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Missionaries of the Poor, a religious order in Kingston, Jamaica, work with the poor and disadvantaged. Here, one of the brot...
Missionaries of the Poor, a religious order in Kingston, Jamaica, work with the poor and disadvantaged. Here, one of the brothers washes an AIDS patient.





A British missionary on Bioko. Portrait of a British Primitive Methodist missionary with two young children from Bioko. Bioko...
A British missionary on Bioko. Portrait of a British Primitive Methodist missionary with two young children from Bioko. Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, circa 1930., Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, Africa.





Missionary work in the Lake Malawi region. A page of illustrations taken from 'The Graphic' newspaper features scenes of miss...
Missionary work in the Lake Malawi region. A page of illustrations taken from 'The Graphic' newspaper features scenes of missionary work at settlements in the Lake Malawi region of Nyasaland. The African Lakes Company, which was established to supply these missions with good and services, is also featured. Nyasaland (Malawi), circa 1889. Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa.





Kikuyu woman educated by Scottish missionaries. Portrait of a young Kikuyu woman, educated by Church of Scotland missionnarie...
Kikuyu woman educated by Scottish missionaries. Portrait of a young Kikuyu woman, educated by Church of Scotland missionnaries in Tumutumu. South Nyeri, Kenya, 1936. Nyeri, Central (Kenya), Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa.





China - 16th century - The Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) and the Chinese scholar converted to Christianity Xu Gu...
China - 16th century - The Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) and the Chinese scholar converted to Christianity Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), engraving





The Chewa people, Malawis largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, ...
The Chewa people, Malawis largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world.





New Bight, Cat Island, Out Islands, Bahama Islands, Mt. Alvernia Hermitage and Father Jerome's tomb atop Como Hill.





Portrait of Achille Ratti Desio (Pope Pius XI from 1922), by Franciscan Missionary nun, oil on canvas, 20th century





A converted British family sheltering a Christian missionary from the persecution of the Druids, ca 1849, by William Holman H...
A converted British family sheltering a Christian missionary from the persecution of the Druids, ca 1849, by William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), oil on canvas, 111x141 cm.





Dr Greta Lowe-Jellicoe enjoys a picnic. Three European men identified as 'Staunton, Ridley and Orrell' enjoy a countryside pi...
Dr Greta Lowe-Jellicoe enjoys a picnic. Three European men identified as 'Staunton, Ridley and Orrell' enjoy a countryside picnic with Dr Greta Lowe-Jellicoe, a medical missionary based in Nigeria between 1926 and 1935. Probably Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, 1929. Abeokuta, Ogun, Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa.





Historical illustration from the 19th Century, after a pamphlet from the 15th Century, prayer for protection from the French ...
Historical illustration from the 19th Century, after a pamphlet from the 15th Century, prayer for protection from the French disease or syphilis, 1497, to St. Dionysius, Denis or Denys from Paris, a missionary in Gaul in the 3rd Century, the first bishop. Historical illustration from the 19th Century, after a pamphlet from the 15th Century, prayer for protection from the French disease or syphilis, 1497, to St. Dionysius, Denis or Denys from Paris, a missionary in Gaul in the 3rd Century, the fi





'David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer.From ''The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone...
'David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer.From ''The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone'' (London c1878). Chromolithograph. Colour.'





In 1894, the Free Church of Scotland established a mission at Khondowe and renamed the place Livingstonia in memory of Dr Dav...
In 1894, the Free Church of Scotland established a mission at Khondowe and renamed the place Livingstonia in memory of Dr David Livingstone, the great missionary-explorer, who died in 1873. The construction of the mission church began more than a century ago and took 25 years to complete. It is still in regular use.





An Herero woman in traditional attire. The origins of the elaborate dress and unique hat style of Herero women can be traced ...
An Herero woman in traditional attire. The origins of the elaborate dress and unique hat style of Herero women can be traced back to 19th century German missionaries who took exception to what they considered an immodest form of dress among the tribe at that time.





CONSECRATION OF DR. R. CALDWELL AND DR. E. SARGENT AS MISSIONARY BISHOPS IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, CALCUTTA.





Methodist missionary marriage in Kenya. English Methodist missionary, Reverend Ian Lewis, and his new wife, Audrey (nee Colma...
Methodist missionary marriage in Kenya. English Methodist missionary, Reverend Ian Lewis, and his new wife, Audrey (nee Colman), pose beneath the arches of the manse (minister's house) at Mazeras for a wedding portrait with their family and friends. Mazeras, Kenya, 6 September 1952. Mazeras, Coast, Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa.





