storyDB – African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories

Title	Theme	Sub Theme	Author Name	Author City
God’s Mercy Clothed Me	Mercy	Being Evangelized, Journey, Lent, Mission, Service, Welcome, Witness	Lillie Romeiser	Mazabuka
I Am Arriving African Style	Visiting	Hospitality/Personal Relationships/Spontaneity/Values	Rev. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Revealing President Julius Nyerere’s Humility	Humility	Eucharist/Leadership/Sanctity/Simplicity/Virtue	Sister Rachel Kunkler, M.M.	Iringa
Who is My Neighbor?	Helping the Needy	Bible, Compassion, Inculturation, Self-sacrifice, Service	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
The Videos are My Uncle’s Lasting Gift to Tanzania	Humor	Communications, Relationships, Travelling	Rev. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Florida
Now that’s Community and Sharing!	Community	Sharing, Small Christian Communities	Rev. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Pennsylvania
We Can be Missionaries from Africa to the World	Mission	Small Christian Communities, Travelling	Rev. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
We Women Are Equals and Have a Voice	Women	Equality, Small Christian Communities	Rev. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Changing the Face of the Mountain	Environment/Ecology/Nature	Belief, Creation, Faith, Life, Service, Using One’s Talents	Adapted by Sister Joan Marie, SSND and Sister Carolyn Masicha, SSND	Nairobi
Until the Christians Get Tired of Singing and Dancing	Joy/Celebration	Cultural Values, Songs/Music, Time, Worship/Liturgy	Joseph Healey, MM	Nakuru
Ask Me Again In One Year	Humor	Corruption, Heroes/Heroines/Saints, Justice/Injustice, Politics	Rev. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
I Am Only Twelve Years Old	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Children, Death, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide		Nairobi
I Am a Christian First	Ethnicity/Tribalism	Conflict Resolution, Inspiration, Reconciliation, Religion, Peace/Peacemaking/War, Witness	Rev. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
If There is God in You, There is Hope in You	Hope	Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Inspiration, God, Evangelized by the People	Rabbi Marc Gellman
That’s What I’d Asked For	Mistakes in Language	Humor, Murphy's Law, Unity	Debbie Northern, MKLM
Choosing a New Name for Himself: Hope.	Hope	AIDS, Children, Happiness, Healing/Health	Sister Marion Hughes, M.M.	Musoma
It Could Only Happen in Africa	Traveling	Cooperation, Humor, Murphy's Law, Unity	Fr. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Does He Realize that Joe Glynn Is Sitting Next to Him?	Unforgettable Characters	Humor, Humility/Pride, Sickness, Traveling	Peter Le Jacq	Nairobi
Pray for Me to Forgive President Mwai Kibaki	Forgiveness/Mercy	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence, Prayer, Politics	Fr. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Yala
An Incarnational Moment	Celebration	Culture, Eucharist, Gifts, Humor, Mission	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
And Now for the Rest of the Story	Mission Life	Accidents, Death, Maryknoll, Missionary Work	Joseph G. Healey	Juba
Let Us All Sit Around the Table in a Big Circle and Eat Together	Equality	African Culture, Eating, Sharing, Small Christian Communities, Unity/Division	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Geita
Celebrating a Jumuiya Mass in Nairobi	Community	Unity, Conflict Resolution, Prayer, Small Christian Communities	Fr. Joseph Healey	Nairobi
Who Will Give This 12 Year Old Boy Back to His Momma?	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Death, Ethnicity/Tribalsim/Genocide, Politics, Poor/Poverty/Wealth	Tom McDonnell	Nairobi
Everyone Knows Who Sepp Blatter Is	Cultural Values	Visiting, Urban Ministry, Inculturation	Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Visiting Sister Florence Ogutu for the Last Time	Unforgettable Characters	Happiness, Inspiration, Sickness	Father Arthur Wille, M.M	Dodoma
On the Afternoon of 6 April, 1994	Forgiveness/Mercy	Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons, Reconciliation, Poetry, Prayer	Joseph Healey	Nairobi
He Was Resurrected After Being Thought Dead	Trust	Grace, Helping the Needy, Holy Spirit,	Susan Nagele, M.L.M.	Kitale
Blessed Are the People of the Water Irrigation Project	Environment/Ecology/Nature	Joint Responsibility	John J. Lange, M.M	Nairobi
Near Mary I Am on Holy Ground	Unforgettable Characters	Helping the Needy, Cultural Values, Inspiration	Father John Lange, M.M.	Nairobi
Schoolgirls Teach a Lesson of Love	Inspiration	Cultural Values, Ethnicity, Tribalism	The Seed	Muramba
A Stubborn Person Sails in a Clay Boat	Obedience/Disobedience	Punishment	Sr. Rita Ishengoma	Bukoba
Otherwise the War Will Never End	Healing/Health	Sickness, Community, Unity, Division	Dr. Susan Nagele	Southern Sudan
Help to Crush AIDS	AIDS		Gillian Patterson	Dar es Salaam
Meeting the Muslim Curator at a Catholic Museum	Unforgettable Characters	Ministry, Environment/Ecology/Nature	Rose Matthias Makalla and John P. Mbonde	Dar es Salaam
Plenty of Time, No Hurry	Time	Cultural Values, Cooperation	Sister Janice McLaughlin, M.M.	Nairobi
Registering My Gratitude to Maryknoll	Thanksgiving	Missionary Ministry, Community, Religion	Vincent Wambura	Musoma
Putting a Roof Over Our Heads	Thanksgiving	Missionary Ministry, Environment/Ecology/Nature	Sister Margaret Rose Winkelmann, M.M.	Kowak
I’m Not Selling Anything	Generosity, Unselfishness	Sharing	Margo Cambier, MMAF	Issenye
SCCs as aNew Way of Being Local Church	Small Christian Communities	Community, Religion	Father Joseph Healey	Arusha
Praxis is Prior to Theology	Unforgettable Characters	Cultural Values, Humor	Fr. Joseph Healey	Musoma
Padri Donati Can Out-Sukuma the Sukuma	Unforgettable Characters	Humor, Cultural Values,	Brother John Wohead, M.M. and Father Joseph Healey	Shinyanga
A Dinka Myth Begining	Creation	Disobedience	Unknown
The Link Between the Ancestors and the Living	Children	Birth, Marriage, Unity, Prayer, Ancestry	Annetta Miller	Nairobi
God Is…	God	Faith, Life, Spirituality	Annetta Miller	Nairobi
It is no Small Thing to Dance in Community	Community	Dance, Celebration	Annetta Miller	Nairobi
By No Means Witchcraft	Music	Using one's talents, Spirituality	Annetta Miller	Nairobi
Success is Centered on the Life of the Community	Success	Community, Inspiration, Personal Relationships	Annetta Miller	Nairobi
His Words Were Words of Wisdom	Wisdom	Community, Happiness, Wisdom	Annetta Miller	Nairobi
Theirs is the Gift of Compassionate Sharing	Compassion	Community, Sharing, Sickness, Support	Annetta Miller	Nairobi
One Large Extended Family	Extended Family	Blessings, Community	Annetta Miller	Nairobi
Time is About Relationships	Relationships	Time, Community	Annetta Miller	Nairobi
Please Don’t Kill Us! We’ll Start Attending Religion Classes	Missionary Ministry	Humor	Father David Smith, M.M	Shinyanga
Person Who Has a Light Knee Can Survive Longer	Proverbs/Sayings	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence, Cultural Values	Paul Lopyem	Nanyangacor
Rawera (the Comforter) and the Monsters	Myths/Parables	Family, Community	Luo Ethnic Group, East Africa, collected by Franci	Nairobi
Preach the Good News to the Poor	Poor/Poverty/Wealth	Helping the Needy, Cultural Values	Brother Bernard Muoki, M.B.C.
