This is a photograph of Fr. Pat Donnelly looking at a road sign between Danzhu and Pingnan. He is accompanied by another man, they both carry unbrellas. Born in Pennsylvania, Fr. Donnelly came to Maryknoll in 1929 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1932 and assigned to Wuchow in South China. In 1940 he was appointed Society Superior for the Wuchow mission. He was imprisoned by the Chinese Communists in 1951 and in 1952 had to leave China for Hong Kong. He served as chaplain for civilian workers in Greenland and later spent many years in Taiwan where he died and was buried.
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