{"product_id":"what-they-taught-us-how-maryknoll-missioners-were-evangelized-by-the-poor-paperback","title":"What They Taught Us: How Maryknoll Missioners Were Evangelized by the Poor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph A. Heim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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 a waterproof hut, about indigenous plants that heal, about patience, community, and living life fully in God's created world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaryknoll missioners from Asia, Africa, and Latin America tell of what they learned from people of deep faith and strength. Arranged thematically, the stories tell of spiritual health in the face of physical illness, of true happiness lived in poverty, and of life and death and hope and love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFather Joseph A. Heim, M.M\u003c\/strong\u003e. enrolled at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's St. Charles Seminary. He was ordained ten years later and served for four years at St. Andrew's parish in Newtown, Pennsylvania, before offering his services to the Maryknoll Society in Venezuela. Heim served as a missionary in Venezuela for the following 35 years, helping to establish a medical clinic in Barinas and providing numerous other services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610865299738,"sku":"9781570758188","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/TvMJEPQDqB9781570758188.webp?v=1785374789","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/what-they-taught-us-how-maryknoll-missioners-were-evangelized-by-the-poor-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}