The “Prayer Over the Gifts” in the All Africa Eucharistic Prayer	Prayer	Life, Blessings, Jesus Christ	Father Aylward Shorter, M.Afr.	Gaba
President Moi Should Tour the Nairobi Slums	Visiting	Missionary Ministry, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Joint Responsibility, Sickness	Father John Lange, M.M.	Nairobi
Rab Murphy’s Law	Murphy's Law	Missionary Ministry, Faith	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
African Update on Murphy’s Law	Cultural Values	Cleverness, Murphy's Law	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
Mother Superior Is In Bed with a Man	Mistakes in Languages	Humor, Traveling	Bishop Joseph Mukwaya	Kampala
Potters Who Give Shape and Form To Clay	Faith/Doubt	God, Life, Jesus Christ	Father Mario Aguilar	NULL
Receiving My First Mission Assignment in the Laundry Room	Missionary Call	Humor, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Please Welcome Father Swahili	Humor	Cultural Values, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
Go, Big Red, Go!	Cleverness	Humor, Traveling, Visiting	Father Raymond McCabe, M.M.	Mwanza
Planting Seeds of God in African Soil	Myths/Parables	Creation, God, Jesus Christ, Cultural Values	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Putting People Before the Mail	Hospitality	Missionary Ministry, Visiting	Father Edward Wroblewski, M.M.	Issenye
Searching For the Face of God	Cultural Values	God, Life, Missionary Ministry, Evangelized by the People	Father Ton Leus, C.S.Sp.	Boranaland
Sabina Liked Beer!	Funerals/Burials		Margo and Erik Cambier, MMAF	Issenye
Reinstatement of a Deceased Person	Funerals/Burials	Death, Ancestors, Eternal Life/Heaven/Hell	collected by Father Joseph Healey	Harare
Baganda Last Funeral Rites	Funerals/Burials	Death, Family, Eating/Meals	supplied by Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Kampala
The Struggle Continues	Poetry	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence, Freedom/Slavery, Life	Professor Kivutha Kibwana	NULL
Becoming More Christian Like Them	Inculturation	Blessings, Missionary Ministry, Hospitality, Inspiration, Grace	Father David Smith, M.M.	Shinyanga
Now We Have 20 Ways	Humor	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Education	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Bukoba
That’s the Bishop!	Using One's Talents	Traveling, Unforgettable Characters	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Bukoba
School Girls Teach a Lesson of Love	Inspiration	Cultural Values, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	based on article, “African Children Teach Us a Les	Muramba
Samike Couldn’t Keep Silent	Healing/Health	Life, Sharing, Thanksgiving, Witchcraft/Superstition	Sukuma Ethnic Group, collected by the Sukuma Resea	Bujora
Otherwise This War Will Never End	Healing/Health	Sickness, Community, Unity/Division	Dr. Susan Nagele MMAF	NULL
He Went Like a Bar of Soap	Service	Death	Father Gerry Nolf, M.Afr.	NULL
Do Not Sit On Me	Myths/Parables	Animals, Cleverness	Kikuyu Ethnic Group, Kenya, Sr. Ephigenia Gachiri	Nairobi
Trying to Hijack Our Small Christian Community	Small Christian Communities	Bible, Church, Cleverness, Community, Prayer, Sharing	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Small Christian Communities Work Miracles of Forgiveness	Small Christian Communities	Community, Forgiveness, Healing, Prayer, Reconciliation, Sharing	Marie Cooper, SJC	Plainfield, NJ
The Whole Affair May Take Up To Five or Six Hours	Missionary Ministry	Cultural Values, Eucharist, Evangelization, Humor, Time	Brother John Blazo, M.M.	Maryknoll
You Were Too Late	Murphy's Law	Animals, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Humor, Missionary Ministry, Suffering/Self-Denial/Hardship	Father David Smith, M.M.	Shinyanga
You Shall Be My Witnesses	Missionary Call	Bible, Laity, Synod, Theology, Traveling, Vocation, Witness	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
You Don’t Know Where To Start	Humor	Education, Healing/Health, Life, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
You Can Make a Difference	Inspiration	Children, Helping the Needy, Missionary Ministry, Sickness	Dr. Susan Nagele, MMAF	Nimule
You Can Be My New Seminarian Son	Family	Priesthood, Community, Education	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
You Are My Daughter	Family	Cultural Values, Farewell/Goodbye, Thanksgiving, Visiting	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Shinyanga
You Are My Arms and My Legs Now	Jesus Christ	Laity, Ministry, Missionary Call, Preaching the Gospel	NULL	NULL
Why the Chicken Hawk Eats Chickens	Animals	Death, Healing/Health, Self-Sacrifice, Sin	Kamba Ethnic Group, Kenya, collected by Dr. John M	NULL
Why Priests Do Not Marry	Priesthood	Cultural Values, Leadership, Preaching the Gospel, Worship/Liturgy/Sacrifice	Father Noel Ruane, SVD	Kabou
Why I Can Sing	Humility/Pride	Leadership, Songs/Music, Work, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide	Mossi Ethnic Group	Del Tarr
Why Engai’s Rope Was Cut?	Creation	Environment/Ecology/Nature, God, Personal Relationships, Animals	Maasai Ethnic Group, East Africa, collected by Fre	Siomanjiro
Why Did You Try To Kill Me?	Traveling	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Humor, Life	Father David Smith, M.M.	Ndoleleji
Where Thousands of Skeletons Are Lying	Death	Funerals/Burials, Grace, Jesus Christ, Prayer, Compassion	Bishop Paride Taban	NULL
Where Does the Money Go?	Helping the Needy	Life, Service, Sickness, Healing/Health	Father Daniel Ohmann, M.M.	Ndoleleji
When Is My Next Transfer?	Youth	Farewell/Goodbye, Joy/Celebration, Missionary Ministry, Songs/Music, Worship/Liturgy/Sacrifice	Father Lou Quinn, M.M.	Athi River and Nairobi
When I Was a Boy	Children	Compassion, Missionary Ministry, Sharing	Linda Unger	Mombasa
What Would Your Small Christian Community Do?	Small Christian Communities	Church, Joint Responsibility, Justice/Injustice/Corruption, Leadership, Witness	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
What Went Away Naked And Came Back Clothed?	Proverbs/Sayings	Bible, Easter/Resurrection, Languages, Ministry, Work	Father George Cotter, M.M.	Shinyanga
What New Ministry Would You Start?	Small Christian Communities	Ecumenism, Healing/Health, Ministry, Prayer	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
What Jesus Would Want for His People — Toilets	Healing/Health	Community, Joint Responsibility	Father John Lange, M.M.	Nairobi
What is the Most Important Religion?	Love	Forgiveness/Mercy, Interreligious Dialogue, Leadership, Religion, Wisdom/Stupidity	Father Joseph G. Healey, M.M. with the Christians	Musoma
What Is Her Telephone Number	Youth	Grace, Humor	Father Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
We’re Looking For a Few Good … Maryknollers	Missionary Call	Church, Preaching the Gospel, Traveling, Vocation	Father Edward Hayes, M.M.	Gambella
Wearing Only One Plastic Sandal	Poor/Poverty/Wealth	Children, Helping the Needy, Suffering/Self-Denial/Hardship	Margo Cambier, MMAF	Mugumu
We’re Already on the New Road	Traveling	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Humor	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Marsabit
We Prayed To the One God of Compassion	Interreligious Dialogue	Cross/Crucifixion, God, Inculturation, Muslims/Islam, Prayer	Ray Pierini, M.M.	Cairo
We Need To Run Out and Meet Lucia	AIDS	Compassion, Lent, Missionary Ministry, Sickness, Small Christian Communities	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
We Don’t Send Invitations to Ourselves	Small Christian Communities	Community, Evangelized by the People, Family, Joy/Celebration	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
We Africans Use Our Heads	Humor	Cleverness, Helping the Needy, Service, Traveling, Using One's Talents	Father Edward Hayes, M.M.	Maryknoll Region
We Africans Should Be Writing	Theology	Cultural Values, Education, Hunger/Famine, Using One's Talents	Father Joseph Healey, M.M. and Father Donald Syber	Mwanza
Was It a Tire Burst?	Interreligious Dialogue	Community, Generosity/Unselfishness/Selfishness, Grace, Helping the Needy, Muslim/Islam	John P. Mbonde	Dar es Salaam
Visiting the Sick in the Nairobi Slums	Missionary Ministry	Helping the Needy, Prayer, Sickness, Urban Ministry, Visiting	Father John Lange, M.M.	Nairobi
Very Old But Very Good Joke About Missionaries	Humor	Bible, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Heroes/Heroines/Saints	Edward Stourton	NULL
Urban Ministry in Dar es Salaam	Urban Ministry	AIDS, Anointing of the Sick, Interreligious Dialogue, Muslims/Islam, Youth	Father John Waldrep, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Understanding African Values	Sin	Ministry, Sincerity/Hypocrisy	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Entebbe
Undefeated	Refugee/Internally Displaced Persons	Spirituality, Women, Children, Inspiration, Perserverance/Endurance	Father Emile Dumas, M.M.	NULL
Two Villages	Myths/Parables	Community, Preaching the Gospel, Sharing, Work	Rudy Dirks	Gaborone
Two Nuns from Tatwe	Vocation	Cultural Values, Grace, Heroes/Heroines/Saints, Perserverance/Endurance, Religion	Maurice Otieno	Dar es Salaam
Two Missionary Heroes in Tanzania	Heroes/Heroines/Saints	Death, Healing/Health, Missionary Call	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Bagamoyo
Triplets in Tanzania	Birth	Children, Happiness, Mary, Women	Father Paul Fagan, M.M.	Old Maswa
Traveling the Miles from Lake Sebago to Lake Kivu	Refugees/Internally Displaces Persons	Traveling, Death, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	North Sebago, Maine and Musoma
Travel Always With a Hoe and a Spade	Funerals/Burials	Death, Lent, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence, Persecution, Traveling	Bishop Paride Taban	Torit
This Says It All	Muslims/Islam	Friendship, God, Interreligious Dialogue, Religion	Ray Pierini, M.M.	Cairo
This Makes It All Worthwhile	Missionary Ministry	Missionary Call, Poetry, Priesthood, Theology, Vocation	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
This Is a Living Hell	Refugees/Internally Displaced	Sickness, Suffering, Self-denial, Hardship, Death, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	James Kairu	Tingitingi
They Wouldn’t Believe Me If I Told Them	Traveling	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Family, Proverbs/Sayings, Suffering/Self-denial/Hardships	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Shinyanga
They Quickly Came With Love and Concern	Love	Farewell/Goodbye, Generosity/Unselfishness/Selfishness, Marriage, Personal Relationships	Gusii Ethnic Group, Kenya, collected by Evans Ny	Gusii
They Destroyed Our Little Grass Church	Persecution	Suffering/Self-Denial/Hardship, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Justice/Injustice/Corruption	Father William Knipe, M.M.	Rokab
They Can Kill Our Bodies, But Not Our Faith	Faith/Doubt	Persecution, Perserverance/Endurance, Presence/Accompaniment, Witness, Cross/Crucifixion	Father Dick Baker, M.M.	Babanusa
