John Blowick
John Blowick SSCME (born October 26, 1888 in Ballyfarna near Belcarra in County Mayo , western Ireland , † June 19, 1972 ) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and missionary .
Blowick was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Tuam in 1913 . From 1914 to 1917 he was professor of theology at St Patrick's College in Maynooth . During this time he met Edward Galvin in 1916 , who had just returned from China via the United States . Galvin wanted to seek support in Ireland for his idea of a missionary society for China. Blowick was immediately enthusiastic about the project and together they founded The Maynooth Mission to China , later known as the Missionary Society of St. Columban . Blowick became the first superior general of the new mission society. In this capacity he founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Columban in 1924 together with Frances Moloney , the widow of Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney . He died on a mission trip in 1972 and is buried in the Dalgan Park motherhouse of the Mission Society in Navan, Ireland .
literature
- Louis McRedmond (Ed.): Modern Irish lives. Dictionary of 20th-century Irish biography. St. Martin's Press, New York 1996
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blowick, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish Roman Catholic priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ballyfarna near Belcarra, County Mayo, Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1972 |