845, but the ruins of the old mission have since been restored, and in addition, a modern brick building has been erected as a school for Indian children. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MAC-7-JOG-R)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., San Diego Mission., Serra, Junípero, Saint, 1713-1784.
Topics:
Historic buildings--California--San Diego., Church architecture--California--San Diego., Catholic church buildings--California--San Diego.
Geographic subjects:
San Diego (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc., San Diego (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357604
Title:
A shady cathedral.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #490 A SHADY CATHEDRAL Formed by California redwood and bay trees along the trail in Muir Woods National Monument, California, is this “cathedral of trees.” Administered by the National Park Service, the park was created by President Theodore Roosevelt to preserve a virgin stand of coast redwoods just north of San Francisco. Credit Line Should Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. National Park Service.
Topics:
Wood--California--Marin., National monuments--California--Marin., National parks and reserves--California--Marin.
Geographic subjects:
Muir Woods National Monument (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357587
Title:
Historic American churches.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #22 HISTORIC AMERICAN CHURCHES MONTEREY, Calif. -- San Carlos Borromeo, above, is known as the Father of the Missions and holds the greatest historical interest of all the missions founded by Padre Junipero Serra, the Apostle of California. It is here that Padre Junipero is buried. The walls of this old church are five feet thick and curve inward gradually to meet the ceiling. The parabolic arch thus formed makes San Carlos probably the only building of its kind. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AdD-d-7-JOG-R)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.), Serra, Junípero, Saint, 1713-1784., Catholic Church--Missions--California--Monterey.
Topics:
Church architecture--California--Monterey., Catholic church buildings--California--Monterey., Historic buildings--California--Monterey., Spanish mission buildings--California--Monterey., Missionary settlements--California--Monterey.
Geographic subjects:
Monterey (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357535
Title:
A minute of silent prayer.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #02 A MINUTE OF SILENT PRAYER San Francisco, Cal...Delegates at the opening session of the United Nations Conference held here, stand by their seats and offer a Minute's Silent Prayer for the success of plans leading to world unity and international copperation [sic. cooperation].
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.), United Nations--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--California--San Francisco., Prayer--California--San Francisco., Meditation--California--San Francisco., Contemplation.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357530
Title:
Noted Catholic mission to be restored.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NOTED CATHOLIC MISSION TO BE RESTORED #C-1595 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. -- The famed swallows of Capistrano, which have been returning here each St. Joseph’s Day for more than a century, will be able to keep their rendezvous at the mission built by Father Miguel Jose Junipero Serra for another hundred years at least. For San Juan Capistrano, and other missions like Santa Barbara, San Fernando and Luis Obispo, which were built between 1769 and 1777, are to be restored. The restoration will be accomplished with the aid of a $500,000 fund given the Catholic Church here by the Hearst Foundation, Inc. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EW-LOS-CAL-12C-6-JOG-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Mission San Juan Capistrano., William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
Topics:
Church buildings--California--San Juan Capistrano., Architecture--Conservation and restoration--California--San Juan Capistrano., Architecture, Spanish colonial--California--San Juan Capistrano.
Geographic subjects:
San Juan Capistrano (Calif.), San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357446
Title:
Chinese cardinal and G.I.'s.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHINESE CARDINAL AND G.I.’S #1671 SAN DIEGO -- Bishop Thomas Tien, Chinese cardinal-elect, (center) grins with amusement at the Brooklyn version of his native language as spoken by Marine Sgt. Barney Fleishman (left). Cpl. Artie Brown, also of Brooklyn, finds it equally amusing. Bishop Tien traveled with the Marines on the transport Wakefield from China on the first lap of his journey to Rome for the Feb. 18 consistory. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-2A-6-C)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tian, Gengxin, 1890-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops., Fleishman, Barney., Brown, Artie., United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st.
Topics:
Bishops--California--San Diego., Marines--California--San Diego., Catholics--China., Chinese language--California--San Diego.
Geographic subjects:
San Diego (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357416
Title:
Marines chat with Chinese prelate.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tian, Gengxin, 1890-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops., Fleishman, Barney., Brown, Artie., United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st.
Topics:
Bishops--California--San Diego., Marines--California--San Diego., Catholics--China., Chinese language--California--San Diego.
Geographic subjects:
San Diego (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357243
Title:
Central U.S. Russian Orthodox figure.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CENTRAL U.S. RUSSIAN ORTHODOX FIGURE #S-1300 METROPOLITAN THEOPHILUS of San Francisco is the central figure in the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States. The Council of Bishops in Chicago recently delayed action for two years on a proposal to place the American Church under the spiritual and legal jurisdiction of Moscow Patriarch Alexei. Said Metropolitan Theophilus: “The bishops prefer a free, democratic, independent, American Church until they are convinced that the Moscow Church is free of political domination.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GM-SF-TFD-12-5-A-E-O-D-W)
Subject names:
Pashkovsky, Feodor Nikolaevich, Theophilus, Metropolitan of San Francisco., Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Bishops., Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Relations-- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bishops--California--San Francisco., Church congresses--Illinois--Chicago., Communism and Christianity--Soviet Union., Church and state--Soviet Union., Cold War.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357018

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