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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3866
title: Fr. Escalante baptizing a group at Fushun, China, 1940.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Escalante baptizing a group of Chinese people with two altar boys at either side of him.; Fr. Alonso M. Escalante was born in Merida, Mexico, educated in Catholic Schools in Mexico and the United States. He entered Maryknoll Preparatory Seminary in 1920 and was ordained a Priest on February 1, 1931. His missionary labors took him to Fushun, Manchuria, China and later to the Pando, Bolivia. In 1943 he was named by the Holy See as Vicar Apostolic of the Pando and Titular Bishop of Sora. He was consecrated a Bishop in Mexico City on May 9, 1943. In 1948, at the request of the Mexican Hierarchy, he was assigned to assist in the organizing of a Foreign Mission Seminary and Society for Mexico. He was the Mexican National Director of the Pontifical Mission Aid Societies, a member of the Commission and Post-Conciliar Commission on the Missions, and President of the Mexican Episcopal Commission on the Missions. He was in Hong Kong in 1967 to secure mission territory for his Mexican Priests, when he caught typhoid fever and died on June 21, 1967.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3874
title: Fr. George D. Haggerty at Chiao Tou, China, 1940.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Haggerty blessing the congregation. The chapel is filled with only Chinese men and there is an altar boy by Fr. Haggerty's side.; Born in New York, Fr. Haggerty came to Maryknoll in 1927 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1934. He was assigned to Fushun, Manchuria that same year and returned on the SS Gripsholm in 1942. He returned to Manchuria in 1945 and spent years in Shanghai, Seattle, Taiwan and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3872
title: Fr. Gleason with school boys at Yangjiang, China, 1924.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Gleason with young aspirants to the priesthood from the boys school.; Rev. Gleason was born in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland.  His family emigrated to the U.S. in 1903.  He entered the Society of the Divine Word at Techny, IL, and later joined Maryknoll.  He was ordained in 1923 and assigned to Kongmoon, transferring after two years to Kaying.  He served a total of twelve years in China until failing health forced his return to the U.S.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3876
title: Fr. George D. Haggerty at Chiao Tou, China, 1940.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Haggerty conversing with parishoners after Mass. There is a woman in the center and young boys and men smiling and talking.; Born in New York, Fr. Haggerty came to Maryknoll in 1927 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1934. He was assigned to Fushun, Manchuria that same year and returned on the SS Gripsholm in 1942. He returned to Manchuria in 1945 and spent years in Shanghai, Seattle, Taiwan and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3860
title: Fr. Eggleston and two children in Meixien, China, 1949.

description: This is a photograph of  Fr. Eggleston and two Chinese children in Kaying [now Meixien]. "The girl's Uncle is a seminarian and the boy's older brother." Fr. Eggleston is reading the local paper and has a Maryknoll Magazine on the table.; Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Eggleston came to Maryknoll in 1938 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1947.  After ordination he was assigned to Kaying, South China under Bishop Francis X. Ford.  In 1951 he was assigned to Japan to work. He also spent many years in the United States doing development work.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3877
title: Fr. Leo W. Hewitt at Chagou, China, 1930.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Hewitt with "mission" boys at the Manchurian mission  posing next to a rock wall.; Born in Maryland, Fr. Hewitt came to Maryknoll in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1930. He worked in Fushun, Manchuria for sixteen years and then in 1946 was assigned to the faculty at the Venard minor seminary. He worked in the promotion department and was appointed controller of the public relations department. He retired in California.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3889
title: Fr. Anthony Karlovecius with students at Dubang, China, 1943.

description: This is a photograph of  Fr. Karlovecius with a class of student.  In pre-Red China, students at Dubang mission school would ask Father Karlovecius to help them put a cardboard shrine together when classes were over. Six months after the Reds established their school at the mission, the new students were shouting such names as 'American Devil and throwing stones at him.; Born in Illinois, Fr. Karlovecius came to Maryknoll in 1944 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1948. He departed that same year for Wuchow, South China. In 1951 his mission was taken over by the Communists and he was evicted to Pingnam, China. After eight months of house arrest he was expelled from the country. He was then assigned to Japan and later returned to the United States.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3885
title: Fr. Jacques at Chagou, China, 1932.