Theresa Bit the Foot of the Lion	Inspiration	Animals, Courage/Bravery/Fear, Heroes/Heroines, Saints, Self-Sacrifice	Leo Kennedy, M.M.	Shinyanga
There’s No Business Like “Choo” Business	Humor	Animals, Equality, Life, Murphy's Law	Fathers Joseph Reinhart, M.M. and Joseph Healey, M	Musoma
The Very Beginning of Maryknoll in East Africa	Missionary Call	Ancestors, Forgiveness/Mercy, Happiness, Traveling	Father Louis Bayless, M.M.	Shinyanga
The Ultimate Compliment to a Maryknoller	Languages	Education, Missionary Ministry, Using One's Talents, Witness	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
The Translator Who Became President	Languages	Bible, Heroes/Heroines/Saints, Leadership, Politics, Religion	Father Art Wille, M.M.	Musoma
The Tow Rope Has To Be Taut	Traveling	Cleverness, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Life, Murphy's Law	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Shinyanga
The Three Stones Are Cold	Trinity	Proverbs/Sayings, Unity/Division	Sukuma Ethnic Group, Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Shinyanga
The Sudanese People’s Way of Life	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Courage/Bravery/Fear, Life, Politics, Traveling	Rev. Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Narus
The Six-Hour Short Cut That Took Three Days	Traveling	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Game Parks, Humor, Reconciliation	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
The Parable of the Pot	Small Christian Communities	Church, Community, Cooperation, Sharing, Trinity	East African SCC Coordinating Team	Nairobi
The Overwhelming First Choice Was Home Visits	Visiting	Cultural Values, Church, Death, Laity, Ministry, Personal Relationships	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
The Only Winner Is Murphy’s Law	Murphy's Law	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Humor, Life, Youth	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
The One Who Only Has Half a Cola Nut	Proverbs/Sayings	Humility/Pride, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Visiting, Women	Carol Bornman	Louga
The Night Before Christmas	Christmas	Celebration, Family, Hope, Suffering/Self-Denial/Hardship	Rev. Peter E. Adotey Addo	NULL
The Most Unforgettable Character in the Africa Region	Unforgettable Characters	Humor, Missionary Ministry, Proverbs/Sayings/Stories, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
The Medicine Pouch	Reconciliation	Conflict Resolution, Devil, Evil, Justice/Injustice/Corruption	Dr. Stan Nussbaum	NULL
The Letter	Jesus in Disguise	Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Eating/Meals, Heroes/Heroines/Saints, Inspiration,Jesus Christ	adapted by Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
The Journey of St. Augustine	Heroes/Heroines/Saints	Evil, Sin, God	Adapted from Dominic Nicoliello	Hippo
The Human Mirrors of Community	Community	Friendship, God, Personal Relationships, Children	Anita Kennedy, VMM	NULL
The Honey Bird and the Three Gourds	Death	Elders/Aging, Evil, God, Myths/Parables, Animals	Kaonde Ethnic Group, Zambia, collected by Father J	NULL
The Hero Ssebwaato	Heoes/Heroines/Saints	Animals, Healing/Health, Myths/Parables, Traveling	Baganda Ethnic Group, Uganda, collected by Profess	NULL
The Herbalist Who Kept All His Secrets To Himself	Healing/Health	Death, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Preaching the Gospel, Sickness	NULL	NULL
The Greatest Consolation of My Life	Joy/Celebration	Family, Peace/Peacemaking/War, Suffering/Self-Denial/Hardship, Traveling, Vocation	Collected by Bishop Joseph Mukwaya	Mityana
The Good Olmeg	Inculturation	Myths/Parables, Bible, Compassion, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Helping the Needy	Maasai Ethnic Group, Tanzania, Father Vincent Dono	Arusha
The Good Maasai	Inculturation	Myths/Parables, Bible, Compassion, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Helping the Needy	Kuria Ethnic Group adapted by Father Joseph Healey	Musoma
The First Year in East Africa Is Wow Year	Environment/Ecology/Nature	Animals, Courage/Bravery/Fear, Game Parks	Father Don Larmore	Issenye
The Dream of Delphina and Daniel	Refugees/Internally Displaced	Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Love, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Rusumo
The Day We Ran After the Plane	Patience/Waiting/Impatience	Community, Humor, Life, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Entebbe
The Crib, Our House	Christmas	Family, Jesus Christ, Joy/Celebration, Poor/Poverty/Wealth	Fr. Hermann Borge, OFM	Subukia
The Child’s Relatives Have Arrived	Songs/Music	Birth, Children, Family, Joy/Celebration	Petro Makuru	Iramba
The Child Who Was Buried	Death	Easter/Resurrection, God, Obedience/Disobedience, Sickness, Creation	Kongo Ethnic Group	NULL
The Chief Eats with the Leper	Leadership	Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Proverbs/Sayings, Disabled/Handicapped People, Equality	Father Thomas Keefe, M.M. and Father Joseph Healey	Shinyanga
The Chameleon and the Lizard	Death	Animals, Creation, Myth	Yao Ethnic Group	NULL
The Cardinal Broke the Arrow	Inculturation	Peace, Peacemaking/War, Songs/Music, Synod, Worship/Liturgy/Sacrifice	Father Aylward Shorter, M.Afr.	Nairobi
The Call of the Wild	Missionary Call	Animals, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Poetry, Vocation	Father Don Larmore	Issenye
The Battery Was About To Go Dead	Humor	Life, Visiting, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Poetry, Vocation	George Cotter, M.M.	Debre Zeit
The African World According to Eppy	Unforgettable Characters	Grace, Humor, Mistakes in Languages, Proverbs/Sayings	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
That’s What the Bible Says	Hospitality	Bible, Family, Muslims/Islam, Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons	Father Edwin Metzger	Mombasa
That Gesture of Thanks Overwhelmed Me	Thanksgiving	Children, Hunger/Famine, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence, Refugees/Internally Displaced	Father Carroll Houle, M.M.	NULL
Tell Us a Few Proverbs	Proverbs/Sayings	Proverbs/Sayings	Dr. Stan Nussbaum	NULL
Tell Them to Use 100 Shilling Coins Next Time	Witchcraft/Superstition	Courage/Bravery/Fear, Cultural Values, Interreligious Dialogue, Spirituality	Father Daniel Ohmann, M.M.	Shinyanga
Take Courage and Get Involved	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Compassion, Courage/Bravery/Fear, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Inspiration	Sister Janice McLaughlin, M.M.	Harare
Synod Cooked in an African Pot	Synod	Eating/Meals, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Hope, Life	Sister Catherine Gaynor	NULL
Be Satisfied With What You Have	Myths/Parables	Animals, Humilty/Pride, Redemption	Matengo Ethnic Group, Tanzania collected by Joseph	Lituru
Charles Lwanga and Companions	Prayer	Courage/Bravery/Fear, Faith/Doubt, Prayer	Adapted from Our Ancestors in Faith	NULL
Suffering Five and One-half Hours of Inculturation	Inculturation	Missionary Ministry, Time, Worship/Liturgy/Sacrifice, AIDS, Funerals/Burials, Grace	Father John Lange, M.M.	Nairobi
Suba Feast	Elders/Aging	Evil, Inculturation, Life, Spirituality, Death	Father Edward Hayes, M.M.	Nyamwaga
Strange Material Floating In the Water	Healing/Health	Cleverness, Humor, Laity, Life	Margo and Erik Cambier, MMAF	Shinyanga
Standing Before God With a Shining Smile	AIDS	Death, Helping the Needy, Sickness, Visiting	Sister Catherine Erisman	Mwanza
Spontaneous Lesson in Inculturation	Humor	Advent, Inculturation, Mary, Youth
Special Gift Symbolizing Lifetime Commitment	Inculturation	Cultural Values, Missionary Ministry, Vocation, Women
Song of Bagalu	Witchcraft/Superstition	Animals, Cultural Values, Healing/Health, Songs/Music
Sometimes You Get Lucky	Time	Evangelization, Languages, Ministry
Softening Me As Well	Spirituality	Ecumenism, Evangelized by the People, Personal Relationships, Sharing
So God Has To Be Both	God	Birth, Children, Family, Trinity
Sitting During the Gospel	Inculturation	Cultural Values, Interreligious Dialogue, Preaching the Gospel, Worship/Liturgy/Sacrifice
She’s With God	Presence/Accompaniment	AIDS, God, Inspiration, Sickness
She Loved Jesus	Heroes/Heroines/Saints	Love, Maryrdom, Faith/Doubt
She Healed Her Spiritually	Healing/Health	Ministry, Small Christian Communities, Spirituality, Visiting
Serving Suffering People in Africa	Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship	AIDS, Disabled/Handicapped People, Helping the Needy, Service
Send Us the Man Who Broke It	Humor	Life, Murphy's Law
Opening Our Arms to Our Sudanese Brothers and Sisters	Refugees/Internally Displaced	Hospitality, Persecution, Politics, Prayer
O Unhappy Christian	Poetry
O Liwelelo	Prayer	Ancestors, God, Healing/Health, Witchcraft/Superstition	Sukuma Ethnic Group
Nyamiji’s Prayer to God in Danger	Prayer	Courage/Bravery/Fear, God, Peace/Peacemaking/War, Thanksgiving, Worship/Liturgy	Sukuma Ethnic Group, Tanzania, collected by Father	Ndoleleji
Now Tell Him To Turn It Off	Prayer	Environment/Ecology/Nature, God, Heroes/Heroines/Saints, Humor	Edward Hayes, M.M.	Rosanna
Notre Dame Football Comes To Africa	Humor	Cleverness, Leadership, Missionary Call, Vocation	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
Nothing Is Impossible	Hope	Cooperation, Evangilization, Patience/Waiting/Impatience, Work	Father Paul Fagan, M.M.	Old Maswa
Not a Person In Sight	Reconciliation	Church, Cultural Values, Humor, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Nobody Attended Her Funeral	Personal Relationships	Funerals/Burials, Generosity/Unselfishness/Selfishness, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Work	Father Bernard Joinet, M.Afr.	Dar es Salaam
No Solos Please, We’re Bantus You Know	Cooperation	Cultural Values, Humor, Missionary Ministry	Father Lou Quinn, M.M.	Sayusayu
No One in Cairo Carries Herself with Such Grace	Disabled/Handicapped People	Grace, Healing/Health, Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship, Women	Brother Robert Butsch, M.M.	Cairo
No Food for the Special Guest	Hospitality	Eating/Meals, Missionary Ministry, Visiting	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Shinyanga
No Food for Her Children	Hunger/Famine	Animals, Children, Eating/Meals, Peace/Peacemaking/War, Trust	Bishop Paride Taban	Torit,
Nindo’s Night	Poetry	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Joy/Celebration, Songs/Music	Father Emile Dumas, M.M.	Nindo
New Myth for Their New Age	Creation		Mercy Amba Oduyoye
My Unforgettable Experience in Zambia	Compassion	Education, Forgiveness/Mercy, Missionary Ministry, Traveling	Father Baptiste Mapunda
My True Dream	Healing/Health	Cultural Values, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Sickness, Thanksgiving	Patrick Pombe	Kisesa
My Old Blouse	Baptism	Family, Life, Poetry, Poor/Poverty/Wealth	Sister Ann Klaus, M.M.
