The Chinese batch
Subtitle: the Maynooth Mssion to China origins, 1911-1920
By: Bernard T. Smyth.
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Galvin, Edward J.; Maynooth Mssion to China -- History.; St. Columban's Foreign Mission Society -- History.; Catholic Church -- Missions -- China -- History -- 20th century.; Missions, Irish -- China -- History -- 20th century.; China -- Church history -- 20th century.
Description: "The first book by an Irish writer to give an accurate account of the origins of the Columbans---the pre-history and early days of the Maynooth Mission to China. It focuses on Edward Galvin and John Blowick who, with other giants like Joseph Shanahan and Marie Martin, were architects of Ireland's astonishing missionary outreach in the twentieth century."--Back
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.