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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4353
title: Mother Mary Joseph's visit to Luoding, 1927.

description: This is a photograph of the visit of Mother Mary Joseph, founder of the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, to Luoding. Clergy, Sisters, orphans and workers gathered for the occasion in front of the Mission. An addition has been built on the left of the main house and in the far left the pagoda can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4354
title: Sr. M. Colomba visits Luoding, 1936.

description: This is a photograph of Sr. M. Colomba, Fr. Kennelly, Maryknoll Sisters, orphans and helpers at the occasion of Sr. Colomba's visit to Luoding.; 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-m4355
title: Group portrait at Luoding, 1936.

description: This is a photograph of Frs. Churchill [back, center] and Winkels [to his left] with Maryknoll Sisters and orphans at Luoding. The back row stands on a brick wall with trees behind them.; Born in Iowa, Fr. Churchill entered Maryknoll in 1920 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. During his time in China, he wrote many letters describing life on the Chinese mission. He was expelled from the country by the Communists and returned to the United States in 1952. He spent the time in the US teaching and managing the seminaries run by Maryknoll.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4356
title: Maryknoll Sisters visit orphanage at Luoding, 1935.

description: This is a photograph taken when Sisters M. Paul and Patricia were visiting Luoding. Other Maryknoll Sisters are also seen in the back row.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4357
title: Sr. Richard with nurses and orphans at Luoding, 1937.

description: This is a photograph of Sister Richard with nurses and baby orphans sitting under a gazebo.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4358
title: Sisters, school teachers and orphans at Luoding, 1936.

description: This is a photograph of "Sisters, school teacher and the orphans who took part in the Xmas play."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4359
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, 1931.

description: This is a photograph of [left to right] Frs. McDermott, Connors, Hannon, Ryan, Churchill and Tierney taken at the language school sitting on a brick wall with the compound behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4360
title: Entrance to the chapel at Luoding, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of the entrance to the Luoding chapel. It is built in traditional Chinese style with an ornate roof and windows. There are Chinese symbols on either side and above the entry door.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4361
title: The Mission at Luoding, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of what was once used as the entrance to the Luoding Mission. Behind it in the distance is the pagoda.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4362
title: "Our Lady of the Angels" chapel at Luoding, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of "our Lady of the Angels" chapels built by the Kongmoon [now Jiangmen] vicariate as a memorial to Fr. McShane. It has been built in traditional Chinese style with ornate rooftops and window. There are sidewalks around it for people to stroll.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4371
title: The Sisters' Convent at Luoding, China, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of the Sisters' convent in Luoding. It sits on the river and reflects beautifully on the water. The architecture is very square and there are balconies wrapping all around it with arched openings.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4372
title: Rev. James A. Walsh, MM leaving Luoding, China, 1931.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. James A. Walsh, MM standing on the deck of a boat. It was taken when he was leaving after a visit to Luoding.; Born in Massachusetts and educated at Boston public schools, Bp. James A. 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4373
title: Maryknoll missioners at Luoding, China, 1931.

description: This is a photograph of six of the Maryknoll missioners at Luoding who were all in the same class, the class of 1927.; Maryknoll, The Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, was founded in 1911 by Revs. James Anthony Walsh and Thomas Frederick Price to be the main mission outreach of the Roman Catholic Church of the United States.  The first group of missioners departed in 1918 for China. Today Maryknoll Priests, Brothers and Sisters are missioned in over 30 countries around the world.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4374
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1925.

description: This is a photograph of Frs. Toomey and Burns [both seated] and Fr. McShane [standing] "in the company of a few idols." They are small Chinese figures.; Maryknoll, The Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, was founded in 1911 by Revs. James Anthony Walsh and Thomas Frederick Price to be the main mission outreach of the Roman Catholic Church of the United States.  The first group of missioners departed in 1918 for China. Today Maryknoll Priests, Brothers and Sisters are missioned in over 30 countries around the world.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4375
title: Maryknoll priest and children at Luoding, China, 1938.

description: This is a photograph of Maryknoll priest showing fascinated children the camera.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4376
title: Maryknoll priest with orphan at Luoding, China, 1938.

description: This is a photograph of Maryknoll priest showing the camera to the smallest orphan. " Ever the smallest of our orphans have that Chinese desire to look, see and to know."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4377
title: Fr. Lima with orphans at Luoding, China, 1938.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Lima sitting with the orphans that made up the audience for the May Pole Parade.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4378
title: Frs. Kennelly and Smith at Luoding, China, 1936.

description: This is a photograph of Frs. Kennelly and Smith standing in front of the mission house. They both wear dark cassocks.; Born in New York, Fr. Smith came to Maryknoll nine years after working for a steamship company. His mission life in China started in Kongmoon in 1932 and ended in 1951when it was suggested that he move to Yeungkong. He left China at the invitation of the government and worked in the Seminary in the United States before going to Hawaii for twenty years. -- 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-m4379
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1930.

