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| Description: | A view of a mass held at the grotto shrine on the Salesian grounds. The priest faces the altar, which is in a grotto, and a statue of Mary stands to the ri... |
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| Description: | A view of a benediction service in the woods at Camp Malloy. Men, women, and children stand or kneel on the ground beneath trees, while a priest stands at ... |
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| Description: | A clergyman performs an outdoor church service to boys of various ages. A small stone wall flanks each side of the altar area. The altar contains flowers,... |
| Date: | 06 29 1952 |
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| Description: | Overhead shot of celebrants, procession of priests, and gathered laity at a Holy Hour of Prayer for the "peace and liberation of the prisoners of the faith... |
| Date: | 09 20 1953 |
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| Description: | Catholic evening worship service held outdoors at Breese Stevens Field, lit by two haloed lights and 3,000 candles. Bishop William O'Connor led the congreg... |
| Date: | 05 03 1954 |
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| Description: | Jane Gardner says prayers with her children Jane, age 6, and Mary, age 5. The photograph was taken as part of a Mother's Day article featuring the many rol... |
| Date: | 05 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Jacqueline Porter is wearing a long veil and is standing atop a step stool while placing a flower crown on the head of a St. Mary statue inside an unnamed ... |
| Date: | 09 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Over fifty altar boys kneel before a stage decorated with a statue of Mary, with flower arrangements and United States flags. Bishop William P. O'Connor of... |
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| Description: | A boy poses for his first communion in front of a curtain near a table with a candle in a candle holder. He has a rosary wrapped around his hand and holds ... |
| Date: | 02 15 1956 |
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| Description: | Reverend Edmund Kinate of St. Joseph's Catholic Church gives ashes to Joan Licari, eighth grade pupil in his parish school, in preparation for the Lenten o... |
| Date: | 05 1983 |
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| Description: | "This photo was taken when Pastor John Berg was installed as pastor at St. Peters Lutheran Church." |
| Date: | 07 22 1995 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 22 1995 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 25 1957 |
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| Description: | Edgewood High School student council member John Shaffer lights a candle at the altar for Catholic Youth Week. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Young boy, standing in a wooded yard, dressed for his first communion with a boutonniere pinned to his lapel. He is holding a candle, rosary and prayer-boo... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Group of Roman Catholic priests and children on the occasion of a ceremony, perhaps the coronation of a statue of St. Mary. |
| Date: | 12 04 1983 |
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| Description: | Pastor John Berg baptizes Ann Kiefer at St. Peters Lutheran Church. |
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| Description: | Three women are posing sitting on a porch in rocking chairs in front of the door of a house. The woman on the left is holding an infant wearing a baptismal... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a nun seated in a chair and three girls posed behind her. The nun is wearing a habit, wimple ... |
| Date: | 10 07 1964 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic Diocese consecrates four new bells before they are raised in position at the new Holy Name Seminary buil... |
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