{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-in-africa-copy","title":"Once Upon a Time in Africa (Ebook)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph G. Healey, MM,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a Maryknoll priest and the former Coordinator of the Mission Awareness Committee (MAC) of the Religious Superiors Association of Tanzania based in Dar es Salaam. His books include \u003cem\u003eTowards an African Narrative Theology \u003c\/em\u003eand (with Jeanne Hinton) \u003cem\u003eSmall Christian Communities Today.\u003c\/em\u003e He is a member of the St. Charles Lwanga SCC in Dar es Salaam and the St. Jude Thaddeus SCC in Musoma.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480_97069250-39fa-430d-bfc2-059faf5f3344_480x480.webp?v=1660153812\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aciafrica.org\/news\/1193\/maryknoll-cleric-growing-online-small-christian-communities-amid-kenyas-covid-19-measures\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"257\" width=\"450\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Maryknoll_Cleric_Growing_Online_Small_Christian_Communities_amid_Kenya_s_COVID-19_Measures_480x480.png?v=1660157411\"\u003e  \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aciafrica.org\/amp\/news\/158\/grants-for-small-christian-communities-go-beyond-catholic-families-subsidy-administrator\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"257\" width=\"450\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Maryknoll_Cleric_Growing_Online_Small_Christian_Communities_amid_Kenya_s_COVID-19_Measures_1_480x480.png?v=1660157545\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jhX9VE0ZveM\u0026amp;t=15s\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"257\" width=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TheChurchinAfricaWillNeverWalkAlone.ByJosephG.Healey.RadioPodcastinthe_AfricanCatholicVoices_seriessponsoredbythePan-AfricanCatholicTheologyandPastoralNetwork_PACTPAN_480x480.png?v=1664810712\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridacatholic.org\/news\/national\/can-small-christian-communities-help-heal-a-eucharistic-famine-this-maryknoll-priest-thinks-so\/article_35b5f120-cfa2-11ee-ac91-3711086fb8ab.html\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"257\" width=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/CansmallChristiancommunitieshelpheala_Eucharisticfamine_ThisMaryknollpriestthinkssoFeb19_2024_480x480.png?v=1708524185\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52192173490477,"sku":"9781608331888","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/images_672ebab1-cae6-45af-9ff9-33e47381b659.jpg?v=1783011990","url":"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/once-upon-a-time-in-africa-copy","provider":"Orbis Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}