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We Wanted To Be Like Them

We Wanted To Be Like Them


Author Country :
Genre Type :True Story
Location :Eastern Africa
Year of Publication :0/
Publication :African Stories For Preachers and Teachers (2005)
Sub Theme :Witness, Family, Presence/Accompaniment, Missionary Ministry/
Author Name :Father Joseph Healey, M.M./
Author City :
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    A striking story is told about one remote area in Sudan.
Expatriate missionaries, especially priests, Brothers and Sisters had labored
there for many years with few visible results. Then expatriate lay missionaries
— married and single — came to the area and soon many Sudanese become
Catholics. A Sudanese elder explained: "When we saw the priests and Sisters
living separately and alone we didn’t want to be like them. But when we saw
Catholic families — men, women and children — living happily together, we
wanted to be like them." In the family-oriented African society married
missionary couples with children have a powerful and unique witness, presence
and credibility.


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