Box 7
Contains 7 Results:
Wartime updates, 1941 - 1945
Circulars sent by the Jesuit Philippine Bureau to parents, relatives, and friends of Philippine missionaries after Japan's invasion of the Philippines, providing any known updates on the location and safety of Jesuits stationed there. Also news clippings and other printed material with updates on Leo's imprisonment, liberation, and the Philippines at the end of the war.
Philippines scrapbook, 1930 - 1932
A scrapbook created by Welch with photographs of his journey to the Philippines with stops across the US as well as in Hawaii, Japan, and China. Further includes photographs of sites and community activities after his arrival.
Ordination/final vows, 1935 - 1938
News clippings and ephemera related to Welch's ordination and first solemn mass in June 1935 and his final vows in February 1938. Also includes a printed copy of his first sermon after ordination and the "ordination issue" of the Jesuit Seminary News.
Other biographical information, 1946 - 1991
Parish digests from Holy Trinity (Webster) and news clippings providing miscellaneous updates on Welch (1946-1967, 1985-1986) as well as an obituary for his sister Catherine, known as Sister Christina (1986). Also includes a Webster funeral program and printed tribute by Fr. Miguel A. Bernad upon Leo's death (1990-1991) and a hand-drawn illustration of the priest (no date).
Golden jubilee, 1974
Parish digests from Holy Trinity (Webster) and other material surrounding Welch's golden jubilee of entering the Society of Jesus.
Certificates/passport, 1923 - 1969
Photographs, circa 1917-1980
Includes portraits of Welch (circa 1917, circa 1935) as well as photographs of him with family (circa 1938); celebrating mass in the Philippines (circa 1939); with family before departing for the Philippines (1946); at Holy Trinity, Webster (circa 1967), and on his motorcycle (1980).
See also box 6 folders 5, 21, 22, and 24 and box 7 folder 1 for further photographs.