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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]
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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]
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]
The term China Hand originally referred to 19th-century merchants in the treaty ports of China, but came to be used for anyone with expert knowledge of the language, culture, and people of China. In 1940s America, the term China Hands came to refer to a group of American diplomats, journalists, and soldiers who were known for their knowledge of ...
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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 ...
When Ford reported to the Maryknoll seminary in Ossining, New York, on 14 September 1912, he became the first student of the fledgling Maryknoll Society. [1] He was the first person to matriculate in this institution. [2] He was ordained on December 5, 1917, and became one of the first four American Catholic priests to arrive in China in 1918. [3]