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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two little girls kneel before an altar that is holding statues and a creche. |
| Date: | 12 1943 |
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| Description: | The cast of the Nativity Christmas pageant of Blessed Sacrament Church, posed on a stairway in their costumes. |
| Date: | 03 29 1953 |
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| Description: | A quartet of horn players, first row David Lewis and William Howard, back row Robert Reuter and Jim Christensen, play for Easter services at Luther Memoria... |
| 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: | 02 15 1953 |
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| Description: | Historic evening mass at St. Raphael Cathedral, a stately two-hour ceremony closing the parish's annual 40 Hours' Devotion. This was the first evening mass... |
| Date: | 09 04 1955 |
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| Description: | Pat Lynch serves punch to Jack Miller and Mora Ferm at a Edgewood High School reception on opening day. |
| Date: | 06 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Three Madison Boy Scouts received the Ad Altare Del medal at a retreat at the Dane County fairgrounds. Left to right: Reverend Wayne Turner, Tim Harrington... |
| 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 28 1970 |
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| Description: | Pope Paul VI greets President Richard Nixon at the Vatican. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, second from the right next to Mrs Nixon, accompanied the Pre... |
| Date: | 01 21 1947 |
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| Description: | Charter members of the Holy Name Society, Our Lady Queen of Peace parish, at their swearing-in ceremony. Pictured seated from the left are: Louis Fiore, so... |
| Date: | 03 20 1947 |
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| Description: | Group portrait taken at Wisconsin Legislative banquet. Pictured left to right: Bishop William P. O'Connor, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Madison, Judge... |
| Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Four women sewing a 'sleeping garment' at the Blessed Martin House, 746 West Washington Avenue, an interracial and interfaith center sponsored by Madison C... |
| Date: | 05 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Knights of Columbus honor these five long-time members: left to right, Anton Metz, E.E. Brossard, Frank C. Blied, William A. Devine, and Anton L. Nussbaum. |
| Date: | 05 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Knights of Columbus speakers table for the dinner honoring five long-time members are: left to right, Reverend Jerome Mersberger, St. Bernard's Church; All... |
| Date: | 07 18 1948 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Rev. J.B. Schneider, O.P., pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, looking at a newly installed bust of St. Dominic de Guzman, Spanish priest who foun... |
| Date: | 02 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison diocese leading the Scout Convocation at St. Raphael's cathedral. Twenty scouts received the Ad Altare Dei medal... |
| Date: | 07 25 2007 |
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| Description: | Open casket of Margaret Brom, during a wake at St. Bart's. |
| Date: | 03 13 1949 |
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| Description: | Patricia Kurth, daughter of Tom Kurth, is shown accepting a $1 prize from William Riley, on behalf of her father, who was the youngest father at the Father... |
| Date: | 11 27 1949 |
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| Description: | Seated at the head table of the fund raising banquet for the "Northlight," a new publication of Catholic University of Wisconsin students are, left to righ... |
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