What They Taught Us: How Maryknoll Missioners Were Evangelized by the Poor

by Joseph A. Heim

Book Overview

For years, according to Fr. John Walsh, Maryknoll missioners have gone out "armed with seminary notes and skills and oozing righteousness, prepared to give but not to receive, to teach but not to learn." And most found out, often to their great chagrin, that "mission was a two-way street." Mission means carrying the good news of the Gospel to the four corners of the world but it also means taking on wisdom and knowledge from the people--about building...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570758182
• ISBN13: 9781570758188
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Very Good

Very touching. I would recommend it highly. Fr. Joe Heim a Maryknoll Missionary for 35 years in Venezula did a wonderful job of compiling these stories about his own experinces and those of other Maryknoll Missionaries throughout the world.What They Taught Us: How Maryknoll Missioners Were Evengelized by the Poor