Don Andrea Gallo in the San Benedetto al Porto Community, Genoa, Italy. Don Andrea Gallo in the San Benedetto al Porto Commun...
Don Andrea Gallo in the San Benedetto al Porto Community, Genoa, Italy. Don Andrea Gallo in the San Benedetto al Porto Community, Genoa, Italy





William Carey 1761 to 1834 English protestant missionary and baptist minister Engraved by J Jenkins after Home From the book ...
William Carey 1761 to 1834 English protestant missionary and baptist minister Engraved by J Jenkins after Home From the book The National Portrait Gallery Volume III published c1820





Joan arrives for her wedding, Tumkur. A British bride named Joan arrives at the church in Tumkur to marry Methodist missionar...
Joan arrives for her wedding, Tumkur. A British bride named Joan arrives at the church in Tumkur to marry Methodist missionary Norman Sargent. She holds the arm of a friend, Mr Cochrane, who is dressed in priest's attire. Tumkur (Tumakuru), Karnataka, India, 19 February 1935., Karnataka, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





asia, india, gruppo di boy scouts con un missionario, 1920 1930. asia, india, a group of boy scouts with a missionary, 1920 1...
asia, india, gruppo di boy scouts con un missionario, 1920 1930. asia, india, a group of boy scouts with a missionary, 1920 1930





Christian Friedric Schwartz 1726-1798. Lutherian missionary. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.





Mexico, Baja California, Loreto, Mission Nuestra Senora de Loreto 1697 The Mission Nuestra Senora de Loreto was the first per...
Mexico, Baja California, Loreto, Mission Nuestra Senora de Loreto 1697 The Mission Nuestra Senora de Loreto was the first permanent spanish settlement in the Californias





St. Paul's United Theological College, Limuru. Exterior shot of St. Paul's United Theological College in Limuru, a college es...
St. Paul's United Theological College, Limuru. Exterior shot of St. Paul's United Theological College in Limuru, a college established by missionaries to train African ordinands for the priesthood and to educate their wives. Limuru, Kenya, circa 1956. Limuru, Central (Kenya), Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa.





South Africa, Mpumalanga, Middelburg, Botshabelo Ndebele Village (Formerly Missionary Station) Two Local Women In Traditional...
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Middelburg, Botshabelo Ndebele Village (Formerly Missionary Station) Two Local Women In Traditional Dress Sitting Down.





Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - A 46-year-old man who had just been deported from the United States tells his story to Sister Maria...
Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - A 46-year-old man who had just been deported from the United States tells his story to Sister Maria Engracia Robles of the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist They are at the Assistance Center for Deported Migrants, which provid. Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - A 46-year-old man who had just been deported from the United States tells his story to Sister Maria Engracia Robles of the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist They are at the Assistance Center for Deported Migrants,





'Ceremony for the release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650 (1759). Ephraim de Neve...
'Ceremony for the release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650 (1759). Ephraim de Nevers, a French Capuchin monk, went as a missionary to India in c1645. Imprisoned by inquisitors at Goa, he was liberated by the king of Golconda in c1650. From ''Histoire des Inquisitions''. (Cologne, 1759).'





CONQUISTA DE MEXICO - DETALLE - FRAY BARTOLOME DE OLMEDO - PINTADO EN COBRE- FINALES S XVIII. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MU...
CONQUISTA DE MEXICO - DETALLE - FRAY BARTOLOME DE OLMEDO - PINTADO EN COBRE- FINALES S XVIII. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





A HOSPITAL IN AFRICA. A HOSPITAL IN AFRICA Photo essay from hospital. Primary health care in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. Uni...
A HOSPITAL IN AFRICA. A HOSPITAL IN AFRICA Photo essay from hospital. Primary health care in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. United Nations. UNICEF. Mother-child care center. Catholic missionary sister. Maternity.





africa, arcipelago di capo verde, profilassi antimalaria, 1930 1940. Africa, Capo Verde, malaria prophylaxis, 1930 1940





ALBERT SCHWEITZER French theologian, philosopher, missionary physician and music scholar with his antelopes at Lambarene, Afr...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER French theologian, philosopher, missionary physician and music scholar with his antelopes at Lambarene, Africa Date: 1875 - 1965





David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer. Livingstone's steamer 'Ma-Robert' on a crocodile infe...
David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer. Livingstone's steamer 'Ma-Robert' on a crocodile infested Zambesi River. From The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone c1878. Tinted lithograph





Mount Zion Church, Jamaica. A woodcut illustration of Mount Zion Church, taken from Reverend George Blythe's autobiography, '...
Mount Zion Church, Jamaica. A woodcut illustration of Mount Zion Church, taken from Reverend George Blythe's autobiography, 'Reminiscences of Missionary Life' (published in 1851). This was a Presbyterian church founded by the Scottish Missionary Society. St James, Jamaica, circa 1850., St James (Jamaica), Jamaica, Caribbean, North America .





Statue of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. Sculpted by Karel Dvorak between 1928 and 1939. Decorates the Charles Bridge. Prague. ...
Statue of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. Sculpted by Karel Dvorak between 1928 and 1939. Decorates the Charles Bridge. Prague. Czech Republic.





