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ix Illustrations  Photographs are reprinted courtesy of Marquette University Archives unless noted otherwise 1 Edwin V. O’Hara 33 2 Religious vacation school, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1927 65 3 William Howard Bishop 80 4 Eleanor Roosevelt visiting Granger Homesteads, 1936 113 5 James Byrnes 135 6 Rural youth field Mass, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1941 141 7  Luigi G. Ligutti speaking at Jefferson City convention, 1941 154 8  Edwin V. O’Hara with NCRLC officers and staff, about 1950 159 9 Symbols of rural life at the St. Cloud convention, 1957 164 10  Statuettes of St. Isidore and St. Maria della Cabeza 168 Courtesy of National Catholic Rural Life Conference (NCRLC), Rural Life Conference (November 1957, p. 16) 11 International Rural Life Congress, Rome, 1962 Foto 179 Attualita Giordani (official photographer of Osservatore Romano) 12 Monsignor Ligutti with Pope Pius XII Pontifica Fotographia 180 13 Hybrid seed corn donated by NCRLC Pressebild DCV, 195 Frankfurt 14  Monsignor Ligutti as Vatican observer to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Courtesy 199 of NCRLC, Catholic Rural Life ( January 1977, p. 22) x Illustrations 15  Bishop Edward W. O’Rourke at West Indies self-help project, 1973 205 16 James Vizzard, S.J., with other religious leaders 234 17 John McRaith 238 18  Pope John Paul II speaking at Living History Farms, Des Moines, Iowa, October 1979 Courtesy of NCRLC, 247 Catholic Rural Life (October 1979, cover) 19  Gregory D. Cusack Courtesy of NCRLC, Catholic Rural Life 250 (February 1985, p. 20) 20  Sandra La Blanc Courtesy of NCRLC, Annual Report 260 (1995–1996, p. 3) 21  Bishop Maurice Dingman of Des Moines at family farm rally, Ames, Iowa, February 27, 1985 Courtesy of 293 NCRLC, Catholic Rural Life (July 1985, p. 6) 22  Farm Unity Rally, Audubon, Iowa, June 3, 1985 295 Courtesy of NCRLC, Catholic Rural Life (July 1985, p. 10) 23  David Andrews Courtesy of NCRLC, Rural Landscapes 311 (April 2000, p. 5) 24 Migrant farm workers 317 25  Black and white children at Glymount, Maryland, 1929 Courtesy of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 331 NCWC Bulletin (July 1929, p. 7) ...

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