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Title
Fr. Francis Hong's first mass, Masan, Korea, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
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
"A big day for the church at Masan. One of the native sons comes home to say his first Mass after Ordination. Fr. Francis Hong was the 1st young man of the Masan District to be raised to the Priesthood." Photograph of the outdoor mass being held under a canopy. Decorating the altar are candles and flowers. Hanging above the altar are miniature flags of various nations. Fr. Hong can be seen just to the right of the altar. He faces left. Men and women are separated - women to the left of the altar, men to the right. Seen in the lower right hand corner are the shoes of those attending the mass.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
8 x 10 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m15706 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-Korea-003-15-001
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15706
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-Korea-003-15-001.jpg
Subject
Religious activities
Religious communities
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Asia
Korea
Masan
Source
MKL/Korea/003/15/001 [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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