description: This is a photograph of [left to right] Frs. McDermott, Connors, Toomey and McRae. They stand together in front of the mission house in Luoding wearing white cassocks.; Rev. McDermott was born in Worcester, MA.  He entered Maryknoll in 1920 and was ordained in 1927.  He was assigned to Kongmoon, South China that year, where he remained until 1937, whereupon he returned to the U.S. -- Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Connors was ordained to the priesthood in 1927 and was then assigned to Kongmoon, South China. After language study he was sent to assist in the Kochow Mission. While working there he visited the leprosarium at Sheklung. He was immediately attracted to the work which he was later to devote his life. He taught English at the Kochow Sacred Heart School and then assisted at Yeungkong. In 1933 he was assigned to the apostolate for lepers, a large colony of whom led a precarious existence in a cemetery outside Sunwui. He spent eleven years in China, five of them with victims of Hansen's disease. -- Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Toomey came to Maryknoll in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood on January 26, 1930. His first assignment was to Wuchow, China in 1930. In 1936 he moved to Kweilin. In 1940 his health brought him back to the United States. He returned to China briefly but eventually served the people of Hawaii.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4380
title: The construction of the convent at Luoding, China, 1924.

description: This is a photograph of the Luoding convent as it began to be constructed. In the foreground there are hundreds of bricks stacked up. Bamboo poles hold up the sides of the building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4388
title: Young boys at Luoding, China, 1937.

description: This is a photograph of "The thirteen apostles at Kongmoon [now Jiangmen] from Loting [now Luoding]. Just arrived to spend the summer vacation with their families." The boys are in traditional white clothing.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4389
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1924.

description: This is a photograph of [left to right] Frs. Burns, McShane and Toomey in the rear of the Convent at Luoding.They all wear dark cassocks.; Born in Ohio, Fr. Burns came to Maryknoll in 1919 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 15, 1924.   He was assigned to Kongmoon, China the same year.  In 1931, he was made Procurator of the China mission based in Hong Kong.  In 1950, due to political unrest, he transferred to Kyoto in the Japanese mission. He spent his later years in mission in Hokkaido, Japan -- Rev. McShane was born in Indiana.  He joined Maryknoll in 1912 as a deacon, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1914, the first ordained for Maryknoll.  He was assigned to Tungchen in 1919 and to Loting the following year.  There he set up an orphanage for abandoned children.  In 1927 he contracted smallpox from a dying infant, which brought about his own death. He was buried in front of the Loting parish rectory. -- Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Toomey came to Maryknoll in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood on January 26, 1930. His first assignment was to Wuchow, China in 1930. In 1936 he moved to Kweilin. In 1940 his health brought him back to the United States. He returned to China briefly but eventually served the people of Hawaii.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4390
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. O'Melia [left] and Fr. Churchill [right]. They both wear dark cassocks.; Rev. O'Melia was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England.  His family moved to the U.S. in 1903 and he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1912.  He entered Maryknoll in 1914 and was ordained in 1923.  He was assigned to Kongmoon.  In 1934 he was assigned to direct the Maryknoll language school in Hong Kong, and returned to Kongmoon in 1942.  He went to Shanghai in 1945 to work with UNRRA until 1947.  After some years in the U.S. he returned to Hong Kong from 1959-1967, returning to the U.S. in 1968. -- Born in Iowa, Fr. Churchill entered Maryknoll in 1920 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. During his time in China, he wrote many letters describing life on the Chinese mission. He was expelled from the country by the Communists and returned to the United States in 1952. He spent the time in the US teaching and managing the seminaries run by Maryknoll.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4391
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of "Foundation Day - was celebrated at Loting in a fitting manner. Solemn High Mass in the morning with Fr. Rauschenbach as celebrant; Fr. Weber as deacon; and Fr. Fitzgerald as subdeacon. The Sisters and orphans sang the Mass."; 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.  -- Rev. Fitzgerald  was born in Holyoke, MA.  He began his studies for the priesthood with the Albany diocese, transferring to Maryknoll in 1919.  He was ordained in 1920.  He taught at the Venard initially and was assigned to Kongmoon, China in 1922.  In 1925 he returned to the U.S. because of poor health.  He remained in the U.S. for the rest of his life doing chiefly teaching and promotion work.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4392
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of Frs. Kennelly [left] and Fr. Rauschenbach [right] at Fr. McShane's grave. A large white cross marks the grave in the garden.; 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.  -- 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4393
title: Chinese orphans at Luoding, China, 1947.

description: This is a photograph of "Chinese orphans at our Loting [now Luoding] mission. Thousands of babies have been baptized here and many of them die in a few days because they are abandoned when dying."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4394
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1930.

