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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 |
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more information)
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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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picture for more)
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Sisters
Breda Noonan, Mary Mortell,
Mary Duane and Brigid Kingston
on the boat to Hong Kong in 1966
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