Fr. Ryan at the Japanese Mission at Dalian, China, 1937.

This is a photograph of a Fr. Ryan and one of his new Christians at the Japanese Mission in Dalian. Fr. Ryan is dressed traditionally in a cassock and the gentleman next to him wears a suit and tie, with wing tip shoes.; Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Ryan took his First Oath in September of 1930 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 17, 1934. He was assigned to Fushun, Manchuria in 1934. At the outbreak of World War II he was interned by the Japanese and repatriated to the United States on the S.S. Gripsholm. For the duration of the war he served as a chaplain at the Japanese internment camps in Watson, Arkansas. He returned to Japan as pastor of various churches on the northern island of Hokkaido.这张照片拍摄于大连日本传教区，记录了瑞安神父（Fr. Ryan）与他的一位新入教信徒的合影。瑞安神父身着传统法衣，身旁的男士则身着西装领带，脚蹬翼尖款皮鞋。瑞安神父出生于马萨诸塞州，1930年9月立下初愿，1934年6月17日正式晋铎成为神父。1934年，他被派驻至满洲抚顺。二战爆发后，他被日军拘禁，后搭乘格里普斯霍尔姆号（S.S. Gripsholm）蒸汽船被遣返回美国。二战期间，他在阿肯色州沃森市的日军拘禁营中担任驻地神父。战后他重返日本，担任北海道北部多座教堂的本堂神父。