All-terrain vehicle, four-by-four, christian slogan, Jesus loves you, federal state Piaui, Brazil





Medak Cathedral. Exterior view of the tower of Medak Cathedral, built by Wesleyan Methodist missionaries in the Gothic archit...
Medak Cathedral. Exterior view of the tower of Medak Cathedral, built by Wesleyan Methodist missionaries in the Gothic architectural style during the First World War (1914-1918). Medak, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1933., Andhra Pradesh, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





Conquest and Indian villages in Guatemala. Jesuits . Madrid, Museum of America. Author: ANONIMO SIGLO XVIII. Location: MUSEO ...
Conquest and Indian villages in Guatemala. Jesuits . Madrid, Museum of America. Author: ANONIMO SIGLO XVIII. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





Father Marquette statue is located next to the Marquette Chamber of Commerce located on Front St.





Reverend Ronald Mgongo at Bristol. Portrait of Reverend Ronald Mgongo, the first Bishop to be appointed to the new multiracia...
Reverend Ronald Mgongo at Bristol. Portrait of Reverend Ronald Mgongo, the first Bishop to be appointed to the new multiracial Methodist church of Mombasa, Kenya. He is pictured beneath a plaque that reads: 'John's Wesley's First Chapel and Dwelling House'. Bristol, England, circa 1956. Bristol, Bristol, England (United Kingdom), Western Europe, Europe .





John Eliot circa 1604 to 1690. English born Puritan missionary who preached to Massachusett Indians. From a 19th century illu...
John Eliot circa 1604 to 1690. English born Puritan missionary who preached to Massachusett Indians. From a 19th century illustration.





Estate house prepared for Holy Communion. The interior of an estate house laid out for British missionary Reverend Norman Sar...
Estate house prepared for Holy Communion. The interior of an estate house laid out for British missionary Reverend Norman Sargant to perform a Holy Communion ceremony at 'Doopadcool' coffee estate. Mysore State (Karnataka), India, circa 1937., Karnataka, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





LEPROSY. LEPROSY Photo essay for press only. Leper in a Missionaries of Charity center in Calcutta, India.





Original Film Title: ARO TOLBUKHIN, EN LA MENTE DEL ASESINO. English Title: ARO TOLBUKHIN IN THE MIND OF A KILLER. Film Direc...
Original Film Title: ARO TOLBUKHIN, EN LA MENTE DEL ASESINO. English Title: ARO TOLBUKHIN IN THE MIND OF A KILLER. Film Director: AGUSTIN VILLARONGA; LYDIA ZIMMERMANN; ISAAC P. RACINE. Year: 2002.





Caring for retarded children at Bethlehem Place in Kingston, Jamaica. The facility is run by the Missionaries of the Poor, a ...
Caring for retarded children at Bethlehem Place in Kingston, Jamaica. The facility is run by the Missionaries of the Poor, a religious order. Nurses from Emory University visit the facility periodically to help provide care.





MISIONERO ESPAÑOL CON UN GRUPO DE NIÑOS Y JOVENES ANGOLEÑOS. Location: EXTERIOR, LUANDA, ANGOLA.





A smartly dressed Herero woman has a beaded AIDS badge pinned to her chest. The origins of her elaborate dress and unique hat...
A smartly dressed Herero woman has a beaded AIDS badge pinned to her chest. The origins of her elaborate dress and unique hat style can be traced back to 19th century German missionaries who took exception to what they considered an immodest form of dress among the tribe. They insisted that Herero women adopt their own impractical style of Victorian era dresses.





PAUL, Saint (Saul) (Tarsus, Cilicia, c.10-Rome?, c. 67). "St. Paul at Ephesus. (Acts of the Apostles, Chapter XIX, verses 16 ...
PAUL, Saint (Saul) (Tarsus, Cilicia, c.10-Rome?, c. 67). "St. Paul at Ephesus. (Acts of the Apostles, Chapter XIX, verses 16 to 20). G. DORE drawing and engraving by J. Ettling.





A shelter resident at one of the Missionaries of the Poor shelter in Kingston, Jamaica. It's a religious group founded by Fat...
A shelter resident at one of the Missionaries of the Poor shelter in Kingston, Jamaica. It's a religious group founded by Father Richard Ho Lung in 1981. They are assisted by volunteers who come from the US and other places.





LLULL, Ramon (Palma de Mallorca, 1233 o 1235Bujía, 1315 o 1316). Filósofo, místico y literato conocido como el "Doctor Ilumin...
LLULL, Ramon (Palma de Mallorca, 1233 o 1235Bujía, 1315 o 1316). Filósofo, místico y literato conocido como el "Doctor Iluminado". "ARBOL SCIENTIAE". Grabado de la obra impresa en Lugduni (Leyden) en el año 1635. Biblioteca Episcopal. Barcelona. Cataluña.





Original Film Title: ARO TOLBUKHIN, EN LA MENTE DEL ASESINO. English Title: ARO TOLBUKHIN IN THE MIND OF A KILLER. Film Direc...
Original Film Title: ARO TOLBUKHIN, EN LA MENTE DEL ASESINO. English Title: ARO TOLBUKHIN IN THE MIND OF A KILLER. Film Director: AGUSTIN VILLARONGA; LYDIA ZIMMERMANN; ISAAC P. RACINE. Year: 2002. Stars: CARMEN BEATO.





Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther. Portrait of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809-1892), a former Nigerian slave who was rescued a...
Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther. Portrait of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809-1892), a former Nigerian slave who was rescued and converted to Christianity. He later became a missionary worker, and in 1864, was ordained as the first African Bishop of the Church of England, based in Niger. Probably Niger, circa 1865. Niger, Western Africa, Africa.





A pyramid of Congolese children. Missionary Alice Seeley Harris, dressed completely in white, stands above a pyramid of Congo...
A pyramid of Congolese children. Missionary Alice Seeley Harris, dressed completely in white, stands above a pyramid of Congolese children. Congo Free State (Democratic Republic of Congo), circa 1905. Congo, Democratic Republic of, Central Africa, Africa.





Brothers of the Missionaries of the Poor in Kingston, Jamaica, serving food to underserved community members.





Naha, Okinawa, Japan, a Christian man blowing a horn to honor the missionary that brought Christianity to Okinawa, by his gra...
Naha, Okinawa, Japan, a Christian man blowing a horn to honor the missionary that brought Christianity to Okinawa, by his grave at Gakokuji Temple





Portrait of Saint Columbanus, Irish monk, abbot and missionary by Giuseppe Franchi, oil on canvas





'David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer, with members of his expedition and his wife and fami...
'David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer, with members of his expedition and his wife and family discovering Lake Ngami, Botswana on l August 1849. Engraving after drawing made on the spot by Alfred Ryder. From ''Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa'' Davi





Opening of a new nurse's accommodation. Reverend George Sawday addresses a seated audience during the opening ceremony of new...
Opening of a new nurse's accommodation. Reverend George Sawday addresses a seated audience during the opening ceremony of new trainee nurse's accommodation at Holdsworth Memorial Hospital. The hospital was run by Methodist missionaries, who provided three year training courses for nurses. Mysore, India, January 1934. Mysore, Karnataka, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





CATECISMO DEL MISIONERO AL SERVICIO ESPAÑA - SIGLO XVI - DOBLE PAGINA. Author: FRAY PEDRO DE GANTE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACI...
CATECISMO DEL MISIONERO AL SERVICIO ESPAÑA - SIGLO XVI - DOBLE PAGINA. Author: FRAY PEDRO DE GANTE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





An Herero woman stands in the shade outside her home. The origins of her elaborate dress and unique hat style can be traced b...
An Herero woman stands in the shade outside her home. The origins of her elaborate dress and unique hat style can be traced back to 19th century German missionaries who took exception to what they considered an immodest form of dress among the tribe.





Interior view, Kloster Schlehdorf Convent, convent of the Dominican Missionary Sisters of King William´s Town in South Africa...
Interior view, Kloster Schlehdorf Convent, convent of the Dominican Missionary Sisters of King William´s Town in South Africa, Schlehdorf, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe





Detail of the fresco depicting The Martyrdom of Saint Boniface in Frisia in 754, found in the basilica of St Boniface´s Abbey...
Detail of the fresco depicting The Martyrdom of Saint Boniface in Frisia in 754, found in the basilica of St Boniface´s Abbey, Munich, Bavaria, Germany Saint Boniface, c 7th century – 754 Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid, Wynfrith, or Wynfryth Missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century He is the patron saint of Germany and the first archbishop of Mainz From Histoire Des Peintres, École Allemande, published 1875





Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Religion, Padre Tiziano An Italian Roman Catholic Missionary Taking Confession With A Q?Eqchi Indian...
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Religion, Padre Tiziano An Italian Roman Catholic Missionary Taking Confession With A Q?Eqchi Indian Girl





Father Junipero Serra Jose Miguel Serra y Ferrer 1713 - 1784 Spanish Franciscan friar Founder of mission chain in Alta Califo...
Father Junipero Serra Jose Miguel Serra y Ferrer 1713 - 1784 Spanish Franciscan friar Founder of mission chain in Alta California America From the book The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine May to October 1883





Hampden Presbyterian Church, Jamaica. A woodcut illustration of Hampden Presbyterian Church on the northern border of Queen's...
Hampden Presbyterian Church, Jamaica. A woodcut illustration of Hampden Presbyterian Church on the northern border of Queen's Vale, taken from Reverend George Blythe's autobiography entitled 'Reminiscences of Missionary Life' (published in 1851). Blythe served as a pastor here when the church opened on 22 June 1828. Hampden, Trelawney, Jamaica, circa 1850. Hampden, Trelawny, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America .





The Chewa people, Malawis largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, ...
The Chewa people, Malawis largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world.





Domingo de Betanzos (1430-1549). Spanish missionary. Mexican engraving, 1885. Department of Prints and Engravings. Library of...
Domingo de Betanzos (1430-1549). Spanish missionary. Mexican engraving, 1885. Department of Prints and Engravings. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain.





