Maryknoll priests in Guilin, China, 1935.

A photograph of (seated left to right) Frs. Glass, Regan, Bishop Walsh, Frs. Romaniello and Keelan. (Standing left to right) Bro. Francis, Frs. Rauschenbach and LaCroix. A retreat that was given by Bishop Walsh.; Born in Massachusetts and educated at Boston public schools, Bp. Walsh attended Boston College and Harvard University before entering St. John's Seminary at age 19. He was ordained on May 20, 1892. He spent the first ten years as a priest in pastoral work at St. Patrick's Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1903 his mission spirit came alive when he was appointed Diocesan Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. As Director, Father Walsh founded "The Field Afar", a publication to supplement the Annals of the SPF. In 1910, Fr. Walsh met Fr. Thomas F. Price of North Carolina at the Eucharistic Congress in Montreal. They worked out a plan for the American foreign mission seminary. The plan was approved by the American Hierarchy and Pope Pius X in 1911. In 1912, property was purchased to build a Seminary in Ossining, NY. In 1917 Maryknoll was ready to go to the missions and Fr. Walsh traveled through the Orient in search of a mission. Bishop de Guebriant in South China entrusted his mission in Yeungkong and Loting in the care of Maryknoll. The first mission set out for China in 1918. In 1933 Fr. Walsh was consecrated Titular Bishop of Siene. Bishop Walsh lived to ordain thirty-seven Maryknollers and to consecrate as Bishop his first Seminarian, Francis X. Ford. Bishop Walsh died in 1936 and is buried at Maryknoll. -- Rev. Glass was born in Cresco, IA. . He entered Maryknoll in 1931 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1935 and assigned to Wuchow South China. He spent most of his time in Kweilin (Guilin). During WWII he served as a chaplain with General Chennault's Flying Tigers. After home leave in 1944 he returned to Kweilin, becoming pastor of Chuenchow in 1946. He conducted a "boys' town" for war orphans, homes for abandoned infants, and a rice bank for farmers. In 1951 he was placed under house arrest by the Communists and returned home later that year. In 1955 he was assigned to Taiwan, working chiefly among the native; He was placed under house arrest in 1950 and was expelled in 1951 and returned to the United States. He began the new mission in the Philippines and served there for the rest of his life. -- Born in Italy, Monsignor Romaniello came to the United States when he was five years old. He entered Maryknoll in 1917 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 17, 1928. He was assigned to Wuchow, Kweilin in 1935 where he encountered civil unrest and was forced to depart in 1951. He spent the later years of his life working with the Catholic Relief Services in Hong Kong. He became an international figure as was referred to as the "Noodle Priest" because he fed the refugees in Hong Kong with noodles made with relief supplies. -- Born in Missouri, Fr. Rauschenbach entered Maryknoll in 1918 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 15, 1924. He was assigned to South China, where he spent the next twenty-one years in Maryknoll's Kongmoon Vicariate. Fr. Otto used dispensaries and radio broadcasts to interest people in Christ's message. He was also responsible for many buildings, including the compound at Nanfau and hospital at Toishan. During World War II, while the entire Kongmoon Territory was encircled by the Japanese, Fr. Otto remained with his people during their time of need. On May 14, 1945, he was killed by bandits while ministering to the Christians in the area. -- Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Lacroix entered Maryknoll in 1921 after years as an electrician, and was ordained to the priesthood on June 5, 1932. He was assigned to Wuchow and served two terms as Consultor before returning to the United States during the war. He was a professor of French at the Maryknoll Seminary and then returned to Hong Kong China until 1950. In 1952 he was assigned to Taiwan where he labored until 1979. -- Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Fr. Keelan entered Maryknoll in 1926 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 17, 1934. He was assigned to Wuchow, China the following month. His a

Récupéré en direct depuis OpenAlex et désinversé. Les résumés ne sont pas conservés dans cette base de données : les index inversés représentent 8,6 Go des 9,3 Go de texte de la base, et le serveur dispose de 13 Go libres.