missionaries

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missionaries

Chameleon days

an American boyhood in Ethiopia
2006

Mother Teresa

2003
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Mother Teresa, who founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity to take care of the poor in India.

Mother Teresa

her mission to serve God by caring for the poor
1988
A biography of the nun who founded the Missionary Sisters and Brothers of Charity, gained wide recognition for her work with the destitute and dying in Calcutta and elsewhere, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Albert Schweitzer

1988
Examines the life of the humanitarian who pursued medical missionary work in the jungles of Africa while developing his spiritual beliefs about the value of all life.

The keys of the kingdom

1969
Father Chisholm, a young Scots priest in a remote Chinese village, comes to terms with his faith and his heart while facing danger and despair.

Jun?pero Serra

1991
Focuses on the achievements of the eighteenth-century Spanish missionary who was one of the early explorers of California.

In the time of trouble

1993
Fourteen-year-old Jessie, daughter of missionaries, finds her life and her relationship with her siblings changed by the worsening political strife in Cameroon during the late 1950s.

Mother Teresa

2003
A brief overview of the life of Mother Teresa who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

Father Damien

the man who lived and died for the victims of leprosy
1988
Presents a biography of the priest who gave his life to the care of lepers in a colony at Molokai, Hawaii.

Mother Teresa

1991
A biography of the nun who founded the Missionary Sisters and Brothers of Charity and gained wide recognition for her work with the destitute and dying in Calcutta and other places. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

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