description: This is a photograph of  "Fr. Jacques with Duke and Burr, his dogs. The mission lies in a slight bend of river many hunded feet below." He is dressed warmly and the mountains are in the background.; Born in Ontario, Canada, Fr. Jacques came to Maryknoll in 1924 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. That same year he began his almost forty year mission work in Fushun, Manchuria. In 1948 he was assigned to Kweilin where he worked until he was expelled to Hong Kong in 1950. He spent many years in Taiwan.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3913
title: Fr. Lane with the Fushun clergy at Fushun, China, 1927.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Lane  with P.J. Wong and the Fushun clergy.; Born in Massachusetts, Bishop Lane came to Maryknoll in 1913 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1920. In 1923 he went to Hong Kong to become the procurator of that mission. Two years later he went north and inaugurated the Fushun mission in Manchuria. In 1932 Monsignor Lane was appointed Prefect Apostolic and in 1940 Vicar Apostolic. He was consecrated a Bishop in 1940. After Pearl Harbor, Bishop Lane was interned by the Japanese in Fushun. Within a year of prepatriation, Bishop Lane was elected to be the third Superior General of Maryknoll. His tenure led to the greatest expansion at home and abroad for Maryknoll.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3910
title: Fr. Kupfer on a horse at Wuzhou, China, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Kupfer riding a white horse, just before vacation at  Wuchow [now Wuzhou] Mission.; Born in New York, Bishop Kupfer came to Maryknoll in 1928 after graduating from St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. He was ordained at Maryknoll in 1933. After ordination he was assigned to Wuchow, South China. He began what was to be a 14 year period of missionary work in this diocese. In 1944, while the Japanese army was making inroads in Wuchow, Fr. Kupfer was assigned to the United States. His duties took him to Taichung, Taiwan where he was consecrated a Bishop in 1962. He served there in this capacity until 1986.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3905
title: Fr. Kennelly, Maryknoll Sisters and orphans in Luoding, China, 1934

description: This is a photograph of  "Father Kennelly, the Maryknoll Sisters, and the orphans. The Sister [left to right] are Sisters Colombiere, Moira, Richard, and Frances. The young lady standing on the right of Sr. Colombiere is Miss Philomena Chan - she helps the Sisters to teach school. The woman on the left of Sr. Frances is Miss Grace Ng - she assists the Sisters in taking care of the orphanage. There are four blind orphans in this group. The orphans are taught how to read, write, draw, sing church music, make cloth shoes, make clothes and to mend clothes. In their spare time the orphans help to wash and iron the clothes and take care of the garden. The orphans sing the various parts of the High Mass very well and the Benediction hymns are rendered in great style. The Divine Praises after Benediction are sung in Chinese. At present, the Loting [now Luoding] orphanage houses about forty orphans. Last year - from January to January - the orphanage received twelve hundred and seventy three [1273] babies. Very few babies live on account of the former hardships of exposure and hunger and disease."; Born in New York, Fr. Kennelly came to Maryknoll in 1916 and was hoping to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, a Jesuit, who served many years in Shanghai. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1926 and left for Kongmoon, China, the same year. He began work in the Loting Orphanage and in 1936 considered it a great honor to bring the body of Maryknoll co-founder Rev. Thomas F. Price back to Maryknoll. He returned to Kongmoon in 1937 as Society Superior of that mission and held the role until 1948.  The Loting Mission was often bombed or attacked by bandits. His work ended in 1951 in Kongmoon when he was arrested, interrogated and expelled to Hong Kong.  In 1951 he started another 25 year career missioned in Hawaii.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3886
title: Fr. Jacques at  Fushun , China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of  Fr. Jacques with climbing up a steep mountain on his horse while on the Fushun Mission in Manchuria.; Born in Ontario, Canada, Fr. Jacques came to Maryknoll in 1924 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. That same year he began his almost forty year mission work in Fushun, Manchuria. In 1948 he was assigned to Kweilin where he worked until he was expelled to Hong Kong in 1950. He spent many years in Taiwan.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3903
title: Fr. Kennelly with dogs in Luoding, China, 1947.

