This is a photograph of Bro. Michael walking the streets of Jiangmen in his cassock and jacket. It is a busy narrow street with store signs in Chinese and there are people in the street. Born in Pennsylvania, Brother Michael served in World War I in France. In 1922 he entered Maryknoll and after one year was sent to Kongmoon, South China where Msgr. James E. Walsh was in need of a secretary and bookkeeper. He took up residence in Pakkai, which was later to become the site of a Cathedral and Seminary. Just before Kongmoon was taken over by the Japanese, Brother Michael was sent to Hong Kong. He was interned there however, and in 1942 was repatriated to the United States. After the war, in 1946, he was reassigned to Kongmoon where he continued clerical work. Again, he was forced to leave, but continued to look after the accounts and records of the Kongmoon mission. He eventually returned to the United States to live out the rest of his days.
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