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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: | 07 22 1995 |
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| Description: | Holy Union ceremony of Brian Bigler (right) and Ken Scott (left) on July 22, 1995 at the First Unitarian Church, Madison, Wisconsin. This may have been on... |
| 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: | 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. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Group of Roman Catholic priests and children on the occasion of a ceremony, perhaps the coronation of a statue of St. Mary. |
| Date: | 12 04 1983 |
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| Description: | Pastor John Berg baptizes Ann Kiefer at St. Peters Lutheran Church. |
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| Description: | Three women are posing sitting on a porch in rocking chairs in front of the door of a house. The woman on the left is holding an infant wearing a baptismal... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a nun seated in a chair and three girls posed behind her. The nun is wearing a habit, wimple ... |
| Date: | 10 07 1964 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic Diocese consecrates four new bells before they are raised in position at the new Holy Name Seminary buil... |
| 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: | 2008 |
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| Description: | His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, at the Dane County Coliseum. |
| 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: | 11 28 1957 |
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| Description: | A man wearing an alb and chasuble is blessing a collection of canned goods on an altar. Caption reads: "Canned food collected for the St. John's Home for A... |
| Date: | 10 16 1962 |
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| Description: | View towards a group of people standing in a cemetery around an altar and a flagpole with an American flag. A clergyman in an alb and chasuble standing in ... |
| 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: | 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... |
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