An Extraordinary Missionary Priest

Posted by Holly Benner on Oct 25, 2019 3:02:34 PM

Greetings at the end of this "extraordinary" month for mission! Pope Francis had declared October 2019 to be an Extraordinary Missionary Month, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Pope Benedict XV’s Apostolic Letter Maximum Illud. The theme for this month: “Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on Mission in the World.” In light of that, I felt that this would be an appropriate time to share with you the story of a dear friend of mine whom I feel is an “extraordinary” missionary priest, Father Thomas Kevin Kraft, OP. Here is the story of how, through the grace of God, we met, and how our lives would someday intertwine in the African missions.

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Topics: Catholic Missions, extraordinary missionary month, baptized and sent, Father Thomas Kevin Kraft, OP, St. Anne Bethlehem Pennsylvania, advent free resource

'Amazing Grace'

Posted by Holly Benner on Sep 29, 2019 6:32:42 PM

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me...  We all know how the song goes, and every time I hear it I think of a holy woman I have been blessed to meet. Her name is “Grace,” and she is from the Ongata Rongai slum, which is located in Kibera in the southwest of Nairobi in Kenya. 

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Topics: Catholic Missions, amazing grace song, missions, world mission month, missionary charity, Kibera, extraordinary missionary month, Evangelizing Sisters of Mary

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