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Bishop O'Connor with Madison Diocese Seal

Date: 03 04 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor displays the seal of the Diocese of Madison.
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Father-Daughter Breakfast at Blessed Sacrament Church

Date: 03 13 1949
Description: Patricia Kurth, daughter of Tom Kurth, is shown accepting a $1 prize from William Riley, on behalf of her father, who was the youngest father at the Father...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic diocese as he boards a Chicago-bound train on the first leg of his trip to Rome, where he will report to...
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Catholic Women's Club Officers

Date: 08 06 1949
Description: Group portrait of the new officers of the Catholic Women's Club of Madison at the Edgewater Hotel. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Raymond (Anna) Hilsenhoff...
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Queen of Peace Queen's Guild Committee

Date: 10 24 1949
Description: Members of the planning committee for the "old time get-together fun night" sponsored by the Queen's Guild of Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Seated, left ...
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Women's Catholic Order of Foresters

Date: 11 14 1949
Description: Group portrait of fifteen of the rangers and officers from Madison courts of the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters who assisted at the formal installatio...
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Newman Club Banquet

Date: 11 27 1949
Description: Seated at the head table of the fund raising banquet for the "Northlight," a new publication of Catholic University of Wisconsin students are, left to righ...
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Blessed Sacrament Girls Choral Group

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Some of the girls of the Blessed Sacrament Girls Choral group prepare for a cantata to be performed to raise money to purchase the grand piano in the pictu...
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City Manager Charles Howell Receiving "Passkey to Fun"

Date: 01 28 1950
Description: City Manager Charles Howell is shown receiving a "passkey to fun" from a representative of the St. Paulites Association, sponsors of the St. Paul Winter Ca...
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Boy Scout Investiture

Date: 02 05 1950
Description: Fred Fleury, Senior troop leader of the Our Lady Queen of Peace Troop Number 15, is being invested by Rev. F. L. McDonnell as the Rev. Josef V. Cieclorka, ...
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Minstrel Show Players

Date: 02 07 1950
Description: Nine women, all but two in blackface and all dressed in drag for a minstrel show, presented by a St. Bernard's Catholic Church Christian Mothers group. Sea...
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Prize-Winning Poster Promoting Mission Sunday

Date: 04 12 1950
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor (left) presents a check to Marcia Pilon, an Edgewood College freshman, for her prize-winning poster for the Society for the Prop...
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Speaker at Wisconsin Council of Catholic Women

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: Shown discussing his talk on 'The United Nations — What It Means To You' with Mrs. I.J. Maurer at the 35th annual conference of the Wisconsin Council of Ca...
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Wisconsin Council of Catholic Women Founder

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: One of the founders of the Madison Catholic Women's Club and of the state council, Mrs. E.T. Baille (right) is shown chatting with Mrs. N.J. Luke Mergen, M...
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Catholic Women's Council

Date: 05 18 1950
Description: Group portrait of newly-elected officers of the Wisconsin Council of Catholic Women. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Frank Morrow, Eau Claire, corresponding se...
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Knights of Columbus-Zor Shrine Committee

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: Committee members plan the seventh annual Knights of Columbus-Zor Shrine softball extravaganza. Louis Fiore is the KC chairman and Lyle Andrews is the Zor ...
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Catholic Holy Hour

Date: 08 07 1950
Description: The Most Rev. William P. O'Connor, Bishop of the Madison Catholic Diocese, is shown at the microphone as he leads prayers for peace at the annual Catholic ...
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Catholic School Registration

Date: 08 06 1950
Description: Donald Reger and Douglas O'Neill show up for registration as two religious sisters open the door to St. Patrick school, 630 East Washington Avenue.
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Effie Stringer Coffman

Date: 09 19 1950
Description: Portrait of Effie Stringer Coffman, founder of a Catholic sewing circle that made clothing and provided other help to unfortunate children. She founded St....
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Living Rosary

Date: 10 01 1950
Description: Five of sixty-one Edgewood college girls who took part in the "Living Rosary" ceremony are shown holding candles and rosaries. They led prayers on the rosa...

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