History of father richard ho lung
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On September 17, , Father Richard Ho Lung, the founder of the Missionaries of the Poor, an international Roman Catholic monastic order based in Kingston, Jamaica, was born in Richmond, St Mary.
His parents were Chinese, and both were born in Hong Kong but traveled to Jamaica as immigrants. The family was very poor, and Fr. Ho Lung remembers how they passed around a single small cup of rice at dinner, sharing it among his parents, his two sisters, his brother, and himself.
He was educated first by the Franciscan sisters in Kingston, then by the Jesuits at St. George’s College. After finishing his studies there, he joined the Society of Jesus on August 15, Fr. Ho Lung was ordained to the priesthood on July 4, He then pursued a Master’s degrees in philosophy, English literature, and Theology. He also attained a Doctorate in Humanities. He went on to teach at St. George’s College, the University of the West Indies, and at Boston College in the United States.
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Fr. Richard Ho Lung is a Jamaican, born to Chinese parents on September 17, in Richmond, St Mary. His father and mother were born in Hong Kong, but came over to Jamaica as immigrants. His family was so poor that as a child he remembers one small cup of rice being passed around for dinner to be shared by him, his parents and his two sisters and brother.
He was educated bygd the Franciscan sisters in Kingston and then by the Jesuits at St George’s College. After completing his studies at St. George’s, on August 15, , he joined the Society of Jesus, the most respected of religious orders and certainly the most intellectually acclaimed in the långnovell Catholic Church. He was ordained to the priesthood on July 4, and diligently studied, earning Master’s degrees in Philosophy, English Literature and Theology, along with a Lice
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OUR FOUNDER: FR. RICHARD HO LUNG
Fr. Richard Ho Lung, founder of the Missionaries of the Poor and the present Father General, is a Jamaican, born to Chinese parents on September 17, in Richmond, St Mary. His father and mother were born in Hong Kong, but came over to Jamaica as immigrants. His family was so poor that as a child he remembers one small cup of rice being passed around for dinner to be shared by him, his parents and his two sisters and brother.
He was educated by the Franciscan sisters in Kingston and then by the Jesuits at St. George’s College. After completing his studies at St. George’s, on August 15, , he joined the Society of Jesus, the most respected of religious orders and certainly the most intellectually acclaimed in the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained to the priesthood on July 4, and diligently studied, earning Master’s degrees in Philosophy, English Literature and Theology, along with a Licentiate in Theology and a Doctorate in Humani