Clergy and students after mass, Kindu, Congo, ca.1920-1940

Mission des Peres du S. Esprit a Kindu (Kantangu Nord)- Un groupe d'enfants a la sortie de la messe." ("A group of children leaving Mass") Several clergy are standing outside a brick building posed with a group of children just after mass. There is also the caption: "Dans cette Mission, fondee en 1907, on a eu, pour le seul jour de Noel, 1350 communions. Des Noirs avaient fait deux jours de marche pour venir communier, d'autres avaient attendu pendant deux jours leur tour de confession!! Les filles de la Croix ont, tout pres de l'eglise, une ecole tres florissante." ("In this Mission, founded in 1907, there were on the day of Christmas alone, 1350 communions. Some blacks had made a two-day hike to come to communion, others had waited for two days for confession! The girls of the Cross have, near the church, a flourishing school") The back of the postcard contains a handwritten note in French and also contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Ecole apostolique des Peres du S. Esprit a Gentinnes (Brabant).