Balear Library, La Real Monastery, XIII Century, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, Secar de La Real, Palma Mallorca Balearic...
Balear Library, La Real Monastery, XIII Century, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, Secar de La Real, Palma Mallorca Balearic Islands Spain





Missionaries at 'Doopadcool Estate'. British missionary Reverend Norman Sargant poses with two Methodist evangelists, J.A. De...
Missionaries at 'Doopadcool Estate'. British missionary Reverend Norman Sargant poses with two Methodist evangelists, J.A. Dennisann and Monahan Peter, at 'Doopadcool Estate' following a baptism ceremony. Mysore State (Karnataka), India, 1938., Karnataka, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





Don Andrea with the inevitable cigar in an interview. Don Andrea Gallo, Genoa, Italy. Don Andrea with the inevitable cigar in...
Don Andrea with the inevitable cigar in an interview. Don Andrea Gallo, Genoa, Italy. Don Andrea with the inevitable cigar in an interview. Don Andrea Gallo, Genoa, Italy





DIEGO JOSE DE CADIZ-MISIONERO-PAEZ 2588. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





A brightly dressed Herero woman rests in the shade of a tree near her home. The origins of her elaborate dress and unique hat...
A brightly dressed Herero woman rests in the shade of a tree near her home. The origins of her elaborate dress and unique hat style can be traced back to 19th century German missionaries who took exception to what they considered an immodest form of dress among the tribe. They insisted that Herero women adopt their own impractical style of Victorian era dresses.





Evangelist preaching to villagers. Methodist evangelist T.B. William preaches to a crowd of Indian villagers. T.B. William wa...
Evangelist preaching to villagers. Methodist evangelist T.B. William preaches to a crowd of Indian villagers. T.B. William was accompanying British missionary Reverend Norman Sargant, who travelled throughout Mysore State preaching to rural Christian communities. Mysore State (Karnataka), India, 1933., Karnataka, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





Portrait of a missionary's wife. Portrait of Joan Sargant, wife of Methodist missionary Reverend Norman Sargant, standing wit...
Portrait of a missionary's wife. Portrait of Joan Sargant, wife of Methodist missionary Reverend Norman Sargant, standing within a circle of Indian children outside a mission school or orphanage. Chikmagalur, Mysore State (Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka), India, December 1935., Karnataka, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





I800S 1870S “Doctor Livingstone, I Presume” Newspaper Man Correspondent Henry M. Stanley Greets Missionary David Livingston N...
I800S 1870S “Doctor Livingstone, I Presume” Newspaper Man Correspondent Henry M. Stanley Greets Missionary David Livingston November 1871 Ujiji Lake Tanganyika Africa





Original Film Title: THE NUN'S STORY. English Title: THE NUN'S STORY. Film Director: FRED ZINNEMANN. Year: 1959. Stars: AUDRE...
Original Film Title: THE NUN'S STORY. English Title: THE NUN'S STORY. Film Director: FRED ZINNEMANN. Year: 1959. Stars: AUDREY HEPBURN.





An Emory University student nurse caring for a child at a health center run by Missionaries of the Poor, a local religious or...
An Emory University student nurse caring for a child at a health center run by Missionaries of the Poor, a local religious order.





Chief Shakes Tribal House built in 1940 to represent a fine example of an upper caste Tlingit clan or communal living house o...
Chief Shakes Tribal House built in 1940 to represent a fine example of an upper caste Tlingit clan or communal living house of the pre-missionary era, Shakes Island, Wrangell, Alaska.





SAN ANTONIO MARIA CLARET (1807-1870). Arzobispo español, confesor de la reina Isabel II y fundador de varias congregaciones m...
SAN ANTONIO MARIA CLARET (1807-1870). Arzobispo español, confesor de la reina Isabel II y fundador de varias congregaciones misioneras. S. XIX. Retrato realizado por Germán Hernández Amores (h.1823-1894). Comunidad Claretiana. Madrid.





Montego Bay Presbyterian Church. A woodcut illustration of a church at Montego Bay, taken from Reverend George Blythe's autob...
Montego Bay Presbyterian Church. A woodcut illustration of a church at Montego Bay, taken from Reverend George Blythe's autobiography, 'Reminiscences of Missionary Life' (published in 1851). This was a Presbyterian church founded by the Scottish Missionary Society. Montego Bay, Jamaica, circa 1850. Montego Bay, St James (Jamaica), Jamaica, Caribbean, North America .





Pueblos of the Salinas Valley once a thriving pueblo community of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking peoples in the remote area of cen...
Pueblos of the Salinas Valley once a thriving pueblo community of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking peoples in the remote area of central New Mexico Early in the 17th century Spanish Franciscans visited the area and began their missionary effort





New Bight, Cat Island, Out Islands, Bahama Islands, Mt. Alvernia Hermitage and Father Jerome's tomb atop Como Hill.