My Language Teacher Became President	Languages	Love, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Education, Heros/Heroines/Saints	Father Art Wille, M.M.	Musoma
Mother and Child	Refugees/Internally Displaced	Children, Poetry, Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship, Traveling, Women	Father Emile Dumas, M.M.
More Than Mud Stoves	Refugees/Internally Displaced	Spirituality, Helping the Needy, Missionary Ministry, Presence/Accompaniment	Janet Hackert, MMAF	Ngara
Mom, a Missionary?	Missionary Ministry	Preaching the Gospel, Women, Family, Laity	Tricia Reimer
Michael Has AIDS	AIDS	Courage/Bravery/Fear, Hope, Perserverance/Endurance, Witness	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mwanza
May I Have a Ride	Traveling	Cultural Values, Helping the Needy, Personal Relationships, Service	Father Joseph G. Healey, M.M.	Issenye
Maryknoll’s Rugged, Indestructible Bush Missionary	Unforgettable Characters	Humor, Laity, Missionary Ministry, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
Lord, Just This One More House	Helping the Needy	Children, Missionary Ministry, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Service	Father John Lange, M.M.	Kibaha
Looking For Jesus Together	Jesus in Disguise	Community, Joint Responsibility, Sharing, Traveling	Father Renato Kizito Sesana, MCCJ	Nairobi
Little Knowledge is Dangerous	Humor	Education, Languages, Proverbs/Sayings, Wisdom/Stupidity	Gikuyu Ethnic Group, adapted by Joseph Kariuki	Nairobi
Let Us Go Hunting Today	Songs/Music	Children, Community, Unity/Division	Sukuma Ethnic Group, collected by Sister Immaculat	Ibindo
In Bed With "Malaria"	Mistakes in Languages	Humor, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mityana
Only a Mother	Healing/Health	Helping the Needy, Love, Missionary Ministry, Service, Women
Ongoing Workshop in Pastoral Theology	Small Christian Communities	Justice/Injustice/Corruption, Laity, Politics, Theology, Urban Ministry
Getting Your Ears Lowered	Humor	Mistakes in Languages	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mityana
Let the Number of Maasai Increase First	Humility/Pride	Eucharist, Peace/Peacemaking/War, Proverbs/Sayings, Sin	Sukuma Ethnic Group, collected by the Sukuma Resea	Bujora
Lepilal the Lion Killer	Courage/Bravery/Fear		Father Pat Patton, C.S.Sp	Olkokola
Telling A Snake Story	Humor	Animals, Friendship, Life, Love	Father Richard Smith	Nyegina
Lenten Journey in a Brown Paper Bag	Lent	Angels, Inculturation, Prayer, Religion, Traveling	Rev. Joseph G. Healey, M.M. with the Christians in	Musoma
Learning from the Master	Joy/Celebration	Animals, Hospitality, Humor, Visiting	Paul Brown	Mugumu
Laying Hands on Elderly People	Healing/Health	Community, Elders/Aging, Inculturation, Ministry, Small Christian Communities	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
Kintu, the Founder of the Baganda	Myths/Parables	Birth, Children, Creation, Death, Obedience/Disobedience	Baganda Ethnic Group, collected by Professor Helen
Keep Your Mouth Closed, Your Bowels Open and Your Feet Dry	Unforgettable Characters	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Humor, Missionary Ministry, Traveling	Father Louis Bayless, M.M.	Musoma
The Irish Priest "Father Maguire"	Inculturation	Cultural Values, Humor, Mistakes in Languages, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mityana
Finally He Hung Up	Traveling	Justice/Injustice/Corruption, Patience/Waiting/Impatience, Truth/Lying	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.,	Mityana
Why Get High Blood Pressure Cheering for a Team That Loses?	Sports	Cleverness, Cultural Values, Faith/Doubt, Humor	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mityana
Visiting Florence the Last Time	Death	Hospitality, Missionary Ministry, Visiting, Vocation	Father Arthur Wille, M.M.	Musoma
Kaonde Myth of Creation	Creation	God, Marriage, Obedience/Disobedience, Children	Kaonde Ethnic Group, collected by Father John Ganl
Julius Nyerere — An African Christian Hero	Heroes/Heroines/Saints	Education, Inspiration, Leadership, Politics	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Joy Is Africa’s Great Gift to the Church	Joy/Celebration	Life, Missionary Ministry	Father Thomas Keefe, M.M.	Shinyanga
Jet Ride on a Banana	Mistakes in Languages	Education, Humor, Languages, Murphy's Law	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Makoko
Jesus, Whom They Call the Christ	Jesus Christ	Education, Humor, Missionary Ministry, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
I’ve Spent a Long Time Looking For You	Helping the Needy	Children, Health/Healing, Missionary Ministry, Sickness	Joseph Brannigan, M.M., Shinyanga, Tanzania	Shinyanga
We Don’t Know How to Pray!	Prayer	Eating, Hospitality, Hunting and Mission.	Father Daniel Ohmann, M.M.	Nata
I’ve Got Everything	Prayer	Children, God, Personal Relationships, Poor/Poverty/Wealth	Father Daniel Ohmann, M.M.	Nata
It’s a Bargain of a Lifetime	Education	Hope, Joy/Celebration, Youth	Father Paul Fagan, M.M.,	Old Maswa
It Will Never Work …. It Can Work	Small Christian Communities	Joint Responsibility, Lent, Refugees/Internall Displaced Persons	Father Daniel Ohmann, M.M.	Lukole
It Was Time for Reconciliation	Reconciliation	Conflict Resolution, Hope, Justice/Injustice/Corruption, Myths/Parables, Peace/Peacemaking	Catholic Justice and Peace Publication
Is the Small Christian Community the Model of the Future?	Small Christian Communities	Church, Community, Evangelization, Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Pretoria
Is it a Millionaire or a Maryknoller?	Humor	Languages, Mistakes in Lnaguages, Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons, Traveling	Brother Mark Huntington, M.M.	Nimule
In Memory of Laurenti	Funerals/Burials	Blessings, Death, Eternal Life/Heaven/Hell, Eucharist, Poetry	Father Don Larmore	Serengeti
On the Afternoon of 6 April	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Forgiveness/Mercy, Justice/Injustice/Corruption, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
In Arabic We Call It MACARONI	Eating/Meals	Education, Humor, Languages	Marj Humphrey, MMAF	Juba
Important Symbols In Kikuyu Marriage Rites	Marriage	Service, Cultural Values, Eating/Meals, Joy/Celebration	Rose Musimba
I’m the Youngest	Elders/Aging	Humor, Joy/Celebration, Traveling	Sister Margaret Sierra, M.M.,
If You Do Not Fill Up a Crack	Proverbs/Sayings	Church, Humor, Visiting, Work	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Maji Moto
Getting a Visa in Five Minutes	Traveling	Friendship, Missionary Ministry, Personal Relationships	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
If I Were a Refugee	Refugees/Internally Displaced	Thanksgiving, Community, God, Prayer	Eugenia Matoyo
If I Die I Will Pray For Him in Heaven	Heroes/Heroines, Saints	Martyrdom, Prayer, Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship, Death	adapted from Dominic Nicoliello	Busira
If Anyone Can Succeed, Cosmos Will	Refugees/Internally Displaced	Helping the Needy, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Service, Sickness	Father Carroll Houle, M.M.	Manica
I’m Not Selling Anything	Thanksgiving		Margo Cambier, MMAF	Issenye
I Wish You Had Come In the Morning	Languages	Cultural Values, Friendship, Personal Relationships, Visiting	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Kampala
I Was That Foreigner	Helping the Needy	Jesus Christ, Languages, Prayer, Traveling	Father John Kabwe, S.J.
