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| Date: | 07 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Guest lounge, St. Benedict's Convent, Fox Bluff, 4200 County Highway M. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Sanctuary of Cistercian Monastery. Two men are kneeling down before the altar. Caption reads: "Sanctuary of the Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis." |
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| Description: | Portrait of Father Janssoone Frederick (11/9/1838 - 8/4/1916) (Le Bon Pere Frederic), missionary at Trois Rivideres, Canada, wearing a robe with a waist co... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two Trappist monks pray at the Stations of the Cross hanging on a hallway wall in the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. A statue of the Madonna and Child is... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A Trappist monk in black robes stands in front of an arched doorway at the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. The stone columns around him have floral capita... |
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| Description: | Trappist monks wearing white hooded cloaks sit at long tables while eating a meal. Religious imagery lines the walls. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of nuns kneeling in front of the sanctuary at Our Lady of the Cenacle, taken from the choir loft. Pews line the aisleway that leads to the sa... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the lounge at the Our Lady of the Cenacle convent. The room is furnished with upholstered chairs and couches, tables, and area rugs. |
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| Description: | iew of a woman sitting with a nun in front of a fireplace in the Maude Adams guest house at Our Lady of the Cenacle convent. The room has low wooden ceilin... |
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| Description: | A view of the altar with the body of St. Paula beneath. Two statues flank the crucifix. A row of pews is on the left. |
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| Description: | Interior view of a nun's cell, furnished with a bed, stool, and dresser. A bare light bulb provides illumination, shutters cover a window and a cross hangs... |
| Date: | 05 27 1965 |
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| Description: | Abstract art decorating the tabernacle at the new Holy Name Seminary. |
| Date: | 05 27 1965 |
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| Description: | John Stanton, Princeton, is shown studying in his semi-enclosed private room. A partition divides his quarters from the cubicle at right. |
| Date: | 05 27 1965 |
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| Description: | Seminarians at Holy Name Seminary give each other haircuts at the facility's barber shop. Gordon Hellenbrand, Cross Plains, is giving a haircut to Steve Me... |
| Date: | 05 27 1965 |
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| Description: | The seminarians at Holy Name Seminary learn that the dignity of manual labor is an important lesson for aspirants to the priesthood. Here Tom Colt, Madison... |
| Date: | 05 27 1965 |
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| Description: | At Holy Name Seminary students are dining at round tables. Sitting with his back to the camera is Tim Terrill, Janesville. Going clockwise around the table... |
| Date: | 10 13 1965 |
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| Description: | Three monks from the Protestant Church, French Community of Taize, France are spending one year in the University of Wisconsin community praying with group... |
| Date: | 06 2016 |
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| Description: | His Holiness, the Dalai Lama at the Masonic Temple, with entourage of monks and wearing a Bucky Badger cap given to him during introductions earlier that m... |
| Date: | 03 2016 |
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| Description: | His Holiness, the Dalai Lama during his talk at the Masonic Temple. |
| Date: | 03 1989 |
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| Description: | His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, in the original Kalachakra temple at the Deer Park Buddhist Center giving a talk to a group of University of Wisconsin Chin... |
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