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Investiture Ceremony at St. Bernard's Church

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bernard G. Traudt, Milwaukee, conferring the rank of monsignor with title of right reverend on St. Bernard's pastor, William Eggers. Assisti...
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church D-Day Service

Date: 06 05 1944
Description: Friends and relatives of service men and women participating in prayer at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church for the D-Day Invasion forces.
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Corpus Christi Procession at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 06 03 1945
Description: A Corpus Christi procession in front of St. Mary's Hospital, including four navy men as canopy bearers, two navy men were flag bearers, and candle bearers ...
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Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field

Date: 09 09 1945
Description: Archbishop Moses E. Kiley of Milwaukee and other clergy at the altar on Breese Stevens Field celebrating Holy Hour. Intentions of the Holy Hour for this ye...
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Leo Crowley

Date: 01 10 1946
Description: Leo Crowley kneeling before the Most Rev. Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of Milwaukee Archdiocese, during a mass in St. Mary's Hospital Chapel of Our Lady of G...
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St. Raphael's Catholic School Graduation Class

Date: 06 24 1946
Description: Group portrait of the 8th grade graduation class, St. Raphael's Catholic School, 216 West Main Street. Pictured are the forty-seven graduates and a priest.
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Holy Name Society, Queen of Peace Parish

Date: 01 21 1947
Description: Charter members of the Holy Name Society, Our Lady Queen of Peace parish, at their swearing-in ceremony. Pictured seated from the left are: Louis Fiore, so...
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Wisconsin Legislative Banquet

Date: 03 20 1947
Description: Group portrait taken at Wisconsin Legislative banquet. Pictured left to right: Bishop William P. O'Connor, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Madison, Judge...
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Bishop O'Connor Inauguration

Date: 03 12 1946
Description: Most Rev. William P. O'Connor, the first Bishop of the Madison diocese, on the steps of St. Raphael's Cathedral, after the ceremony where he was inaugurate...
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Bishop O'Connor Inauguration

Date: 03 12 1946
Description: Most Rev. William P. O'Connor on his throne in St. Raphael's Cathedral during the ceremony that inaugurated him as the first bishop of Madison. L to R are:...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor

Date: 07 20 1947
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor, speaking to a congregation of several thousand people at Camp Randall Stadium for the Holy Hour focusing on World Peace.
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Catholic Holy Hour

Date: 07 20 1947
Description: Four priests and Bishop William P. O'Connor at the Catholic Holy Hour, at Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. To the left of Bisho...
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Priests at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Four priests at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2131 Rowley Avenue.
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Knights of Columbus Honor Members

Date: 05 18 1948
Description: Knights of Columbus honor these five long-time members: left to right, Anton Metz, E.E. Brossard, Frank C. Blied, William A. Devine, and Anton L. Nussbaum.
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Knights of Columbus Honor Members

Date: 05 18 1948
Description: Knights of Columbus speakers table for the dinner honoring five long-time members are: left to right, Reverend Jerome Mersberger, St. Bernard's Church; All...
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Anton J. Oelmiller and John J. Scherer

Date: 06 09 1948
Description: Anton J. Oelmiller, left, and John J. Scherer standing on either side of the Catholic Order of Foresters emblem. Oelmiller and Scherer were honored by St. ...
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Ground Breaking At Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish

Date: 07 18 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor, in vestments, turning the first shovel of dirt for the building that will contain the parish auditorium and six classrooms on t...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 09 31 1948
Description: Cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. Seated, left to right, are Rev. Edward Kinney, Madison, secreta...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor applies a trowel of fresh cement to a base for the cornerstone of the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. L...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Rt. Rev. Adaltbert Turowski, Vatican City, Rome, father general of the Catholic Pallottine Order which will operate the seminary, shown addressing the audi...

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