Father Walsh was one of the first Catholic Maryknoll missionaries sent to China in 1918. He left China in 1936 and returned in 1948 to serve as head of the Catholic Central Bureau in Shanghai to coordinate the Church’s missionary efforts throughout the country.
The Communists ordered him to leave China when they took over in 1949. Walsh’s response was “I am a little sick and tired of being pushed around on account of my religion” and stayed put. The Communists eventually threw him into prison. After serving for 12 of his 20-year sentence he was suddenly released and returned to the U.S.
A prolific writer, Bishop Walsh wrote six books including the popular Man on Joss Stick Alley, and a score of articles on mission life and work. His touchinFather Walsh was one of the first Catholic Maryknoll missionaries sent to China in 1918. He left China in 1936 and returned in 1948 to serve as head of the Catholic Central Bureau in Shanghai to coordinate the Church’s missionary efforts throughout the country.
The Communists ordered him to leave China when they took over in 1949. Walsh’s response was “I am a little sick and tired of being pushed around on account of my religion” and stayed put. The Communists eventually threw him into prison. After serving for 12 of his 20-year sentence he was suddenly released and returned to the U.S.
A prolific writer, Bishop Walsh wrote six books including the popular Man on Joss Stick Alley, and a score of articles on mission life and work. His touching “clodhopper” story, "Shine on Farmer Boy", appeared in the July, 1980, issue of Maryknoll magazine....more
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