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Bethel Lutheran Church

Date: 05 27 1945
Description: Bethel Lutheran Church, located at 318 Wisconsin Avenue. Confirmation class standing in the chancel area congregation, with the choir and ministers visible...
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Reading the Scriptures

Date: 1954
Description: Rabbi Max Lipschitz, and a group of Bar Mitzvah students wearing prayer shawls and yarmulkes, (Jewish skullcaps) gather around the torah on the altar to re...
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Christmas Advent Wreath

Date: 11 21 1955
Description: Mrs. Fred Chamberlin, 3475 West Belt Line, demonstrating the preparation and use of a Christmas Advent wreath at the Catholic Information Center, 435 State...
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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 O'Connor Inauguration

Date: 03 12 1946
Description: Elevated view of the altar and congregation in St. Raphael's Cathedral during the inauguration of Most Rev. William P. O'Connor as the first bishop of Madi...
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Norbertine Novitiate Chapel

Date: 10 08 1947
Description: Norbertine Novitiate Chapel, showing Jerome Tremel and Angelo Frascino kneeling in prayer, with John Patrick Shaughnessy lighting the candles at the altar....
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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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Corpus Christi Church

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Description: View down aisle toward a minister preaching from the elevated pulpit, while the congregation listens. To the right of the pulpit is the altar.
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St. Peters Lutheran Church

Date: 05 1983
Description: "This photo was taken when Pastor John Berg was installed as pastor at St. Peters Lutheran Church."
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Holy Union Ceremony of Brian Bigler and Ken Scott at First Unitarian Society with Minister

Date: 07 22 1995
Description: Holy Union ceremony of Brian Bigler (right) and Ken Scott (left) on July 22, 1995 at the First Unitarian Church, Madison, Wisconsin. This may have been on...
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Holy Union Ceremony of Brian Bigler and Ken Scott at the First Unitarian Society

Date: 07 22 1995
Description: Holy Union ceremony of Brian Bigler (left) and Ken Scott (right) on July 22, 1995 at the First Unitarian Church, Madison, Wisconsin. Taken during the cand...
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Blessing Canned Food

Date: 11 28 1957
Description: A man wearing an alb and chasuble is blessing a collection of canned goods on an altar. Caption reads: "Canned food collected for the St. John's Home for A...
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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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Mass for Migrant Farm Workers

Date: 1967
Description: A priest says mass in support of migrant farm workers during a grape boycott.

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