Patron of partition
Subtitle: Bishop Thomas Quinlan, 1896-1970
By: by Conor MacHale.
Series: missionary society of st columban
Publisher: Rednal Publications
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Quinlan, Thomas, -- 1896-1970.; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisonersand prisons.; Missions, Irish -- Korea.; Korea -- Church history.
First sentence: To commence the life history of one who might be thought of as an ecumenist and a prophet of peace ,one cannot begin with his birth in a lowly provincial Tipperary town in Ireland's midlands but to the origins of a vision which sustained him throughout his long years in a hostile foreign continent.
Description: this book is a biography of one of the pioneers of st.Columban's missionary society.it is interesting because st columban's missionary society was founded to bring the good news to china and thomas quinlan arrived in china in 1920.the lack of immediate sucess in converting the people of Hangyang,central China was a bitter blow to the spiritual leader of the Columban's at that time,Fr. John Blowick.The early years in China were extreemly difficult due in the main to flooding and the extreem weather conditions.But this did not deter Father later Bishop Galvin from his ecumenical idea of bringing the words of the Gospel to the people of China
Notes: Bibliography: p131.