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Books, Books and more Books!

The Mission Office has a variety of books available. These resources can be utilized for mission education among your faith community young or old, be it through small group book clubs, classrooms, inservices, or other ways of integrating the thoughts, stories and information within them.

In addition to books for sale, the Mission Office has many books and resources that can be borrowed.

Examples of books for sale include:

• "Sharing Gifts in the Global Family of Faith" by Pakisa Tshimika and Tim Lind
• "African Stories for Preachers and Teachers" compiled by Joseph Healey
• "Once Upon a Time in Africa: Stories of Wisdom and Joy" compiled by Joseph Healey
• "If I Die" by Fr. John Anthony Kaiser
• "Traveling with Soldiers and Bishops: Stories of Struggling People in Sudan" by Mathew Haumann
• "Village Assignment" by Dave Huebsch
• "The Long Road to Peace: Encounters with the People of Southern Sudan" by Mathew Haumann
• "Small Christian Communities Today: Capturing the New Moment" edited by Joseph Healey and Jeanne Hinton
• GeoDeo Resources on Africa

Examples of resources to be borrowed include:

• Many of the above books for sale
• Bishops Documents on mission, global solidarity, Africa, peace and justice, Catholic Social Teachings, etc.
• Directories of Volunteer Opportunities
• Theology books
• Prayer books
• And more!

Here is more information on some of our most popular books:

Tales and Experiences from East Africa:
"Once Upon a Time in Africa"
by Joseph Healey

Nearly one hundred heart-warming stories to capture your heart and give you a taste of mission from every part of Africa. Experience the wisdom, laughter, joy, and inspiration of the African People.

Once Upon a Time in Africa, by Maryknoll Father Joseph Healey, is a wonderful collection of uniquely African and spiritually inspiring stories from East Africa. The tales convey universal wisdom and truth as experiences and expressed through missioners. It is a book packed with simple daily wisdoms and joy of the African people. It is a "Chicken Soup for the Soul" for mission minded people.

Joseph Healey, a Maryknoll Missionary priest, has served in Kenya and Tanzania for many years.

GeoDeo Global Educational Resources :
"Journey Into Africa "
by Ann Jansen

These books on Africa are truly an amazing resource and treasure now available from a local St. Cloud Area writer. Finally there is wonderful, knowledge packed and extremely accurate resource book, educational games, and interactive activity books about Africa. These books are excellent for home schooling, religious education, or any educational setting where students and teachers truly want to engage students in learning about Africa in an exciting and fun way. Quality resource materials and books on Africa such as the ones available from GeoDeo Education Resources just do not exist anywhere else. Check out the great selection of global awareness materials in the Journey into Africa series by GeoDeo Educational Resources to compliment your existing global awareness activities, mission education efforts, and mission education speakers.

These books, and many more, are available at the St. Cloud Mission Office.