Retelling the Magi Story Around the World
Retelling the Magi Story Around the WorldBy Akio Johnson Mutek and Joseph Healey, M.M.In Matthew's Gospel (Chapter 2:1-12) the Magi (three wise men or astrologers from "the East") offer the Christ...
View ArticleThe Parable of What Language Does God Speak?
Parable of What Language Does God Speak?By Rev. Joseph Healey, M.M.Once upon a time there was a man in the Serengeti District of western Tanzania called Marwa. In the sixth grade he studied the...
View ArticleA Baby Girl Named Tandike
A Baby Girl Named TandikeBy Renato Kizito SesanaWe were celebrating the Christmas night liturgy in Tubalange in Lusaka, Zambia, on 24 December, 1993. The homily involved those present giving examples...
View ArticleI’m Sure This African Mary Understands My Swahili Prayers
I’m Sure This African Mary Understands My Swahili PrayersBy Joseph Healey, M.M.It was the week before Christmas in Dar es Salaam and a Tanzanian mother was reminding her young daughter Bahati about the...
View ArticleCelebrating the Christmas Story in Tanzania
Celebrating the Christmas Story in TanzaniaBy Joseph Healey, M.M.Come with us. Come. In your imagination now travel to Kiagata Parish in Musoma Diocese in northwestern Tanzania. Three days before...
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The Legend of the Showoff Who Prepares For the Visit of Jesus on Christmas Day By Donald Sybertz and Joseph Healey Once upon a time when Jesus was still in this world, there was an African woman named...
View ArticleThere Is Indeed "Room in the Inn!"
There Is Indeed "Room in the Inn!" It was a cold, windy night in Nairobi, Kenya with sheets of tropical rain beating down throughout the evening. In the huge slum adjacent to our St. Mary’s Mission...
View ArticleThe Turkana Celebrate a Feast of Light and Hope
The Turkana Celebrate a Feast of Light and Hope By Bernard Ruhnau The Turkana nomad such as Losikiria in northwestern Kenya never dreamed of a white Christmas or any other Christmas traditions that...
View ArticleThe Night Before Christmas: An African Christmas Story
The Night Before Christmas: An African Christmas Story By Peter E. Adotey Addo It was the night before Christmas in Ghana and I was very sad because my family life had been severely disrupted and I was...
View ArticleThe Parable of the Person Who Couldn’t Find God
The Parable of the Person Who Couldn’t Find God By Rev. Joseph Healey, M.M. Once upon a time a certain East African country had many mountains and valleys, rivers and plains. All the people lived in...
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