I Think I’ll Pray For Rain	Funerals/Burials	Cultural Values, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Eucharist, Prayer	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
I Saw God’s Face That Day	Refugees/Internally Displaced	Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Faith/Doubt, God, Joy/Celebration, Trust, Truth/Lying	Father Steve Brown, MMAF	Lukole
I Pointed Out To You the Stars	Proverbs/Sayings	Bible, Humor, Inculturation, Languages, Theology	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Shinyanga
I Missed Another Chance To Meet Christ	Jesus in Disguise	Evangelized by the People, Generosity/Unselfishness/Selfishness, Helping the Needy	Heidi Schmidt	Itipini
I Love Giraffes	Animals	Frienship, Grace, Justice/Injustice/Corruption, Poetry	Father James Nieckarz, M.M.
I Have A Riddle	Missionary Ministry	Cultural Values, God, Redemption, Traveling	Sukuma Ethnic Group, Father Joseph Healey, M.M. a	Ndoleleji
I Felt Like In Heaven	Eternal Life/Heaven/Hell	Happiness, Missionary Ministry, Presence/Accompaniement, Sharing	Father John Lange, M.M.	Nairobi
I Feel They Are Pursuing Me	Martyrdom	Courage/Bravery/Fear, Death, Heroes/Heroines/Saints, Justice/Injustice/Corruption	Father Neno Contran, MCCJ	Kampala
I Don’t Understand What You Are Saying	Politics	Conflict Resolution, Languages, Mistakes in Languages, Myths/Parables, Reconciliation	Father Japheth Kyalo	Thika
I Couldn’t Believe It	Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship	Women, Helping the Needy, Service, Sickness	Father William Vos, MMAF	Musoma
I Couldn’t Abandon the Woman with Four Children	Helping the Needy	Children, Faith/Doubt, Inspiration, Self-sacrifice, Traveling	Father John Lange, M.M.	Shinyanga
I Carry My Brother	Family	Children, Helping the Needy, Love, Personal Relationships	Parable, quoted by Marc Sevin
I Asked My Older Sister To Help Me	Humor	Children, Cleverness, Helping the Needy, Reconciliation	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
I Am the Dancing Man	Life	Children, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Joy/Celebration, Using One's Talents	Brother Carmine, S.M.
I Am President Nyerere’s Godfather	Baptism	Elders/Aging, Heroes/Heroines/Saints, Religion, Visiting	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
I Am a Street Child	Children	Poetry	Tom Kimbui	Nairobi
How the Hare Helped the Civet	Animals	Cleverness, Friendship, Myths/Parables, Wisdom/Stupidity	Matengo Ethnic Group, collected by Joseph Mbele	Lituru
How I Finally Learned Cricket	Education	God, Humor, Life, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Johannesburg
How Fast You Carry the Flashlight	Humor	Traveling, Wisdom/Stupidity, Animals, Game Parks
Holy Gospel According To Africa	Prayer	Faith/Doubt, God, Poetry, Preisthood, Salvation	Father Joseph Veneroso, M.M.
Holding Back Tears He Ran From the Room	Refugees/Internally Displaced	Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Forgiveness/Mercy, Grace, Healing/Health, Peace	Joseph Ferguson	Nairobi
Hijacking the Water Tank	Murphy's Law	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Humor, Small Christian Communities, Traveling	Father Tony Gill, SMA	Kilulu
Herb Floated Downriver	Marriage	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Family, Humor, Life	Father David Smith, M.M.	Shinyanga
Helping Those in Great Need	Helping the Needy	Healing/Health, Missionary Ministry, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Service, Suffering/Self-Denial	Father Paul Fagan, M.M.	Old Maswa
He Was the Last to Die	Heros/Heroines/Saints	Death, Healing/Health, Inspiration, Martyrdom, Prayer	adapted from Blaine Harden
He Ought To Be Giving This Speech, Not Me	AIDS	Healing/Health, Helping the Needy, Life, Sickness	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Have a Nice Siesta	Humor	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Farewell/Goodbye, Life, Time	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
Halima’s Compassion and Practical Know-how	Helping the Needy	Compassion, Self-Sacrifice, Service, Using One's Talents	Anastasia Lott, M.M.	Garissa
Half a Plate of Fried Termites	Eating/Meals	Angels, Humor, Refugees/Internall Displaced Persons, Visiting	Father Eugene Toland, M.M.	Pakeli
Gunda and the Daughter of Dulye	Personal Relationships	Witchcraft/Superstition, Cultural Values, Animals, Life	Sukuma Ethnic Group, collected by the Sukuma Resea	Bujora
Greeting God at Sowing Time	Prayer	Ancestors, Environment/Ecology/Nature, God, Healing/Health	Dogon Ethnic Group
Gospel According to the Children of Mombasa	Bible	Children, Jesus Christ, Languages, Obedience/Disobedience	Frank Maurovich	Mombasa
Going From Life to Faith	Faith/Doubt	Bible, Life, Theology, Trinity, Youth	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
God Must Love Us a Lot	Love	Death, God, Priesthood,, Sickness	Father Steven Brown	Ngarawani
God Must Have a Very Good Sense of Humor	Humor	Life, Traveling, God, Humility/Pride	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
God Just Heard Us	Prayer	Eternal Life/Heaven/Hell, God, Mary, Witchcraft, Superstition	Sister Mary Dennis McCarthy, M.M.
God Is My Intimate Friend	Prayer	Friendship, God, Healing/Health, Personal Relationships	Sister Hellen Nekesa, DSP	Lubao
God Had a Reason For My Going to Rwanda	Inspiration	Courage/Bravery/Fear, Faith/Doubt, God, Missionary Ministry, Peace/Peacemaking	Sister Rose Ngaruiya, M.M.M
God Didn’t Want Me to Give a Homily	Missionary Ministry	Blessings, Environment/Ecology/Nature, God, Humor	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
Go Into the Whole World	Missionary Ministry	Evangelization, Presence/Accompaniment, Traveling, Visiting	Father Michael Snyder, M.M.	Shinyanga
Go and Spread the Faith	Missionary Ministry	Children, Elders/Aging, Evangelization, Youth	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Tarime
Glory Be To the Father	Prayer	Creation, Healing/Health, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ
Gifts of Grace Bestowed In South Africa	Prayer	Creation, Healing/Health, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ	Father Jerome Kodell, O.S.B.
Getting Down To the Grassroots	Small Christian Communities	Church, Community, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Ministry, Theology	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Same
Full of the Devil and Full of the Angels	Unforgettable Characters	Angels, Devils, Humor, Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
Fortunately All the Swahili Sayings Had “Safe” Meanings	Proverbs/Sayings	Cultural Values, Education, Languages, Visiting	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Makoko
Footprints of Hope	AIDS	Blessings, Healing/Health, Helping the Needy, Service		Nairobi
Following the Small Christian Community Plan	Small Christian Communities	Church, Community, Ministry, Theology	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
Fill the Air with Sounds of Joy	Inculturation	Joy/Celebration, Songs/Music, Worship/Liturgy/Sacrifice	Father Raphael Makori	Sirari
Feeling a Powerful Wave of Sorrow and Compassion	Death	Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Compassion, Funerals/Burials, Prayer, Women	Mrs. Olive Luena	Dar es Salaam
Father, the Lights Were Very Nice	Humor	Life, Eating/Meals, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Hospitality	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
Fascinating Metaphor of Africa Today	Joy/Celebration	Children, Peace/Peacemaking/War, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Traveling	Father Patrick Ryan, M.H.M.	Rumbeck
Expand and Multiply	Small Christian Communities	Family, Missionary Call, Missionary Ministry, Sharing	Sister Rita Ishengoma, STH	Geita
Evangelization of Presence in Silence	Presence/Accompaniement	Ecumenism, Humility/Pride, Missionary Ministry, Witness	Father Nicholas Makau, I.M.C.
