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| Date: | 05 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Bethel Lutheran Church, located at 318 Wisconsin Avenue. Confirmation class standing in the chancel area congregation, with the choir and ministers visible... |
| Date: | 06 26 1955 |
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| Description: | A boy scout receiving the Ad Altare Dei medal, the Catholic Church's award to boy scouts, from Bishop William P. O'Connor. Another boy scout and three othe... |
| Date: | 11 21 1955 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Third annual Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field sponsored by the Holy Hour Society of Dane County, with flag flanked altar. Soldiers are sitting in the fore... |
| Date: | 11 08 1900 |
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| Description: | Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Members of the Tschirren family of Niedermuhlern, Switzerland, praying before mealtime. |
| Date: | 03 12 1946 |
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| 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:... |
| Date: | 03 12 1946 |
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| 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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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young girl with a scroll on a table, probably a graduation diploma. She is wearing all white and has a fa... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of a girl on the occasion of her First Communion. She is dressed in a white dress and flowered tiara and holds a... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a seated studio portrait of Rose Worringer on the occasion of her First Communion. She has a decorative bouquet of flowers pinned ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a girl on the occasion of her First Communion. She is standing and wearing a white dress, flowere... |
| Date: | 05 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Margaret Mentzner, a fulltime employee of the Family Service Agency, is shown hearing the bedtime prayers of a small boy whose mother is sick and abse... |
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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. |
| 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: | 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... |
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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: | 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... |
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