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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
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...
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
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...
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
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...
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Vel Phillips and James Groppi at NAACP Youth Council Meeting

Date: 1967
Description: Vel Phillips at a Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council meeting. Vel is standing with a group of people on a table or stage. Below her is Father James Groppi. Vel ...
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870 People Bid Farewell to Dr. Alfred Swan, Minister First Congregational Church

Date: 10 05 1965
Description: Dr. Alfred Swan, minister at the First Congregational Church for 35 years, is honored at a retirement banquet at the Park Motor Inn banquet hall. Shown con...
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Brooks McCormick with Rev. Leon Sullivan

Date: 03 1979
Description: Brooks McCormick standing with Rev. Leon Sullivan. Both men wear International Harvester nametags, and they are holding a plaque which reads, in part: "Dis...
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Brooks McCormick with Rev. Leon Sullivan

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Description: Brooks McCormick sitting and talking with Leon Sullivan at a dinner. The Rev. Leon Sullivan is wearing an International Harvester nametag, with his name an...
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Latin American Mission Program with Bishop Hastrich

Date: 12 16 1965
Description: Portrait of Auxiliary Bishop Jerome Hastrich, director of the Latin American Mission Program, taken after his return from the Ecumenical Council in Rome, I...
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Very Rev. J.J. Fox

Date: 1900
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of J.J. Fox, Bishop of the Green Bay diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Bishop Fox was an active member of the Wisconsin...
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Interior, St. Matthews Church

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Description: Interior view looking towards the altar, nave, pulpit, and several statues. A priest is standing at the pulpit. Caption reads: "Interior, St. Matthews Chur...
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Funeral Service

Date: 03 13 2015
Description: Father Robert Schaller is standing next to a casket holding the body of David Marcou's father, David A. Marcou inside St. James Church. There are flower ar...
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Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church Dedication

Date: 08 14 1955
Description: Elevated view of the dedication ceremony and first Mass held at the Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church located at 401 South Owen Drive. Madison Dioces...
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Dedication of Sisters of St. Benedict Mother-House

Date: 1955
Description: Catholic Bishop William P. O'Connor blessing the chapel at the new mother-house for the Sisters of St. Benedict located on County Highway M near Fox Bluff.
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Ceremony in Sanctuary of St. Bernard's Catholic Church

Date: 03 24 1959
Description: Parishioners gathered in the newly built sanctuary of St. Bernard's Catholic Church on University Avenue in Middleton for a ceremony in which Bishop Willia...
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Ceremony in Sanctuary of New St. Bernard's Catholic Church

Date: 03 24 1959
Description: During a ceremony to bless the altar in the newly built St. Bernard's Catholic Church on University Avenue in Middleton, Bishop William O'Conner seals a pi...
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St. James Catholic Church Pays Respect to Deceased Pastor Msgr. John A. Koelzer

Date: 12 18 1957
Description: Elevated view through an arch towards a large group of people sitting in pews. The body of Msgr. John A. Koelzer, 67, pastor of St. James Catholic Church, ...
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Bishop Fulton Sheen

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. He is looking directly at the camera and is wearing a priestly frock coat and white clerical collar....
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Cardinal Francis Spellman

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Description: Portrait of Cardinal Francis Spellman. He is standing next to a chair and is holding a biretta (hat) in one hand and wearing his choir dress. Spellman is a...
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Father Cyril Geary, O.P.

Date: 05 06 1959
Description: Portrait of the Very Rev. Geary, standing in front of a crucifix. He will be the new pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2181 Rowley Avenue.
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Christmas Eve

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view of a church service held on Christmas Eve.

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