description: In this photograph, "Fr. Kennelly in Loting [now Luoding], So. China feeds his police dogs. The Chinese call the dogs 'wolf dogs'."; Born in New York, Fr. Kennelly came to Maryknoll in 1916 and was hoping to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, a Jesuit, who served many years in Shanghai. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1926 and left for Kongmoon, China, the same year. He began work in the Loting Orphanage and in 1936 considered it a great honor to bring the body of Maryknoll co-founder Rev. Thomas F. Price back to Maryknoll. He returned to Kongmoon in 1937 as Society Superior of that mission and held the role until 1948.  The Loting Mission was often bombed or attacked by bandits. His work ended in 1951 in Kongmoon when he was arrested, interrogated and expelled to Hong Kong.  In 1951 he started another 25 year career missioned in Hawaii.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3882
title: Fr. Hewitt with friend at Fushun, China, 1940.

description: This is a photograph of  "Father Hewitt with Lao Li, who makes only a few cents a day. When he gets his hands on a yuan [dollar] with no immediate need for it, he offers it to his pastor. He also hits the pastor up when he has immediate needs and no dollar. He leaves his long TA PU SHAN [gown] at the mission so that when he comes to Mass and Benediction his appearance will be respectful."; Born in Maryland, Fr. Hewitt came to Maryknoll in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1930. He worked in Fushun, Manchuria for sixteen years and then in 1946 was assigned to the faculty at the Venard minor seminary. He worked in the promotion department and was appointed controller of the public relations department. He retired in California.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3884
title: Fr. Hilbert rides a motor bike through Soule, China, 1937.

description: This is a photograph of  "Fr. Hilbert coming thru the rice on his new German motorbike." The people in the field and on the path admire his modern mode of transportation.; Born in New York, Fr. Hilbert came to Maryknoll in 1923 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1926. He was one of the first to be assigned to the mission in Kaying, South China.  After language study in Siaolok, he was appointed pastor of the parish there. In 1930 he became pastor of Chiuling where he began to build up the new parish. In 1940 he was appointed Vicar Delegate of the Kaying aVicariate and Rector of the Seminary. He worked in the United States and Taiwan in his later years.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3888
title: Maryknoll priests at Pingnan, China, 1930.

description: This is a photograph of  [left to right] Frs. Tennien, Jones and Regan waiting for weekend Mission  trips. The priests have packed their belongings in large baskets and suitcases.; Born in Massachusetts, Bishop Regan entered Maryknoll in 1927 and was ordained to the priesthood on January 27, 1929. He was consecrated a Bishop on April 25, 1962. He spent 22 years in South China, from 1929-1951. He was in Kweilin, Wuchow, and Laipo.; 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 Michigan, Fr. Jones came to Maryknoll in 1922 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1924. In 1927 he was assigned to Wuchow, China. He spent six years working in Watlam, China. He died in China and was buried at Tung Ling. --
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3890
title: Fr. Justin B. Kennedy at Wuzhou, China, 1948.

description: This is a photograph of  Fr. Kennedy speaking with an elderly Chinese woman and attempting to "talk her into coming to Christmas Mass." She is squatting on something and wears a wide rimmed straw hat.; Born in New York, Fr. Kennedy came to Maryknoll in 1939, after studying Mechanical Engineering and working as a messenger for an insurance company. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1948. His first overseas assignment was to Wuchow, China where he studied Cantonese for a year in Tan Chuk. He was arrested and imprisoned by the Chinese in 1950 and released in 1951. He went to the Philippines in 1952 and began work in the Lipa Diocese.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3883
title: Fr. Hilbert and First Communion class at Soule, China, 1934.

description: This is a photograph of  Fr. Hilbert with his First Communion class. The children are young and appear to be well dressed for the occasion and sitting in rows for the picture.; Born in New York, Fr. Hilbert came to Maryknoll in 1923 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1926. He was one of the first to be assigned to the mission in Kaying, South China.  After language study in Siaolok, he was appointed pastor of the parish there. In 1930 he became pastor of Chiuling where he began to build up the new parish. In 1940 he was appointed Vicar Delegate of the Kaying aVicariate and Rector of the Seminary. He worked in the United States and Taiwan in his later years.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3887
title: Fr. Armand Jacques at  Erbadan, China, 1920.

