Maryknoll Fathers in Pingnan, China, 1929.

A photograph of Fr. Meyer and new priests upon arrival for missionery work. There is alot of dirt and rubble in this area of Pingnan. Some of the priests are wearing hard hats.; Born in Iowa, Fr. Meyer was studying for the diocesan priesthood when he heard about Maryknoll and wrote to Fr. James Anthony Walsh in 1914. As a deacon at Maryknoll he became procurator of the Seminary and member of the first Maryknoll governing council.; In 1918 he became one of the pioneer departure group to open Maryknoll's first mission in Kongmoon, South China. He spent many years in China but was finally forced to leave by the Communists in 1950.

这张照片记录了迈耶神父与新任神父们抵达开展传教工作时的场景。平南县的这片区域遍布泥土与瓦砾，部分神父佩戴了安全帽。
迈耶神父出生于艾奥瓦州，1914年在为教区神父职务攻读神学期间，听闻了马利诺外方传教会（Maryknoll）的相关信息，并致信詹姆斯·安东尼·沃尔什神父。在马利诺外方传教会担任执事期间，他出任该会神学院总务长，并成为马利诺外方传教会首届理事会成员。
1918年，他成为首批开拓使团成员之一，前往中国南方的江门（Kongmoon）开设马利诺外方传教会的首个传教据点。他在中国生活多年，但最终于1950年被共产党当局驱逐出境。