This is a photograph of Fr. Ryan at the baptism of a Japanese baby. The woman holding the baby is dressed in fine clothes with a veil and the baby is wrapped in silk. There is another woman present just behind Fr. Ryan. They are standing in the doorway for the baptism. Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Ryan took his First Oath in September of 1930 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 17, 1934. He was assigned to Fushun, Manchuria in 1934. At the outbreak of World War II he was interned by the Japanese and repatriated to the United States on the S.S. Gripsholm. For the duration of the war he served as a chaplain at the Japanese internment camps in Watson, Arkansas. He returned to Japan as pastor of various churches on the northern island of Hokkaido.
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