THE IRISH MISSION TO CHINA
The Irish Mission to China has now one of the best equipped vicariates in the whole of China, It has 40 priests, eight Irish Christian Brothers, and six Sisters, with a total flock of over 14,000 Christians. There are: ,7000 Catechumens and 117 schools with a roll of 3000 pupik. These are all the fruits of barely two years’ work in China. Ireland has two colleges which train persons for the mission. In them there are 94 advanced students. There is also, a convent for the mission with 27 Sisters. The district assigned to the mission is in the very heart of China. It has a population of fire millions or vastly more than that of the whole of Ireland. '
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New Zealand Tablet, 17 April 1924, Page 19
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125THE IRISH MISSION TO CHINA New Zealand Tablet, 17 April 1924, Page 19
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