description: This is a photograph of  Fr. Jacques and the school boys at his mission.; Born in Ontario, Canada, Fr. Jacques came to Maryknoll in 1924 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. That same year he began his almost forty year mission work in Fushun, Manchuria. In 1948 he was assigned to Kweilin where he worked until he was expelled to Hong Kong in 1950. He spent many years in Taiwan.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3902
title: Fr. Kennelly in Luoding, China, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of  "Fr. Kennelly some friends." Fr. Kennelly is the third in from the left in the center row.; Born in New York, Fr. Kennelly came to Maryknoll in 1916 and was hoping to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, a Jesuit, who served many years in Shanghai. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1926 and left for Kongmoon, China, the same year. He began work in the Loting Orphanage and in 1936 considered it a great honor to bring the body of Maryknoll co-founder Rev. Thomas F. Price back to Maryknoll. He returned to Kongmoon in 1937 as Society Superior of that mission and held the role until 1948.  The Loting Mission was often bombed or attacked by bandits. His work ended in 1951 in Kongmoon when he was arrested, interrogated and expelled to Hong Kong.  In 1951 he started another 25 year career missioned in Hawaii.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3875
title: Fr. George D. Haggerty at Chiao Tou, China, 1940.

description: In this photograph, "after Mass, Fr. Haggerty telling a Japanese Christian using sign language the time of the Corpus Christi procession that afternoon."; Born in New York, Fr. Haggerty came to Maryknoll in 1927 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1934. He was assigned to Fushun, Manchuria that same year and returned on the SS Gripsholm in 1942. He returned to Manchuria in 1945 and spent years in Shanghai, Seattle, Taiwan and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3906
title: Fr. Kiernan in Jiangmen, China, 1931.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Kiernan at the Kongmoon [now Jiangmen] dispensary, bandaging the hand of a child.; Born in New York, Fr. Kiernan came to Maryknoll in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1924. In 1927 he was assigned to Maryknoll's new mission in Wuchow, South China. He served as rector of Pingnam mission for two years. While in Wuchow mission he built a church that won international attention for its fine architectural style and was written up in the pages of Liturgical Arts Magazine. He served as group superior of Maryknollers in Wuchow and taught for two years in the Minor Seminary in Kongmoon. He also served the Society in the capacity of Treasurer General.  He spent many years in mission in Hawaii. In his later years he served in various capacities in the United States.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3921
title: Fr. Lavin and Sr. Francis at Luoding, China, 1934.

description: This is a photograph of Father Lavin assisted by Sr. Francis, baptizing some of the orphans.; Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Lavin came to Maryknoll in 1924 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1932. He was assigned to Kongmoon, South China that same year. He was taken by the communists but released in 1953. In 1954 he was assigned to Hawaii and also did promotion work in the United States including work in the Chicago, Illinois Chinese mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3908
title: Fr. Wenceslaus Knotek at Guilin, China, 1947.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Knotek getting ready for a bike ride accompanied by a dog.; Born in Wisconsin, Fr. Knotek came to maryknoll in 1934 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1941. He was assigned to Kweilin, China and travel difficulties delayed his arrival in Hong Kong just enough for him to be captured by the Japanese invasion on December 8, 1941. After almost a year in the Stanley Internment Camp he was released and went to his mission in Kweilin. He was expelled by the communists in 1951.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3922
title: Fr. Francis Lynch at Wuzhou, China, 1949.

