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In December 1941, the residents were moved to the Stanley Internment Camp and the property occupied by the Japanese. After the war, Stanley became once again a mission center, and a refuge after China expelled missionaries in 1949. [2] The Stanley House was declared “a cultural asset” by the Hong Kong government in the 1990s. [2]
Father Thomas F. Price, co-founder of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, center, was pictured in a 1918 photo in China. Price made a countrywide tour of America to gain support for the new endeavor. By 1918, three young priests (James Edward Walsh, Francis Xavier Ford, and Bernard F. Meyer) were ready for the foreign missions in China. On ...
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Eventually, this was shortened to "Maryknoll". The Maryknoll Society was the first Catholic missionary society in the United States; up until then the United States was considered mission territory. [1] The Maryknoll Mission Center and Museum is located in Ossining. [2] Maryknoll has its own Post Office and zip code (10545). [3]
Stanley House may refer to: Canada. Camp Ekon, formerly known as Stanley House, in Ontario, Canada. Denmark. Stanley House, Copenhagen; Hong Kong. Stanley House aka. Maryknoll House (Stanley) United Kingdom. Stanley House, Castletown, Isle of Man, one of Isle of Man's Registered Buildings; Stanley House, Chelsea, London; Stanley House Hotel ...
In 1936, Bishop Walsh left China to return to the United States as head of Maryknoll. During his ten-year term he oversaw Maryknoll's first missions to Latin America and Africa . [ 5 ] In November to December 1940, he and Father James M. Drought, his assistant went to Japan to take part in the diplomatic negotiation between US and Japan. [ 6 ]
Francis Xavier Ford, MM (January 11, 1892 - February 21, 1952) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kaying from 1946 until his death in 1952. He was a member of the Maryknoll Missionaries in China.
Ingersoll was a popularizer of the use of radium on hands and indices with their "Radiolite" series, seen in this 1917 ad. In 1896 Ingersoll introduced a watch called the Yankee, setting its price at $1. This made it the cheapest watch available at the time, and the first watch to be priced at one dollar; the "dollar watch" was born.