Endless Safari to an Unknown Destination	Refugees/Internally Displaced	God, Hope, Perserverance/Endurance, Poor/Poverty/Wealth	Father David Swinghamer, M.M.	Lukole
Emmaus Liturgy: We Are On the Journey Together	Easter/Resurrection	Bible, Eucharist, Jesus Christ, Prayer, Traveling	Sister Rita Ishengoma STH	Sagana
Eating Lunch at 8 p.m.	Humor	Eating/Meals, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Humility/Pride, Perserverance/Endurane	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nyabihanga
Don’t Try to BS a BSer	Unforgettable Characters	Humor, Joy/Celebration, Life, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Died — Forwarding Address Unknown	Humor	Cleverness, Death	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Did You Bring Our Mail?	Humor	Ministry, Missionary Ministry, Service, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Tarime
Dialogue with African Religion in Dar es Salaam	Interreligious Dialogue	Cultural Values, Religion, Synod, Urban Ministry, Workshop/Liturgy/Sacrifice	Father Thomas Tiscornia, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Creative Ways to Celebrate Mission	Missionary Ministry	Pentecost, Prayer, Hunger/Famine, Inculturation, Languages	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Cow Procession on Palm Sunday	Humor	Animals, Joy/Celebration, Lent, Prayer, Songs/Music	Father Jose Padin, M.M.	Motuken
Corpus Christi Wins in Africa	Worship/Liturgy/Sacrifice	Children, Cultural Values, Joy/Celebration, Pentecost, Songs/Music	Father Edward Quinn, M.M.	Shinyanga
Conversion on a Bus	Traveling	Conversion, Humor, Inculturation, Patience/Waiting/Impatience, Unforgettable Characters	Father Lou Quinn, M.M.	Shinyanga
Close To My Heart	Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons	Children, Ethinicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Faith/Doubt, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Sister LeKheng Chen, M.M.	Chabalisa
If There is God in You, There is Hope in You	Hope	Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Faith/Doubt, Helping the Needy, Unforgettable Characters	Rabbi Marc Gellman
Christmas Letter From Zimbabwe	Christmas	Generosity/Unselfishness/Selfishness, Jesus Christ, Sharing, Suffering/Self-Denial	Sister Janice McLaughlin, M.M.	Harare
Christ Couldn’t Have Done it Better	Service	Humility/Pride, Jesus Christ, Jesus in Disguise, Self-Sacrifice	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Geita
Celebrating World Mission Sunday	Missionary Ministry	Children, Equality, Laity, Preachig the Gospel, Youth	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mhunze
Celebrating Six Sacraments in One Afternoon	Joy/Celebration	Anointing of the Sick, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Marriage, Reconciliation	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mehingo
Celebrating Christmas in the Slums	Christmas	Angels, Children, Eucharist, Mary, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Urban Ministry	Father John Lange, M.M.	Mukuru Kwa Njenga
Burying Bombs in the Mud	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Joy/Celebration, Justice/Injustice/Corruption, Persecution	Sister Marilyn Norris, M.M.	Chukudum
Blowing Up Half the Rectory	Humor	Cleverness, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Life	Father Lou Quinn, M.M.	Shinyanga
Blood of Tribalism Is Thicker Than Water of Baptism	Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons	Baptism, Death, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Joint Responsibility, Peace/Peacemakers	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Rulenge
Better To Lie Than To Die	Truth/Lying	Courage/Bravery/Fear, Repentance, Witchcraft/Superstition, Youth	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nyabihanga
Being Initiated Into the Buffalo Clan	Inculturation	Cultural Values, Missionary Call, Refugees/Internall Displaced Persons, Vocation	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mityana
Beautiful Mix of Nyanja and Burundi Culture	Inculturation	Cultural Values, Missionary Call, Refugees/Internall Displaced Persons, Vocation	Deacon Sinzotuma Leonard Dejju	Metangula
Appreciating the Dignity of the Poor	Humilty/Pride	Missionary Ministry, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Presence/Accompaniment, Women	Janet Hackert, MMAF	Ngara
An Experience of a Lifetime	Inculturation	Joy/Celebration, Prayer, Songs/Music, Worship/Liturgy/Sacrifice, Eucharist	Bishop Edward Braxton	Kinshasa
An African Goodbye	Farewell/Goodbye	Love, Presence/Accompaniment, Sickness, Anointing of the Sick	Brother Kevin Dargan, M.M.	Shinyanga
African Prayer of Blessing	Prayer	Ancestors, Blessings, Death, Life
Adaka, the Old Man	Myths/Parables	Elders/Aging, Friendship, Visiting, Youth	Father Renato Kizito Sesana, MCCJ
A Very Big Deal	Helping the Needy	Disabled/Handicapped People, Missionary Ministry, Service, Thanksgiving	Father Ned Marchessault	Endulen
A Three Year Old Boy Challenged Me to Holiness	Inspiration	Love, Sharing, Children, Evangelized by the People	Heidi Schmidt	Umtata
A Straw Fence the Height of a Person	Personal Relationships	Community, Generosity/Unselfishness/Selfishness, Hospitality, Witchcraft/Superstition	Michael Varga
A New Bishop Smiles, an Old Woman Cries	Priesthood	Elders/Aging, Friendship, Joy/Celebration, Poetry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M	Kampala
A Multitude of Tanzanian People Coming Over a Hill	Christmas	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Faith/Doubt, Joy/Celebration, Songs/Music	Sister Margaret Rose Winkelmann, M.M.	Kowak
A Miracle Happened This Day	Witness	Birth, Children, Life, Women	Monica Vega and Heidi Schmidt	Itipini
A Man, a Bird and Ogres	Myths/Parables	Animals, Helping the Needy, Salvation, Songs/Music	Sukuma Ethnic Group
A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing	Humor	Education, Languages, Mistakes in Languages, Proverbs/Sayings	Kikuyu Ethnic Group	Nairobi
A Little Child Crawled In Between Us	Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Children, Prayer, Presence, Accompaniment, Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons	Sister Theresa Baldini, M.M.	Narus
A Dream That I Cannot Forget	Healing / Health	Cultural Values, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Sickness, Suffering/Denial/Hardships	Ladislaus Juma	Magu
A Delightful "Mr. Blue" Character	Unforgettable Characters	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Humor, Murphy's Law, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
Yours Is the Kingdom Of God	Disabled People	Joy/Celebration, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Evangelized by the People, Children, Inspiration	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
You’re Not a White Man; You’re Our Father	Presence/Accompaniment	Children, Inspiration, Missionary Ministry, Witness
Your Spare Tire Fell Off	Humor	Traveling, Service, Helping the Needy, Life	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
Your Mother Wants To Greet You	Community	Baptism, Birth, Inspiration, Evangelized by the People, Presence/Accompaniment	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
You’d Better Be Running	Animals	Environment/Ecology/Nature, Humor, Game Parks, Wisdom/Stupidity	Father Ted Hayden, S.M.A.
President Nyerere Disguises Himself as a Beggar	African Heroes/Heroines/Saints	Corruption, Inspiration, Justice, Leadership, Politics, Witness	Father Donald Sybertz, M.M.	Shinyanga
Masala Kulangwa and the Monster Shing’weng’we	Stories of the Beginning	Cleverness, Salvation, Redemption	Sukuma tribe
You Are the Church Here	Church	Community, Eucharist, Laity, Worship/Sacrifice	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mehingo
Without a Priest You Do Nothing	Ministry	Eucharist, Priesthood, Laity, Church, Ecumenism	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Why John Mbonde Was Late?	AIDS	Family, Helping the Needy, Inspiration	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
Who Taught the "Teacher"?	African Hereos/Saints	Education, Elders/Aging, Inspiration, Leadership	Father Dave Smith, M.M
Who Do You Africans Say I Am?	Inculturation	Jesus Christ, Cultural Values, Healing, Ancestors	Sukuma Research Committee	Bujora
When I Die	Death	Freedom, God, Life, Poetry	Agripina Habicht
When Elephants Fight the Grass Gets Hurt	Proverbs/Sayings	African Heroes/Saints, Animals, Politics, Suffering/Self-Denial/Hardship	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
What Would You Buy If You Were Given $150?	Humor	Wisdom, Cleverness, Youth, Life	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nyabihanga
What Mission Is All About	Missionary Ministry	Joy/Celebration, Easter/Resurrection, Happiness, Service	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
What Is More Beautiful – A Sunset Or A Cow?	Joy/Celebration	Life, Animals, Cultural Values, Environment/Ecology/Nature	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
What Brought You Here?	Missionary Call	Environment/Ecology, Traveling, Vocation, Laity	Joan Sharkey, MMAF	Ndoleleji
West Africa Wins Again	Traveling	Humor, Missionary Ministry, Patience, Time
We Were Grateful For God’s Answer	Prayer	Children, God, Sickness, Thanksgiving	Dr. Susan Nagele, MMAF	Nimule
We Wanted To Be Like Them	Laity	Witness, Family, Presence/Accompaniment, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
We the Shepherds Were the First	Christmas	Animals, Church, Jesus Christ, Joy/Celebration, Songs/Music	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Kemugongo
We Have a Debt to Pay	Evangelized by the People	Disabled People, Leadership, God, Service	Monica Vega and Heidi Schmidt	Umtata
Wanjiku’s Long Safari	Eternal Life/Heaven/Hell	Death, Traveling, Easter/Resurrection, Jesus Christ	Father Joseph Donders, M.Afr.	Nairobi
Why I Believe that Julius Nyerere Is a Saint	African Heroes/Saints	Inspiration, Joy/Celebration, Leadership, Service, Witness	Rev. Edward A. Hayes, M.M.	Musoma
Maryknoll Brother Ron Rak’s Favorite Expression "Not to Worry"	Joint Efforts	Using One's Talents, Helping the Needy, Inspiration, Missionary Call, Cleverness	Rev. Joseph G. Healey	Nairobi
Walking the Way of the Cross in Africa Today	Cross/Crucifixion	AIDS, Death, Inculturation, Jesus Christ, Suffering	Father Sahaya Selvam, SDB	Moshi
Walking Beside The People	Equality	Peace/Peacemaking/War, Presence/Accompaniment	Vicki Armour-Hileman, MMAF and Joseph Healey, M.M.