Balear Library, La Real Monastery, XIII Century, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, Secar de La Real, Palma Mallorca Balearic...
Balear Library, La Real Monastery, XIII Century, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, Secar de La Real, Palma Mallorca Balearic Islands Spain





Historical scene from the U.S. history of the 17th century, Thomas Mayhew, 1593 _ 1682, a British puritan and missionary, and...
Historical scene from the U.S. history of the 17th century, Thomas Mayhew, 1593 _ 1682, a British puritan and missionary, and the chief of the Narragansett tribe in Massachusetts, USA





Mother Superior and student. The Mother Superior of the Chilabula Mission, dressed in white from head to toe, stands beside o...
Mother Superior and student. The Mother Superior of the Chilabula Mission, dressed in white from head to toe, stands beside one of her female African students on the banks of a river. Near Kasama, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), circa 1952., North (Zambia), Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa.





William Knibb. Signed portrait of William Knibb (1803-1845), an English Christian missionary who travelled to Jamaica in 1824...
William Knibb. Signed portrait of William Knibb (1803-1845), an English Christian missionary who travelled to Jamaica in 1824 to lead the fight against the slave trade. Location unknown, circa 1847.





Colombia, Choco Region, Noanama Tribe, 'Teenager Decked Out With Traded, Yellow, Glass Bead Necklace Plus Two Silver Crosses,...
Colombia, Choco Region, Noanama Tribe, 'Teenager Decked Out With Traded, Yellow, Glass Bead Necklace Plus Two Silver Crosses, Denoting Missionary Influence, A Lily In His Ear For Adornment'





The great martyrdom of fifty two Christians in Nagasaki, September 10, 1622, detail from a painnting by an unknown artist, Ja...
The great martyrdom of fifty two Christians in Nagasaki, September 10, 1622, detail from a painnting by an unknown artist, Japanese paper, 126x170 cm. Church of the Gesu, Rome, Italy. Japan, 17th century.





Builders of a new boys' school on the Tana River. A number of young Kenyan men, involved in missionary work to build a new bo...
Builders of a new boys' school on the Tana River. A number of young Kenyan men, involved in missionary work to build a new boys' school on the Tana River, take a break to pose for the camera. Coast Province, Kenya, 1951., Coast, Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa.





Stanley´s meeting with Livingstone 10 November 1871, in Ujiji near Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, East Africa Sir Henry Morton St...
Stanley´s meeting with Livingstone 10 November 1871, in Ujiji near Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, East Africa Sir Henry Morton Stanley, born John Rowland, 1841 to 1904 Welsh journalist and explorer Dr David Livingstone, 1813 to 1873 Scottish missionary a. Stanley´s meeting with Livingstone 10 November 1871, in Ujiji near Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, East Africa Sir Henry Morton Stanley, born John Rowland, 1841 to 1904 Welsh journalist and explorer Dr David Livingstone, 1813 to 1873 Scottish





Palma de Mallorca, Fray Junípero Serra statue, founder of San Francisco CA. Balearic Islands, Spain Europe





Chapel inside St. Paul's United Theological College, Limuru. Interior shot of the chapel at St. Paul's United Theological Col...
Chapel inside St. Paul's United Theological College, Limuru. Interior shot of the chapel at St. Paul's United Theological College in Limuru, a college established by missionaries to train African ordinands for the priesthood and to educate their wives. Limuru, Kenya, circa 1956. Limuru, Central (Kenya), Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa.





Germany, Eichstaett, Altmuehl, nature reserve Altmuehl Valley, Franconian Alb, Franconian Jura, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Altmu...
Germany, Eichstaett, Altmuehl, nature reserve Altmuehl Valley, Franconian Alb, Franconian Jura, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Altmuehl landscape, river landscape, Willibald castle, Willibald von Eichstaett





The Battle of Chattanooga, the capture of Missionary Ridge by Union forces under General Thomas, November 25, 1863, from The ...
The Battle of Chattanooga, the capture of Missionary Ridge by Union forces under General Thomas, November 25, 1863, from The New York Times





Preaching of the first missionary apostles. After a tapestry in Tournay Cathedral. From Science and Literature in The Middle ...
Preaching of the first missionary apostles. After a tapestry in Tournay Cathedral. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878





American missionaries in Jamaica. A group of American missionaries travels in an open rail carriage decorated with British an...
American missionaries in Jamaica. A group of American missionaries travels in an open rail carriage decorated with British and American flags. Jamaica, circa 1890. Jamaica, Caribbean, North America .





A Jamaican resident at 'The Lord's Place' in Kingston, run by the Missionaries of the Poor, waiting for food to be distribute...
A Jamaican resident at 'The Lord's Place' in Kingston, run by the Missionaries of the Poor, waiting for food to be distributed.





Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary to China (top left) moved into Chinese society with restrait,learning the language and cult...
Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary to China (top left) moved into Chinese society with restrait,learning the language and culture, dressing as a Chinese scholar, before he introduced Christianity to the Chinese. Here he is depicted with fellow Jesuits.