description: This is a photograph of [left to right] Frs. McRae, Connors and Toomey after a barber's visit.; Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Connors was ordained to the priesthood in 1927 and was then assigned to Kongmoon, South China. After language study he was sent to assist in the Kochow Mission. While working there he visited the leprosarium at Sheklung. He was immediately attracted to the work which he was later to devote his life. He taught English at the Kochow Sacred Heart School and then assisted at Yeungkong. In 1933 he was assigned to the apostolate for lepers, a large colony of whom led a precarious existence in a cemetery outside Sunwui. He spent eleven years in China, five of them with victims of Hansen's disease. -- Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Toomey came to Maryknoll in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood on January 26, 1930. His first assignment was to Wuchow, China in 1930. In 1936 he moved to Kweilin. In 1940 his health brought him back to the United States. He returned to China briefly but eventually served the people of Hawaii.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4395
title: Fr. Lima with orphans at Luoding, China, 1938.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Lima surrounded by his orphans at Luoding. The children range in age. Father wears a pith helmet.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4396
title: Fr. Lima with orphans at Luoding, China, 1938.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Lima surrounded by his orphans at Luoding. He is showing them something that they are very interested in.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4397
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1946.

description: This is a photograph of Frs. Churchill [left] and Winkels [right] in a Luoding jeep.; Born in Iowa, Fr. Churchill entered Maryknoll in 1920 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. During his time in China, he wrote many letters describing life on the Chinese mission. He was expelled from the country by the Communists and returned to the United States in 1952. He spent the time in the US teaching and managing the seminaries run by Maryknoll. -- Born in Minnesota, Fr. Winkels came to Maryknoll in 1934 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1941. He was first assigned to the mission in Kongmoon, South China. In 1941 he was interned in the Fort Stanley Japanese Internment Camp in Hong Kong for nine months, released in 1942. He made his way to Wuchow and studied Chinese language for eight months and then served in various Kongmoon area parishes. In late 1944 he left Kongmoon because of the war and went to Kunming in western China and served as a chaplain to the army serving there. After the war he was assigned to assist at the Gate of Heaven Leper Asylum in Kongmoon. In 1950 he was expelled from China and went to Hawaii where he served for over thirty years.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4398
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1936.

description: This is a photograph of [left to right] Frs. Rauschenbach, Toomey and Lima having a round-table chat. The table is round with bamboo support and a wicker top.; 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. Toomey came to Maryknoll in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood on January 26, 1930. His first assignment was to Wuchow, China in 1930. In 1936 he moved to Kweilin. In 1940 his health brought him back to the United States. He returned to China briefly but eventually served the people of Hawaii.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4399
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1931.

description: This is a photograph of [left to right] Brother Jude and Fr. Tierney stand in the mission yard at Luoding. Behind them in the distance is the pagoda.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4400
title: A tea house at Luoding, China, 1936.

description: This is a photograph of [left to right] Frs. Toomey , Lavin and Lima. They are relaxing in a tea house.; Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Toomey came to Maryknoll in 1918 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1922. He was assigned to Kongmoon, China. After five years he was transferred to the Philippines. In 1931 he returned to China and Kongmoon. He served in various capacities and in 1941 was appointed Procurator and Local Superior of the Maryknoll house at Stanley, Hong Kong. He had a difficult time in Hong Kong risking imprisonment and escaping to India and eventually to the United States. He returned to China after the war as Vicar Delegate in Kongmoon. He became pastor of Toishan City. He was placed under house arrest in 1951 and evicted from China in 1952. -- 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-m4401
title: Maryknoll priests at Luoding, China, 1934.

description: This is a photograph of [left to right] Frs. Tom Gilleran and Fr. Joe Lavin relaxing under a spreading palm tree.; 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. -- Rev. Gilleran was born in Nyack, MA and joined Maryknoll in 1923.  He was ordained in 1932 and assigned to Wuchow in 1933.  He returned to the U.S. in 1940 due to poor health, where he remained for the rest of his life doing teaching and promotion work for Maryknoll.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4402
title: Fr. Cummings with an orphan at Luoding, China, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Cummings holding up an orphan baby at Luoding. The baby wears traditional clothing.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4403
title: Fr. R. Kennelly with orphans at Luoding, China, 1934.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Kennelly sitting in a chair outdoors, surrounded by his "flock" of orphans and four Maryknoll Sisters who are standing in the back 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-m4404
title: Maryknoll Sisters on boat to Luoding, China, 1924.

description: This is a photograph of three of the first Maryknoll Sisters en route to Luoding, crossing from the river steamer to Fr. Chan's mission. The Sisters carry umbrellas. The captain of the boat stands and guides the boat.