description: This is a photograph of Father Lynch with people in the community. He wears plain clothes and a hat.; Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Lynch came to Maryknoll in 1928 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1938. He was assigned to the Wuchow mission in China. He spent six years in Wuchow and in 1945 he was awarded the Emblem for Meritorious Civilian Service for his work as a Contract Chaplain in China. After the war he returned to Tanchuk, Kwangsi and in 1951 the mission was closed. He was held a prisoner for one day and later expelled from China. He then began work in Taiwan where he spent the rest of his life
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3916
title: Fr. Lane at Chagou, China, 1933.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Lane sitting with other priests at a table, eating Huo-Kwa, Chinese stew. Others look on from behind them.; Born in Massachusetts, Bishop Lane came to Maryknoll in 1913 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1920. In 1923 he went to Hong Kong to become the procurator of that mission. Two years later he went north and inaugurated the Fushun mission in Manchuria. In 1932 Monsignor Lane was appointed Prefect Apostolic and in 1940 Vicar Apostolic. He was consecrated a Bishop in 1940. After Pearl Harbor, Bishop Lane was interned by the Japanese in Fushun. Within a year of prepatriation, Bishop Lane was elected to be the third Superior General of Maryknoll. His tenure led to the greatest expansion at home and abroad for Maryknoll.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3917
title: Fr. Lane at Fushun, China, 1933.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Lane posing with the first communicants.; Born in Massachusetts, Bishop Lane came to Maryknoll in 1913 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1920. In 1923 he went to Hong Kong to become the procurator of that mission. Two years later he went north and inaugurated the Fushun mission in Manchuria. In 1932 Monsignor Lane was appointed Prefect Apostolic and in 1940 Vicar Apostolic. He was consecrated a Bishop in 1940. After Pearl Harbor, Bishop Lane was interned by the Japanese in Fushun. Within a year of prepatriation, Bishop Lane was elected to be the third Superior General of Maryknoll. His tenure led to the greatest expansion at home and abroad for Maryknoll.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3923
title: Fr. Mark Tennien at Wuzhou, China, 1947.

description: This is a photograph of Father Tennien watching  the laborers sunning the grain on drying floors. Spreading and turning it is the work of the youngsters.; Born in Vermont, Fr. Tennien came to Maryknoll in 1926 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. He was first assigned to Wuchow in 1928 and then again in 1935. In 1951 he was interned by the communists but released seven months later. In 1952 he went to Hong Kong as editor of the Chna Mission Bulletin. In 1957 he was assigned to Japan where he spent the rest of his missionary career.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3919
title: Fr. Langley at Wuzhou, China, 1949.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Langley praying at the grave site during a funeral.There are many people standing around the grave. Some are carrying poles and umbrellas to shield them from the sun. In the distance one can see rice fields.; Born in Maine, Fr. Langley came to Maryknoll in 1926 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1937. He was assigned to work in Wuchow, China until 1951 when he was jailed by the communists. He was released in 1952 and returned to the United States to do promotion work. H was assigned to Hawaii and chaplain of Thule Air Base in Greenland.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3911
title: Fr. Antonius P'an, and Fr. Lane at Fushun, China, 1927.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Antonius P'an, the Fushun pastor, and Fr. Lane who is wearing ice skates.; Born in Massachusetts, Bishop Lane came to Maryknoll in 1913 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1920. In 1923 he went to Hong Kong to become the procurator of that mission. Two years later he went north and inaugurated the Fushun mission in Manchuria. In 1932 Monsignor Lane was appointed Prefect Apostolic and in 1940 Vicar Apostolic. He was consecrated a Bishop in 1940. After Pearl Harbor, Bishop Lane was interned by the Japanese in Fushun. Within a year of prepatriation, Bishop Lane was elected to be the third Superior General of Maryknoll. His tenure led to the greatest expansion at home and abroad for Maryknoll.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3914
title: Fr. Lane at Chaoyangzhen, China, 1936.

description: This is a photograph of Christians gathering around Monsignor Lane after the Confirmation ceremony. Father Chien, the pastor of this mission is standing left of Monsignor.; Born in Massachusetts, Bishop Lane came to Maryknoll in 1913 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1920. In 1923 he went to Hong Kong to become the procurator of that mission. Two years later he went north and inaugurated the Fushun mission in Manchuria. In 1932 Monsignor Lane was appointed Prefect Apostolic and in 1940 Vicar Apostolic. He was consecrated a Bishop in 1940. After Pearl Harbor, Bishop Lane was interned by the Japanese in Fushun. Within a year of prepatriation, Bishop Lane was elected to be the third Superior General of Maryknoll. His tenure led to the greatest expansion at home and abroad for Maryknoll.