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Title
Fr. Lavin and Sr. Francis at Luoding, China, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued
1934-10-02
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of Father Lavin assisted by Sr. Francis, baptizing some of the orphans.
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.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 15.1 x 9.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3921 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-005-11-0001
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3921
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-005-11-0001.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
Religious practice
General views
Time Period
1934-10-02
Place
China
Luoding
Source
MKL/China/005/11/0001 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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