Veronica’s African Woven Basket	Evangelized by the People	Inspiration, Helping the Needy, Disabled People, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Makoko
Veronica Gives Birth to a Boy Child	Christmas	Birth, Children, Joy/Celebration, Mary, Women	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
Two Roads Overcame the Hyena	Animals	Hunger/Famine, Game Parks, Service, Proverbs/Sayings	Tanzania Folktale
Transmit This to Your Children	Proverbs/Sayings	Cultural Values, Children, Elders/Aging, Wisdom	African Proverb
Today’s Terrible Form of Dying	AIDS	Courage/Bravery/Fear, Death, Helping the Needy, Sickness	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
Today the Real Guest of Honor Is Not Me	African Heroes/Saints	Church, Inspiration, Joy/Celebration, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
To Be Called Is To Be Sent	Missionary Call	Baptism, Joy/Celebration, Proverbs/Sayings, Small Christian Communities	Father Donald Sybertz, M.M. and Father Joseph Heal	Mwanhuzi
Thomas Met Me in the Parking Lot	Refugees/Displaced Persons	Politics, Peace/Peacemaking/War, Proverbs/Sayings, Muslims/Islam	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
This African Mary Understands My Swahili	Prayer	Christmas, Inculturation, Inspiration, Mary	Mrs. Perpetua Mashelle
They Came Walking, Walking	Refugees/Displaced Persons	Poetry, Suffering/Self-Denial/Hardship, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Peace/Peacemaking/War, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide	Father Joseph Healey M.M.	Ngara
Theresa’s Old Plastic Armless Crucifix	Cross/Crucifixion	Jesus Christ, Helping the Needy, Service, Small Christian Communities	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Bukiriro
There is Indeed "Room in the Inn!"	Jesus in Disguise	Birth, Christmas, Service, Life	Father (Dr.) William Fryda, M.M.	Nairobi
A Coconut Shell Is an Ocean to an Ant	Traveling	Cultural Values, Helping the Needy, Personal Relationships, Visiting	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
A Blind Girl Taught Us	Disabled/ Handicap People	Children, Evangelized by the People, Inspiration, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
40 Blessed Years	Thanksgiving	Blessings, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Missionary Ministry, Birth	Father Carroll Houle, M.M.	Nairobi
30 Little Children on the Back Bumper	Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons	Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Joy/Celebration, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Violence	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Rulenge
23 Kilometer Walk to Kauda	Traveling	Confirmation, Easter/Reurrection, Missionary Ministry, Peace/Peacemaking/War/Wictory	Father Tom Tiscornia M.M.	Kauda
The Two Young Men on the Road to Nakuru	Easter/Resurrection	Jesus in Disguise, Faith/Doubt, Hope, Traveling, Eucharist	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
The Two Journeys of Peter and Thomas	Death	Children, Easter/Resurrection, Lent, Life, Sickness, Traveling	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mwanza
The Two Cold Porcupines	Personal Relationships	Game Parks, Animals, Friendship, Sharing	Father Bernard Joinet, M.Afr.	Dar es Salaam
The Two Brothers	Personal Relationships	Children, Family, Blessings, Cleverness	Sukuma Research Committee	Bugora
The Turkana Celebrate a Feast of Light and Hope	Christmas	Joy/Celebration, Hope, Jesus Christ, Inculturation	Father Bernard Ruhnau	Turkana
The Sukuma Bishop Sent By His Worker	Service	Humility/Pride, Jesus Christ, Leadership, Missionary Call
The Slave Who Became a Saint	African Heroes/Saints	Faith/Doubt, Freedom, Humility/Pride, Inspiration, Women	Father Joseph Healey, M.M	Dar es Salaam
The Singing of Our Church Choir Always Hurts My Ears	African Heroes/Saints	Church, Humor, Songs, Worship	Father Carroll Houle, M.M.
The Show-off Prepares for Jesus on Christmas	Jesus in Disguise	Christmas, Hospitality, Integrity/Hypocrisy, Myth/Fable	Sukuma Ethnic Group
The Short Lives of Emmanuel and John	Death	Birth, Christmas, Children, Funerals/Burials, Joy/Celebration	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nyabihanga
The Self-Reliant Orphan Lamb	Eucharist	Animals, Song/Music, Eternal life/Heaven/Hell, Jesus Christ	Father Donald Sybertz, M.M. and Father Joseph Heal	Sukuma Ethnic Group
The Sacrifice of the White Hen	Self-sacrifice	Death, Life, Animals, Inspiration	Denis O'Sullivan - Yoruba Ethnic Group	S.M.A
The Rainy Day of Retribution	Faithfulness/Unfaithfulness	Reconcilation, Repentence, God, Environment/Ecology/Nature	Sister Edel Mitei, D.S.P.	Iten
The Rain Came	Worship/Sacrifice	Family, Environment/Ecology, Myth/Fable, Self-sacrifice	Grace Ogot	Luo Ethnic Group
The President Is Coming, the President Is Coming	Advent	Christmas, Cleverness, Humor, Missionary Ministry	Father Joseph Healey, M.M	Iramba
The Poor Man Without Work	Hospitality	Salvation, Animals, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Helping the Needy	Sukuma Ethnic Group
The Poor Celebrate Best	Joy/Celebration	Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Song/Music, Small Christian Communities, Easter/Resurrection	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
The Person Who Couldn’t Find God	Christmas	Traveling, God, Presence/Accompaniment, Helping the Needy, Jesus Christ	Father Joseph Healey, M.M. with the Christians	Iramba Parish
The Peacock and the Vulture	Animals	Eating/Meals, Freedom, Family, Death	Ika Ethnic Group
The Parable On the Way to Bauleni	Easter/Resurrection	African Synod, Jesus Christ, Small Christian Communities, Evangelized by the People, Inculturation	Father Renato Kizito Sesana, MCCJ	Lusaka
The Parable of the Good Maasai	Inculturation	Compassion, Helping the Needy, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Bible	adapted by Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
The Muslim Prayer Connection	Muslims/Islam	Inspiration, Prayer, Spirituality	Peter Le Jacq, M.M.
The Mother With the Ten Sons	Cleverness	Eating/Meals, Family, Children, Using One's Talents	Sukuma Ethnic Group, Sukuma Research Committee	Bujora
The Merciful Rwandan Wife	Forgiveness/Mercy	Conflict Resolution, Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Inspiration, Peace/Peacmaking/War	Father Thomas McDonnell, M.M.
The Loving Kamba Mother	Love	Community, Courage/Bravery/Fear, Inspiration, Jesus in Disguise, Self-sacrifice	Archbishop Raphael Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki	Kamba
The Littlest Thing You Do For Someone	African Heroes/Saints	Children, Education, Inspiration, Using One's Talents	Father John Sivalon, M.M
The Lion’s Share	Wisdom/Stupidity		Nubian Ethnic Group
The Leopard and the Rabbit	Animals	Children, Cleverness, Conflict Resolution, Unity/Division	Sukuma Research Committee	Bujora
The Faithfulness of Dr. Mayombi	Faithfulness/Unfaithfulness	Suffering/Self-Denial/Hardship, God, Witchcraft/Superstition, Bible	Father Donald Sybertz, M.M.	Mwanza
The Dying Father’s Last Testament To His Three Sons	Unity/Division	Community, Death, Personal Relationships, Children	Joseph Lupande, Sukuma Ethnic Group	Bujora
The Demand for a Parish	Prayer	Church, God, Perseverance/Endurance, Work	Sister Josiah Emem, D.S.P.	Ikot Ekpene
The Dead are Never Dead	Death	Ancestors, Poetry, Cultural Values, Environment/Ecology	Birago Diop
The Day We Die	Death	Life, Prayer, Religion, Songs	Southern Bushmen Song
The Day the Lord Got Wet	Eucharist	Faith/Doubt, Jesus Christ, Perseverance/Endurance, Service, Inspiration	Alberto Viera	Ribaue
The Community of Rats	Community	Animals, Self-Sacrifice, Cooperation, Myths/Fables
The Clever Young Man and the Monster	Redemption	Cleverness, Easter/Resurrection, Jesus Christ, Jesus in Disguise, Salvation	Sukuma Ethnic Group
The Church Is the Local Christian Community	Church	Community, Eucharist, Laity, Worship/Sacrifice	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mehingo
The Chief Had Already Gone	Eating/Meals	Cultural Values, Leadership, Life, Proverbs/Sayings	Sukuma Ethnic Group
The Chameleon and the Rabbit	Animals	Cleverness, Marriage, Wisdom/Stupidity, Using One's Talents	Sister Ephigenia Gachiri, I.B.V.M.	Nairobi
The Challenge of Pastoral Inculturation	Christmas	African Heroes/Saints, Redemption, Salvation, Songs/Music	Sukuma Ethnic Group
The African Prayer of Blessing	Prayer	Blessings, Ancestors, Death, Life
The "Prayer Over the Gifts" in the All Africa Eucharistic Prayer	Prayer	Eucharist, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Inculturation	Father Aylward Shorter, M.Afr.	Gaba
Tanzanian Celebration of the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ	Inculturation	Eucharist, Jesus Christ, Joy/Celebration, Songs/Music	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Bujora
Such Is Life in Cyberspace	Humor	Ethnicity/Tribalism/Genocide, Evangalization	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Starting His Second 50 Years in Mission	Languages	Missionary Ministry, Personal Relationships, Joy/Celebration, Elders/Aging	Father Joseph Healey, M.M	Musoma
Smiling Rashidi Kikopa	Happiness	Inspiration, Helping the Needy, Suffering, Poor/Poverty/Wealth	Father John Lange, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Smelling African Flowers on Easter Sunday	Easter/Resurrection	Joy/Celebration, Jesus Christ, Songs, Environment/Ecology/Nature	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
Sitting Down To An Authentic Ethiopian Meal	Eating/Meals	Hospitality, Humor, Traveling, Visiting	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
She Walked Like a Queen	AIDS	Death, Farewell/Goodbye, Courage/Bravery/Fear, Sickness	Dr. Brigid Corrigan, M.D.
