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Title
Father Quirk with women catechumens in Fushun, China, 1938
Creator
Bro. Peter
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
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 Quirk asks questions of women catechumens before they are baptized.
Born in New Hampshire, Fr. Quirk came to Maryknoll in 1926 and was ordained to the priesthood on January 26, 1930. He was assigned to Fushun, Manchuria and remained there until he was repatriated in 1943. He temporarily returned to Kweilin in 1946. He was missioned in Musoma, Africa and later Taiwan.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 16.4 x 12.1 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3777 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-004-13-0010
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3777
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-004-13-0010.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
Religious behaviour
General views
Time Period
1938
Place
China
Fushun
Source
MKL/China/004/13/0010 [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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