Off to China

The first group of Sisters set sail on September 13, 1926 from Cobh Harbour in County Cork.   The 13,000 mile journey ahead of them would eventually take them to China.  

After many weeks travelling  the Sisters finally arrived in China at a place called Hanyang. 

 

Read about the early days of the Columban Sisters' mission in China  in 'Maybe a Second Spring'  by Edward Fischer



Story of Columban Sisters in China

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  To China in 1946

                On their way to China in 1946:

Sisters M. Damian Rooney, Maureen Kearns, Frances Daly, M. Michael Mongey and Kilian Lynch.

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Boat to Hong Kong, 1966

      Sisters Breda Noonan, Mary Mortell, 
Mary Duane and Brigid Kingston 
on the boat to Hong Kong in 1966

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Sister Maura Ryan

Earlier that same year, in May 1946,  five other Columban Sisters left for China.

One of those, Sister Maura Ryan, now assigned in Boston, United States,  recalls:  ' Our departure for China was so hurried, there was no time for a group picture.....  To read more  Click here

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