Showing posts with label Chasuble; Chinese Catholice Vestment; Dalgan; Columbans;. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chasuble; Chinese Catholice Vestment; Dalgan; Columbans;. Show all posts

Saturday, November 14, 2009

CHINESE CHASUBLE IN IRELAND



In 1943 a Chinese priest came to Ireland, to St. Columban's in Dalgan Co. Meath to learn English. He struck up a friendship with the Mercy Sisters in nearby Navan and when he returned to China he had a set of vestments made and sent to them. On September 7th 1951 he was arrested and imprisoned by the Communists. On January 30th 1953 he died from pleurisy in a Shanghai jail another martyr for the Faith.
I think both the life, the sacrifice and the chasuble from the set (on display in Dalgan) are beautiful.

Below is the Chasuble:


A closer look:

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