Introduction / Robert E. Carbonneau, C.P. – Shifting landscapes: Sino-American Catholic identitites, 1900-present / Anthony E. Clark. – China through the magic lantern: Passionist Father Theophane Maguire and American Catholic missionary images of China in the early Twentieth Century / Margaret Kuo. – An American adventure: the United States Vincentians in Jiangxi before 1949 / John J. Harney. – Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and the image of China and Chinese Catholicism in Worldmission magazine, 1950-1966 / Robert E. Carbonneau, C.P. – Cameras and conversions: crossing boundaries in American Catholic missionary experience and photography in modern China / Joseph W. Ho. – Richard Madsen, China scholar and public sociologist / Michael Agliardo, S.J.

An Early History of Maryknoll -- The Early Years: The Decision to Enter Maryknoll -- Preparing to be a Missioner in China: The Years 1929-1932 -- The Years 1932-1947 -- From Loting to Hoignan: 1938-1947 -- The Founding of the Father Lavin Mission Club: 1948-1972 -- The Final Years in China: 1948-1953 -- Life After China: Assignment Hawaii -- Assignment Buffalo, NY: Promotion and Propaganda -- Minneapolis: The Resurrection of Chinese Joe -- From Minneapolis to Pittsburgh to Chicago -- On to New York -- The Break With Maryknoll -- Death of a Missionary -- Epilogue -- References