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| Date: | 12 18 1957 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 05 30 1965 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a white shirt and pants is holding the arms of a woman who is wearing a white robe and spreading her arms out. They are both standing knee de... |
| Date: | 08 14 1955 |
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| Description: | Blessing ceremony at the new Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church located at 401 South Owen Drive. Standing at the opened front doors of the church are ... |
| Date: | 11 17 1954 |
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| Description: | A young girl kneeling at the side of a bed accompanies a plea for donating to the Empty Stocking Club organized by the Wisconsin State Journal. A st... |
| Date: | 06 1970 |
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| Description: | A caped man standing on a sidewalk is placing his hands on the head of a kneeling man, while another man in a suit and sunglasses is looking on. Caption re... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Illustration of Father Florimond Bonduel baptizing a Menominee woman named Nakam by pouring water from a clam shell onto her head. The woman is kneeling at... |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 03 12 1939 |
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| Description: | Journalist Cecil Brown, who was reporting for CBS from Rome, Italy, took this picture of the crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican awaiting the coron... |
| 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 alter. Soldiers and army nurses are show... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Drawing comparing Methodist revivals to gatherings of howling monkeys. |
| Date: | 03 12 1946 |
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| Description: | Most Rev. William P. O'Connor, the first Bishop of the Madison diocese, on the steps of St. Raphael's Cathedral, after the ceremony where he was inaugurate... |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Jerusalem with the Muslim shrine, the Dome of the Rock, as seen from the hills outside the city. |
| 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: | 10 01 1950 |
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| 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... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 01 13 1952 |
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| Description: | Members of the Catholic Holy Name Society march from the Catholic Community Center, located at 15 East Doty Street, to St. Raphael's Cathedral as part of t... |
| 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. |
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