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Holy Redeemer Church, First Holy Communion

Date: 05 17 1942
Description: Group portrait of Holy Communion class, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 140 West Johnson Street.
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St. Aloysius School

Date: 06 10 1932
Description: St. Aloysius school with children and their diplomas, and a priest in front of the school door.
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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen and Family

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen and family posed in front of their home. A man on the roof holds out a Nor...
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Catholic Graduation Class

Date: 06 10 1956
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a graduation class of 9 girls and 5 boys, holding their diplomas, with a priest and a nun at Holy Redeemer Church, located at 128...
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Graduation Class, Holy Redeemer School

Date: 06 16 1947
Description: Group portrait of graduation class, Holy Redeemer School, with twenty-one children, a nun and a priest.
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St. Patrick's School Graduation Class

Date: 06 12 1949
Description: Group portrait of St. Patrick's School graduation class with priest taken on the steps of the church, 410 East Main Street.
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Holy Redeemer Catholic School Graduation Class

Date: 06 14 1953
Description: Group portrait of seven boys and five girls with one nun and one priest, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 128 West Johnson Street, eighth graduation class.
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St. Francis Xavier School Graduating Class

Date: 05 29 1953
Description: St. Francis Xavier Catholic School graduating class, with priest, taken in front of the church.
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Eighth Grade Graduates St. Raphael Catholic School

Date: 06 09 1948
Description: Group portrait of the eighth grade graduating class of St. Raphael Catholic School, 216 West Main Street, with a nun and a priest.
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Ground Breaking At Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish

Date: 07 18 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor, in vestments, turning the first shovel of dirt for the building that will contain the parish auditorium and six classrooms on t...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 09 31 1948
Description: Cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. Seated, left to right, are Rev. Edward Kinney, Madison, secreta...
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Madison Knights of Columbus 50th Anniversary Procession

Date: 11 11 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a procession being led out of St. Raphael's Cathedral by Bishop William P. O'Connor in honor of the Madison Knights of Columbus 5...
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Don Bosco College

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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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Catholic Holy Hour

Date: 09 20 1953
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...
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Holy Hour At Breese Stevens Field

Date: 09 12 1954
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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Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine

Date: 09 11 1955
Description: Many priests and altar boys in robes attend a pontifical 'field Mass' at Breese Stevens Field. The Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doc...
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Pontifical Mass

Date: 05 06 1961
Description: Participants in a Pontifical Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church stand outdoors.
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Youth Council Delivers Christmas Donations

Date: 12 24 1966
Description: Followed by father James Groppi, their advisor, four members of the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), are walk...

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