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Saint Francis of the Seven Seas |
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Subject: | Biography |
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Grade Level: | Ages 9 to 15 | |
Catalog # | BIOG23543 | |
Regular Price: Your Price: You Save: | $9.95 $8.50 $1.45 (14.57%) | |
Author: |
Albert J Nevins M.M. |
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Binding: | PAPER | |
Copyright Year: | 1995 | |
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Description: |
This new story from the popular Vision Books series of saints
lives for youth 9 15 years old is about the inspiring life of the
great missionary to the Far East, St. Francis Xavier. After his
wartorn boyhood in Navarre, Francis Xavier went to the University
of Paris, determined to have a good time. He was interested in
sports and became broadjumping champion of his college, and did
not pay much attention to his studies. At first he scoffed at
this fellow student, Ignatius Loyola, a former soldier who wanted
to win the world for God. But Ignatius showed him that true
champions are a far more heroic breed - those who risk their all
to win the world for God. Francis joined Ignatius' followers, and
became one of the first members of the Society of Jesus. Francis Xavier was selected by Ignatius to do missionary work in India. To all sixteenth-century travelers, a voyage from Portugal to India meant months of deadly peril from storms, pirates, and diseases. But to Father Francis Xavier, it also meant a chance to win the Orient for Jesus Christ. This great saint's eagerness to spread the Word of God involved him with the pearl divers of the Indian coast, the natives of Malaya and the Spice Islands, the cannibals of Morotni and the hostile feudal lords of ancient Japan. This book captures the true spirit of a daring man who braved the many dangers of India and Japan in amazing adventures of courage and faith.
Sewn Softcover
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