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China’s Last Jesuit

Part of the Christianity in Modern China Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5023-7

ISBN: 978-981-10-5022-0

Publisher: Springer Singapore - Springer Journals

Jul 9, 2017

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Chapter 1The Young Jesuit

Clark, Amanda C. R.

Pages: 1 –19

[Charles J. McCarthy was a Jesuit in an age when the Society of Jesus flourished in America. He was a missionary in Asia, interned during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, and was imprisoned in Communist China during the 1950s. He was born on December 15, 1911, in Modesto, California, and...
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Chapter 2China During an Era of Change

Clark, Amanda C. R.

Pages: 21 –49

[It was into violent conflicts between the Chinese and Japanese, and Nationalists and Communists, that McCarthy entered China. He arrived in Shanghai in 1943, undergoing internment under Japanese occupation. Charles McCarthy was among those Californians sent to Zikawei, where he joined French and...
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Chapter 3Return to Shanghai

Clark, Amanda C. R.

Pages: 51 –76

[The year 1949 started with the Communist seizure of cities. Conflicts between missionaries and China’s post-1949 Communist government intensified. Both within Zikawei and the greater Chinese Church, a strong sense of common purpose increased among the indigenous faithful. While the Church may...
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Chapter 4The Prison Years

Clark, Amanda C. R.

Pages: 77 –96

[Charles McCarthy was arrested in 1953 and charged with being an imperialist secret agent. McCarthy recalled that, “There was no physical torture for me. It wasn’t necessary.” He exercised his priesthood in secret while living in Shanghai prisons. While levels of malnutrition varied, prisoners...
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Chapter 5The Philippines, a Change in Course, and the Last Years

Clark, Amanda C. R.

Pages: 97 –113

[After his release, Charles McCarthy was assigned to the Philippines, where he found new projects working with refugees and a renewed love for China. Desiring citizenship for those Chinese born in the Philippines, McCarthy set himself to a new pursuit. In 1969, Father McCarthy proposed that the...

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