cover image: Missionary father performs the Mass from a tent, Congo, ca.1900-1930

Missionary father performs the Mass from a tent, Congo, ca.1900-1930

8. Congo Belge - Le Corps du Christ garde toute ame!" ("8. Belgian Congo - the Body of Christ keeps any heart!") Under a tent a missionary father stands in front of an altar table and serves the Mass to indigenous men who kneel before him. Other indigenous men and women kneel outside the tent. Postcard issued by "Missions Salesiennes." The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Procure des Missions Salesiennes, C.C.P. Lyon, 126.85 - 47 chemin de Fontaniere, Lyon (5e).
clergy religious practice group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12967
Date published
1900/1930
Dates
1900/1930
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9.25 x 14.25 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Congo (Democratic Republic)
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Reference
impa-m12967 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0028
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/71d45ef18e729451068d630711040d2d

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