This is a photograph of Fr. McDonald speaking to a group of people in Wuzhou. The people are gathered around him and listening intently. A small boy stands behind him. Rev. McDonald was born in Dorchester, MA. He entered Maryknoll in 1933 and was ordained in 1940. He was then assigned to Wuchow, South China where he remained until a home leave in 1948, shortly after which he returned to China. He was arrested in 1951, and after an ordeal that damaged his health, he was expelled to the U.S. Afterwards, he was assigned to Taiwan.
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