Once Upon a Time in Africa

Overview

This collection of stories from Africa brings us to a place where the elders gather the children around the fire at night and narrate the stories and events that make them a proud and memorable people.

The stories--some, myths from the past and others, accounts of life today--tell of the mystery of being and the relationship of both human and non-human creation with the Creator. They teach the human heart about compassion, forgiveness, joy, peace, and unity; indeed, of the value of harmony within all creation.

Father Joseph A. Heim, M.M. enrolled at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's St. Charles Seminary. He was ordained ten years later and served for four years at St. Andrew's parish in Newtown, Pennsylvania, before offering his services to the Maryknoll Society in Venezuela. Heim served as a missionary in Venezuela for the following 35 years, helping to establish a medical clinic in Barinas and providing numerous other services.

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