Sharing Truly Divides the Sorrow	Small Christian Communities	AIDS, Sharing, Sickness, Visiting	St. Jude Thaddeus Small Christian Community	Musoma
Serving With Quiet Passion	Service	Compassion, Children, Inspiration, Witness	Father Joseph Healey, M.M	Entebbe
Separation Myth of the Inquisitive Hunter	Creation	God, Life, Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship, Worship/Sacrifice	Father Matei Mung'aho
Seeing It With My Own Eyes	Children	Bible, Animals, Inculturation, Evangelized by the People, Small Christian Communities	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
Searching for a Symbol of Reconciliation	Reconciliation	Marriage, Cultural Values, Family, Peace/Peacemaking/War	Raphael Chuwa	Musoma
SCC Members Reflecting on the "Visitation"	Small Christian Communities	Visiting, Bible, Mary, Cultural Values	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nairobi
Rooting for the Underdog: Why I Go Back to Tanzania	Missionary Call	Inspiration, Jesus Christ, Preaching the Gospel, Witness	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
Rising to the AIDS Challenge	AIDS	Children, Helping the Needy, Service, Small Christian Communities	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Retelling the Magi Story In Eastern Africa	Inculturation	Cultural Values, Jesus Christ, Children, Evangelization	Bishop Akio Johnson Mutek and Father Joseph Healey
Requesting Group Spiritual Direction	Community	Cultural Values, Ministry, Sharing, Spirituality	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Remembering the Wake of Jesus Christ	Inculturation	Songs, Death, Jesus Christ, Funerals, Cultural Values	Father Rudi Kriegisch, M.Afr.	Tabora
Pumped Up on Easter Sunday	Easter/Resurrection	Joy/Celebration, Children, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam
Poems of African Paradox	Missionary Ministry	Poetry, Presence/Accompaniment, Community, Church	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
Paul’s Two-Year Spiritual Journey (Short Version)	Baptism	Easter/Resurrection, Small Christian Communities, Joy/Celebration, Conversion	Father Joseph Healey, M.M. and the Tanzanian peopl	Musoma
Paul’s Two-Year Spiritual Journey (Long Version)	Baptism	Easter/Resurrection, Small Christian Communities, Joy/Celebration, Conversion	Father Joseph Healey, M.M. and the Tanzanian peopl	Musoma
Padri, Will You Give Me Your Goats?	Animals	Preaching the Gospel, Bible, Cultural Values, Eternal Life/Heaven/Hell	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
Padri, Why Are You Trying to Beak Us Up?	Baptism	Community, Evangelization, Faith/Doubt, Missionary Ministry	Father Vincent Donovan, C.S.S.P.	Arusha
Origin of Death Myth of the Child Who Was Buried	Death	Creation, God, Sickness, Easter/Resurrection, Obedience/Disobedience	Kongo Ethnic Group
Origin of Death Myth	Death	Animals, Eternal Life/Heaven/Hell, God, Wisdom/Stupidity	Yao Ethnic Group
Old Woman Who Hid Death	Death	Animals, God, Myths/Fables	Hangaza Ethnic Group
Oh, Displaced Woman	Refugees/Displaced Persons	Poetry, Presence/Accompaniment, Women, Compassion	Elizabeth Mach, MMAF	Nimule
Now My Life is to Serve the People	Service	Politics, Suffering/Self-Denial/Hardship, Evangelized by the People, Poor/Poverty/Wealth	Sister Janice McLaughlin, M.M.	Maputo
Nothing Materially But Everything Spiritually	Disabled People	Family, Inspiration, Poor/Poverty/Wealth, Spirituality	Paul Nadeau	Shinyanga
No Food, Casmir	Education	Eating/Meals, Murphy's Law, Traveling, Service	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Arusha
My Happiest Moment in Nyabihanga	Happiness	Sharing, Love, Missionary Call, Friendship	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Nyabihanga
Mwajuma’s Simple Request	AIDS	Perseverance, Children	Richard Bauer, M.M.
Muigai Washed Her Clothes	Love	AIDS, Compassion, Inspiration, Presence/Accompaniment	Father Tom Petronek	Nairobi
More Than Socializing At The Coffeehouse	Eating/Meals	Blessings, Cultural Values, Spirituality, Hospitality/Visiting	Mr. Timothy Kalyegira and Father Joseph Healey, M.
Meeting the Holy Spirit in Stella’s Smile	Holy Spirit	Evangelized by the People, Happiness, Joy/Celebration, Women	Father Michael Snyder, M.M.	Kiagata
Masanja Goes to Dar es Salaam- Story Alone	Easter/Resurrection	Jesus Christ, Small Christian Communities, Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship	Sukuma Ethnic Group
Masanja Goes to Dar es Salaam- Story Adapted	Easter/Resurrection		Adapted by Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
Maryknoll Family in East Africa Mourns and Celebrates Julius Nyerere	African Heroes/Saints	Death, Equality, Joy/Celebration, Prayer	Daniel Griffin, MMAF, Father Joseph Healey, M.M. a
Martha’s Very Special "Confession"	Reconciliation	Evangelized By the People, Forgiveness/Mercy, God, Inspiration	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.
Maria and Yosefu Visit the Christmas Hut	Christmas	Animals, Children, Happiness, Jesus Christ, Mary, Bible	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Iramba
Many Beads Form One Necklace	Community	Small Christian Communities, Sharing, Church, Unity/Diversion	supplied by Daniel Zwack
Maige’s First Tricycle Ride	Disabled People	Helping the Needy, Easter/Resurrection, Inspiration, Children	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Mwanhuzi
Lord, What Am I Doing Here?	Missionary Ministry	Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship, Environment/Ecology/Nature, Jesus Christ, Humor	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Musoma
Look On Your Child and Heal Him/Her	Prayer	Healing, Birth, Jesus Christ, Ancestors, Children	Sukuma Ethnic Group	adapted by Father Donald Sybertz, M.M.
Long Journey of My Mission Cross	Cross/Crucifixion	Peace/Peacemaking/War, Refugees/Displaced Persons, Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship, Persecution	Dr. Susan Nagele, MMAF	Loa
Living An African Way of the Cross	Cross/Crucifixion	Bible, Inculturation, Jesus Christ, Lent, Self-Sacrifice, Small Christian Communities	Father Joseph G. Healey, M.M. in consultation with	Dar es Salaam
Let Mike Do All the Ordering	Eating/Meals	Joy/Celebration, Personal Relationships, Traveling, Unforgettable Characters	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Kampala
Leeyio’s Mistake	Death	Creation, Children, Cultural Values, Eternal Life/Heaven/Hell	Maasai Ethnic Group
Just Be Here With Us	Presence/Accompaniment	Helping the Needy, Inspiration, Love, Suffering/Self-denial/Hardship	Little Sister Dativa
Journey of Two Old Men Called Life and Death	Creation	Death, Life, Myths/Fables, Traveling	Hausa Ethnic Group	supplied by Father John Halbert, M.M.
Jimmy, You Lead the Prayer	African Heroes/Saints	Prayer, Religion, Missionary Ministry, Preaching the Gospel	Rev. Daniel Ohmann, M.M.	Musoma
I’ve Been Trying To Thank You For Years	Thanksgiving		Father Peter LeJacq, M.M.	Mwanza
That’s the Bishop!	Using One's Talents	Humility, Traveling, Unforgettable Characters	Fr. Joseph Healey MM	Bukoba
It Takes a Whole Village	Family	Joint Responsibility, Provers/Sayings, Children, Education	Father Joseph Healey, M.M.	Dar es Salaam

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