The Chewa people, Malawis largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, ...
The Chewa people, Malawis largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world.





Atrocities of the Rubber Slavery in the Belgian Congo. Natives hold the severed hands of two countrymen murdered by rubber se...
Atrocities of the Rubber Slavery in the Belgian Congo. Natives hold the severed hands of two countrymen murdered by rubber sentries in May 1904. The white men are Edgar Stannard and John Harris, Baptist missionaries, who documented many such atrocities for humanitarian activist Edward Morel.





Fray Bartolomé de Olmedo Christening Indians. 1698. Madrid, Museum of America. Author: GONZALEZ MIGUEL / GONZALEZ JUAN. Locat...
Fray Bartolomé de Olmedo Christening Indians. 1698. Madrid, Museum of America. Author: GONZALEZ MIGUEL / GONZALEZ JUAN. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





The Chewa people, Malawis largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, ...
The Chewa people, Malawis largest ethnic group, live on the west side of Lake Malawi. Despite years of missionary influence, they still cling to old beliefs and rituals. For them, death simply means a journey of rebirth into the spirit world.





Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - Volunteers prepare meals at the Assistance Center for Deported Migrants The Center provides food, c...
Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - Volunteers prepare meals at the Assistance Center for Deported Migrants The Center provides food, clothing, and other assistance for migrants deported from the United States It is a project of the Kino Border Initiative, a bina. Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - Volunteers prepare meals at the Assistance Center for Deported Migrants The Center provides food, clothing, and other assistance for migrants deported from the United States It is a project of the Kino Border Initia





Emory Nursing students saying good-bye to the residents of the various shelters run by the Missionaries of the Poor





Mexico, Baja California, Todos Santos, Centro Cultural Prof Nestor Agundez Martinez, Nationalist and revolutionary frescoes 1...
Mexico, Baja California, Todos Santos, Centro Cultural Prof Nestor Agundez Martinez, Nationalist and revolutionary frescoes 1933, Missionaries baptizing indigenous people





Mursi tribal girl with ear lobes and lower lip pierced during English lesson ran by Christian missionaries, Makki Village, So...
Mursi tribal girl with ear lobes and lower lip pierced during English lesson ran by Christian missionaries, Makki Village, South Omo, Ethiopia.





Domingo de Betanzos (1430-1549). Spanish missionary. Mexican engraving, 1885. Colored. Department of Prints and Engravings. L...
Domingo de Betanzos (1430-1549). Spanish missionary. Mexican engraving, 1885. Colored. Department of Prints and Engravings. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain.





giappone, il generale nobile in visita alla missione di myazaki, 1928. Japan, the general visited the noble mission of myazak...
giappone, il generale nobile in visita alla missione di myazaki, 1928. Japan, the general visited the noble mission of myazaki, 1928





Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - Volunteers prepare meals at the Assistance Center for Deported Migrants The Center provides food, c...
Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - Volunteers prepare meals at the Assistance Center for Deported Migrants The Center provides food, clothing, and other assistance for migrants deported from the United States It is a project of the Kino Border Initiative, a bina. Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - Volunteers prepare meals at the Assistance Center for Deported Migrants The Center provides food, clothing, and other assistance for migrants deported from the United States It is a project of the Kino Border Initia





Oceania, Melanesien, Papua New Guinea, Madang, Alexishafen, mission-station, grave yard, diggers, crosses, island state, Nort...
Oceania, Melanesien, Papua New Guinea, Madang, Alexishafen, mission-station, grave yard, diggers, crosses, island state, North-coast, silence-places, crosses, names, missionaries, death, died, overgrows, eternity, transience, memory, past, proselytization. Ozeanien, Melanesien, Papua New Guinea, Madang, Alexishafen, mission-station, grave yard, diggers, crosses, island state, North-coast, silence-places, crosses, names, missionaries, death, died, overgrows, eternity, transience, memory, past, pr





Brother of the Missionaries of the Poor, a religious order in Kingston Jamaica, walking on the grounds of the facility, calle...
Brother of the Missionaries of the Poor, a religious order in Kingston Jamaica, walking on the grounds of the facility, called the Lord's Place.





A brightly dressed Herero woman rests in the shade of a tree near her home. The origins of her elaborate dress and unique hat...
A brightly dressed Herero woman rests in the shade of a tree near her home. The origins of her elaborate dress and unique hat style can be traced back to 19th century German missionaries who took exception to what they considered an immodest form of dress among the tribe. They insisted that Herero women adopt their own impractical style of Victorian era dresses.





Rwanda, Religion, Missionary Church And School With Women And Children Walking Across Courtyard In Foreground.





New Bight, Cat Island, Out Islands, Bahama Islands, The Mt. Alvernia Hermitage built by Father Jerome atop Como Hill.





