The Far East - Vol. XXIX, No. 2 - A Columban Missionary Recounts His Experiences in a Japanese Jail

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The Far East magazine issue (February 1946, Vol. XXIX, No. 2) presents mission-focused features, articles, fiction, and poetry centered on Catholic work in Asia. Readers are invited to support St. Columban Sisters caring for orphans and refugees in China, including appeals and editorial notes. The issue includes bylines and contents for stories such as “I Was a War Prisoner,” describing a Colum-ban missionary’s arrest by Japanese forces, along with coverage of St. Columban’s personnel, missions, and related reflections.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages28

Reading Time43 min

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In This Issue

A Sister's Care

Wings Over Manila

Contents

Our Cover

Articles

I Was a War Prisoner

Burma Promise

Wings Over Manila

The Story of Love

Shanghai Review

At the Trumpet's Sound

Fiction

A House Divided

Poetry

Ping Wing

TEBRDAY4HTAREAST In This Issue WINGS DVER MARILA A Sister's Care TF YOU could talk with the orphans andrefugees under the Sisters'care,they wouldtell you in eloquent words what the presence ofthe St.Columban Sisters in China has meant tothem. The Sisters have given all to bring souls toChrist.They urgently need your help—not forthemselves,but for the orphans and refugees.Would you refuse them a Sister's care? The Sis1(T's of St.Columban havebecn aaclivein China thronghou1 thewar。Their lo~-es have lee11 -('veC。bul they are'n0l di~cOraged.Ilow-CVer',a little e110O11ragremeni b10yO1 would bo51 their torale ire'-11endoir1y, Address:Mofher ary Vianey.Cobmban Si-1cT's.Siler(rec.N.】. Dear Sistcr: Ian cnclosing .·... It i-my w ay oarying kccp lpyour granl.selfless work anongthe orphans and refugees of China.May yo”glorious cfforts be rewarded with an abundantharscst of sols.Pleac rcmcuber ne in yourprayers.Sinccrely yours. Address ...................(ity.....................State,.. ST.COLUMBAN'S MISSION MAGAZINESt.Columbans,Nebr.February,1946 BYLINESand SIDELINES CONT E NT S ARTICLES Father Patrick Dawson went to Koreain 1933 and was assigned to mission workon Quelpart Island,clristened by someFrench navigator who probably had inmind"Beautiful Isle of Somewhere."Father Dawson,with three other Colum-ban missionaries,'worked among the200,000 people living on the island untilhe was jailed by the Japanese in 1941 as apolitical prisoner.Apparently he remem- I Was a War Prisoner............ 3Rev.Patrick Dawson Burma Promise.................. 7Rev.John Howe Wings Over Manila.............. 9Rev.P.Vincent McFadden The Story of Love................17Rev.Paul IValdron Shanghai Review.................19Sister Mary Oliver At the Trumpet's Sound..........20Rev.Thomas McCormack bers only the funny incidents and recalls them in his article,I Was A War Prisoner. FICTION Father P.Vincent McFadden was bornin St.Columba's parish,Durango,Colo-rado,attended St.Columb's school,Ire-land,and was ordained in St.Columban'sSeminary.He went to Mindanao in thePhilippines in 1939 and was pastor of A House Divided.................14Ella C.Capstick POETRY Ping Wing......................18Ella C.Forbes FEATURES 11,000 at Oroquieta.He completed theroof and rebuilt the facadle of his ruinedchurch only to have it crumble againwhen bombed on Christmas eve,1942.In Colum,Nanky Poo...............22Trail of Smiles................... 24Photos:cover.ThreeIions:2nd cover,China Relief;pp 4.5,7,8,9,10,U.S.Signal Corps;p3.back cover.Three Lions. Wings Over Manila,Father McFadden tells some of his ex-periences as an internee of Santo Tomas. OUR COVER Father Paul Waldron,Director of St.Columban's in its American region,beginsin this issue a series of spiritual editorialson the Sacred Heart.Father Valdron,whowas professor of Moral Theology in St.Paul's Seminary,St.Paul,Minn.,beforejoining St.Columban's,is well known forhis retreats given to the clergy,Religious,and laity.He was one of the first editorsof THE FAR EAST,rector and professor of This Korean,typical ofmany others,after longyears of war,suppres-sion and foreign occu-pation,during whichCatholic missionarieswere ever at their sideto offer help and con-solation,ponders theproblems of proposedKorean Independencewith thought-linedcountenance. St.Columban's Seminary in Nebraska,and also regional pro-curator. Father Thomas Walsh,Columban mis-sionary in Burma,succumbed to malariain December,1945.During the war,Father Walsh was interned at the CatholicLeper Hospital in Mandalay,where onMarcli 16,1945,when a shell explodedover the hospital chapel he receivedshrapnel wounds in both arms and a deepgash on his back,but nevertheless hegroped through the blinding dust,lifted TO JESUS THROUGH MARY...The easiest,shortest and best way to go to Jesus is inade knownby Blessed De Montfort in True Devotion to theBlessed Virgin.Write for bookl

FAQs

What help does the magazine request for the St. Columban Sisters’ mission work?

The issue urgently asks for support for the Sisters’ work for orphans and refugees, emphasizing help needed for those under their care rather than for the Sisters themselves.

What is the subject of the article “I Was a War Prisoner”?

It recounts the experiences of a Columban missionary who finds himself jailed by the Japanese during wartime and describes the circumstances of his imprisonment.

Which issue details are given for this February 1946 edition?

The magazine specifies it is The Far East, February 1946, Vol. XXIX, No. 2, along with publication information and addresses for the issue’s organization.

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