cover image: Clergy celebrating mass outdoors, Kafubu, Congo, ca.1920-1940

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Clergy celebrating mass outdoors, Kafubu, Congo, ca.1920-1940

8.- La Kafubu- Messa e predica all' aperto." A missionary priest is celebrating an outdoor mass. The members of the crowd are all kneeling on the ground facing the priest. There are a number of thatched huts in the distance. The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Missioni Salasiane del Congo Belga- Serie. I." The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Colla vostra carita abbiamo stabilite le Missioni sino agli ultimi confini della terra. Sac. Giovanni Bosco" and there is also information about the publisher: "Societa Editrice Internazionale- Torino
clergy rural areas religious practice general views

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14505
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Congo, (Democratic Republic)
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Reference
impa-m14505 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-020-0000-0008
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/68b103f7b7e1b3a54e76b068533bb206

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