A converted British Family sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids, by William Holman Hunt, 1850...
A converted British Family sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids, by William Holman Hunt, 1850, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, Europe





PLANTA DEL TE (TE HERBA). Grabado de la obra "CHINA MONUMENTIS ILLUSTRADA" de Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-1680), jesuita alemán,...
PLANTA DEL TE (TE HERBA). Grabado de la obra "CHINA MONUMENTIS ILLUSTRADA" de Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-1680), jesuita alemán, físico, matemático, orientalista, filólogo y anticuario. Editada en Amsterdam en el 1667. Biblioteca Episcopal. Barcelona. Cataluña.





Poster by Tomas Bueno Reviejo showing Mother Teresa (1910-1997) and Rosa Munoz, missionary.. 1998. Private collection. Madrid...
Poster by Tomas Bueno Reviejo showing Mother Teresa (1910-1997) and Rosa Munoz, missionary.. 1998. Private collection. Madrid. Author: REVIEJO BUENO TOMAS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.





David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer, Livingstone being charged by a lion, Saved by Mebalwe...
David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer, Livingstone being charged by a lion, Saved by Mebalwe, a native schoolmaster, who shot the animal, From Heroes of Britain Edwin Hodder (London c1860), Wood engraving,





In 1894, the Free Church of Scotland established a mission at Khondowe and renamed the place Livingstonia in memory of Dr Dav...
In 1894, the Free Church of Scotland established a mission at Khondowe and renamed the place Livingstonia in memory of Dr David Livingstone, the great missionary-explorer, who died in 1873. The original post office at Livingstonia was built of local brick with a clock tower added in 1905. It houses one of the oldest illuminated clocks in Africa.





Pueblos of the Salinas Valley once a thriving pueblo community of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking peoples in the remote area of cen...
Pueblos of the Salinas Valley once a thriving pueblo community of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking peoples in the remote area of central New Mexico Early in the 17th century Spanish Franciscans visited the area and began their missionary effort





Pueblos of the Salinas Valley once a thriving pueblo community of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking peoples in the remote area of cen...
Pueblos of the Salinas Valley once a thriving pueblo community of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking peoples in the remote area of central New Mexico Early in the 17th century Spanish Franciscans visited the area and began their missionary effort





CRISTOBAL DE SANTA CATALINA (1638-1690) - GRABADO - 1762. Author: DIEZ JUAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID,...
CRISTOBAL DE SANTA CATALINA (1638-1690) - GRABADO - 1762. Author: DIEZ JUAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





John Kitto (1805-1854) Cornish-born English author and missionary. Became deaf in 1817. Produced the Pictorial Bible (1838). ...
John Kitto (1805-1854) Cornish-born English author and missionary. Became deaf in 1817. Produced the Pictorial Bible (1838). Woodcut c1860.





Original Film Title: THE MISSION. English Title: THE MISSION. Film Director: ROLAND JOFFE. Year: 1986. Stars: ROBERT DE NIRO.





Don Andrea while wearing the cassock. Don Andrea Gallo, Genoa, Italy. Don Andrea while wearing the cassock. Don Andrea Gallo,...
Don Andrea while wearing the cassock. Don Andrea Gallo, Genoa, Italy. Don Andrea while wearing the cassock. Don Andrea Gallo, Genoa, Italy





Methodist missionary cradling his daughter. Methodist missionary Reverend Norman Sargant cradles his baby daughter Nell outsi...
Methodist missionary cradling his daughter. Methodist missionary Reverend Norman Sargant cradles his baby daughter Nell outside Chikmagalur Church. Chikmagalur, Mysore State (Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka), India, February 1937., Karnataka, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





Member of the Missionaries of the Poor, a religious order in Kingston, Jamaica, work with disabled Jamaican young people.





Portrait of an older, Dutch man, sitting at a diner-table, while his daughter approaches him from the back.





Evangelist preaching to villagers. Methodist evangelist T.B. William preaches to a gathered crowd of Indian villagers. T.B. W...
Evangelist preaching to villagers. Methodist evangelist T.B. William preaches to a gathered crowd of Indian villagers. T.B. William was accompanying British missionary Reverend Norman Sargant, who travelled throughout Mysore State preaching to rural Christian communities. Mysore State (Karnataka), India, 1933., Karnataka, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





An arched wall and entry to Mission San Xavier shows the distinctice Spanish colonial influence of the architecture.





PORTUGUESES EN LA INDIA - MEDIADOS DEL SIGLO XVI. Location: BIBLIOTECA CASANATENSE, ROME, ITALIA.





HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE. HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE Photo essay for press only. Medical examination. UNICEF, Italian Catholic missio...
HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE. HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE Photo essay for press only. Medical examination. UNICEF, Italian Catholic missionaries in community clinic, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.





Henry Stern taken prisoner by Tewodros II in Abyssinia in 1863 Rev Henry Aaron Stern, 1820 to 1885, British missionary Tewodr...
Henry Stern taken prisoner by Tewodros II in Abyssinia in 1863 Rev Henry Aaron Stern, 1820 to 1885, British missionary Tewodros II, baptized Theodore II c 1818 to 1868 Emperor of Ethiopia From El Mundo en la Mano published 1875

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