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- Rev. Desmond Eoin Stringer, SFM
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Fr. Des, as he was known to his colleagues at Scarboro, was born June 12, 1903 in Ottawa. He studied at St. Briget’s and St. Joseph’s Schools in Ottawa before attending St. Michael’s College in 1918 and graduating in 1921.
Fr. Stringer joined the newly-formed China Mission College in Almonte, Ontario in September, 1921. A year following his ordination on June 7, 1928 in St. Bridget’s Parish, Ottawa, he began his missionary life in China, leaving on October 24, 1929. He returned to Canada to do promotion work in 1936 and returned once more to China in 1938. After participating in the exodus of missionaries that resulted from the Japanese invasion of China during World War II, Fr. Des was appointed to the Chinese Mission in Victoria where he worked from 1944 until his appointment as co-editor of China magazine in 1946.
His appointment as editor of China magazine was only for one year, and in 1948 Fr. Des received his reappointment to China. He arrived in Shanghai quite ill and upon the recommendation of the attending doctor, permission was sought to have him return to Canada.
Prior to his appointment as editor of Scarboro Missions he spent several years (1949-1953) with Monsignor William McGrath touring the United States with the pilgrim Virgin of Fatima statue. This was followed by pastoral work in the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ottawa. He wrote the book "Her Plan For Peace" on the Virgin of Fatima.
Fr. Desmond died on April 23, 1959. He was buried in Mary, Queen of Angels Cemetery on the grounds of St. Augustine Seminary.
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Created by F Rousselle 23 April 2025.
Revised by F Rousselle June 27, 2025.
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Biographical sketch adapted from Society's "Book of Life",