Fr. John McQuillan D.D. (1870 - 1917)

The few available records dealing with Dr. McQuillan life and work tell us he effectively pioneered the idea and the establishment of the Catholic land movement. Already a prominent Distributist in Glasgow, Scotland, he established the first of the Catholic Land Associations the Scottish Catholic Land Association in 1929. Additionally, he edited Land for the People, the quarterly organ of the Scottish Catholic Land Association, from its inception in January, 1930.