cover image: Catechumens bowing before baptism, South Africa, ca.1920-1940

Catechumens bowing before baptism, South Africa, ca.1920-1940

Missions du Sud-Afrique - Serie V - Un bapteme d'adultes au Basutoland : prostration des catechumenes." A large crowd of catechumens bows before an outdoor altar. A Catholic missionary father stands by, along with a white-clad acolyte. The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Missionnaires Oblats de Marie Immaculee" "Oeuvre des Missions O. M. I. - 75 Rue de l'Assumption - Paris (XVIc), Abonnez-vous aux Petites Annales des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie-Immaculee, Revue Mensuelle 10 fr. C. C. 99-99, Paris.
clergy religious practice general views

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m61019
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m61019 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-017-0000-0061
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/b68ab90731d146b2f3b6e8a899e59b6d

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