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Portable Confessional

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Portable confessional, manufactured by Burgess Manning Company, set up in front of the altar at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue.
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Father Flad's First Mass

Date: 06 20 1942
Description: Altar of Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue where Father Paul N. Flad is celebrating his first Mass.
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Father Flad's First Mass

Date: 05 20 1942
Description: Father Paul N. Flad faces the congregation during his first Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue, with priests and altar boys kneeling in p...
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St. Patrick's 8th Grade Graduation

Date: 06 12 1941
Description: Group portrait of St. Patrick's eighth grade graduation class, with a priest in front of the altar, 410 East Main Street.
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Girls Pray

Date: 1950
Description: Two little girls kneel before an altar that is holding statues and a creche.
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Catholic Church Altar and Crucifix

Date: 08 17 1955
Description: Bronze crucifix, wall mosaic of religious symbols, and altar in St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, 5460 Mary Lake Road.
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Corpus Christi Procession at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 06 03 1945
Description: A Corpus Christi procession in front of St. Mary's Hospital, including four navy men as canopy bearers, two navy men were flag bearers, and candle bearers ...
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Catholic Holy Hour

Date: 07 20 1947
Description: Four priests and Bishop William P. O'Connor at the Catholic Holy Hour, at Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. To the left of Bisho...
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Sebastian Gebhard Messmer

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, Milwaukee Archbishop.
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Catholic Holy Hour

Date: 08 07 1950
Description: The Most Rev. William P. O'Connor, Bishop of the Madison Catholic Diocese, is shown at the microphone as he leads prayers for peace at the annual Catholic ...
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Edgewood 70th Anniversary Mass

Date: 10 24 1951
Description: Mass is celebrated on the stage of the high school auditorium for Edgewood's 70th anniversary.
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Church Interior

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Description: A view of three small altars. The center altar, set in an alcove, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary; a statue is placed above an ornately decorated cloth and...
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: A view of the chapel altar, made of carved wood. A vase of carnations sits on the right altar gate. The altar itself has a cloth covering the top, with ca...
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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 Church

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Description: Interior of a Catholic church. View of front of the church with the altar and religious icons. There are ornate designs near the ceiling and the arch to th...
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Catholic Shrine of Mary

Date: 10 15 1954
Description: Four-year-old Tania Thousand lights a candle in front of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Green Scapula in the temporary chapel of Immaculate Heart of Mary Pa...
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Madison Capitol Park Carolers

Date: 12 05 1955
Description: A group of nine children carol at the Nativity crib erected near the Wisconsin State Capitol's State Street entrance by the Madison Deanery Council of Cath...
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Father Garrigan Giving Pre-March Mass

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: Father Michael Garrigan in the background wearing a white robe and glasses holding 8 a.m. mass at St. Joseph's Church with 30 marchers before a Obreros Uni...
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Catholic Bishop Open House

Date: 06 11 1957
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor shows off his chapel at his residence on Lake Mendota at Fox Point. The two ladies will be assisting with hospitality at an open...
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Meeting the Pope

Date: 1982
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (in profile) meeting with Pope John Paul II. Obey was heading a congressional delegation that had visited Poland. Obey ...

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