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Field Secretary for National Council of Catholic Women

Date: 09 23 1957
Description: Nora Le Tournear, center, a field secretary for the National Council of Catholic Women, is in Madison to speak to Catholic women and give leadership traini...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 08 09 1956
Description: Three officers of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women board chat with Rev. E.G. Brill, Jefferson. Left to right: Rev. Brill; Kathryn Bruening, ...
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Catholic Bishop Open House

Date: 06 11 1957
Description: Myrtle Bond and Eileen Kohls visit in a corner of the living room of Bishop William P. O'Connor's residence on Lake Mendota at Fox Point. They will be help...
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Northwest Convocation of Episcopal Women

Date: 09 17 1957
Description: Rev. H.K. Maybury, Portage, Annie Krug, Madison; Mrs. Clauson Stekl, Baraboo, and Mrs. Robert Griffin, Racine, were among the delegates to the Northwest Co...
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Lent and Teenagers

Date: 02 15 1956
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...
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St. Theresa's Catholic Church

Date: 02 04 1978
Description: "Saturday night service at St. Theresa's Catholic Church. Father Charles Loehr speaks to his congregation."
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen and Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898) is shaking the hand of a woman, possibly his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen. Someone has apparently just ...
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Bishop O'Connor with Three Women

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: Jennie Conlin, Lilian Regan, and Irene O'Rowley, left to right, members of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club, interviewing Bishop William ...
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We Saw You . . . Catholic Women

Date: 05 04 1959
Description: Madison Catholic Women's Club's spiritual director, Rev. Thomas Lourim of Mazomanie, shares a joke with Alice Hippee and Helen Grant before the club's annu...
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Edgewood College Commencement Ceremony

Date: 06 03 1965
Description: Bishop Jerome B. Hastrich and graduates of Edgewood College Commencement, Class of 1965.
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Christmas Eve

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view of a church service held on Christmas Eve.
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Father Gonzalez in Wautoma

Date: 1967
Description: At the center stands Father Antonio Gonzales, a former migrant worker from Rio Grande City, Texas, who is visiting his parents in Wautoma. In 1966, he led ...
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Edgewood Elementary School Groundbreaking

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Participating in the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new elementary school building on the Edgewood campus are left to right, foreground: Mother Evelyn Mot...
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Queen of Peace Queen's Guild

Date: 06 12 1957
Description: Four members of the Queen's Guild of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church present a check of $6000 for the church's building fund to Msgr. F.L. McDonnel...
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Blessed Sacrament Church Rosary Altar Society

Date: 10 10 1960
Description: Reverend R. B. Connelly, spiritual director of the Rosary Altar Society of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, is shown with three of the Society officers. ...
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St. Peters Lutheran Church

Date: 05 1983
Description: "This photo was taken when Pastor John Berg was installed as pastor at St. Peters Lutheran Church."
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St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 02 12 1978
Description: "St. Peter's Ev. Lutheran Church. At a 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, special service, Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Hoepner were honored on their 40th wedding anniversary....
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Planning a Wedding

Date: 04 02 1957
Description: Robert Rucks and Sharon Malloy talk with Reverend Arnold Lehmann of St. Bernard's Catholic Church about their upcoming marriage.
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St. John the Baptist First Communion Class

Date: 04 25 1954
Description: A group portrait of children in a First Communion class, with a priest and nun, of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
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Prize-Winning Poster Promoting Mission Sunday

Date: 04 12 1950
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor (left) presents a check to Marcia Pilon, an Edgewood College freshman, for her prize-winning poster for the Society for the Prop...

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