Tau PublishingThe World Is My Cloister
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-61956-653-8
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-692-7
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-693-4
- Pages
- 208
- Size
- 6 × 9 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound first edition, 2022
- Language
- English
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About this book
Sister Anita’s life story of growing up in a large family on a farm, then as a Franciscan Sister and missionary, is an unbelievable adventure of courage and trust, risks taken, friendships nurtured, and blessings received as she listened to the call of the Spirit and ministered to God’s people all over the world. — Sister Grace Skwira, Franciscan Sisters Leadership
A Franciscan Sister of Little Falls, Minnesota, for more than seventy years, Sister Anita Jennissen tells of her medical and spiritual mission in Peru, Colombia, West Africa, Tanzania and Ecuador, and at home in Duluth, Chimayo, New Mexico, and East Texas. The vivid, often delightful details of her many unusual circumstances and encounters keep the reader’s interest from beginning to end.
“One cannot ever fully express the gifts received through living the life of a missionary, the experience of taking on a new language, culture and religion. For certain I learned that each culture has something special to offer if we are open to receive and appreciate it.” — Sister Anita Jennissen
With photographs from the archives of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls.
Inside
- Introduction
- Chapters on her family and farm childhood, postulancy and novitiate
- Missions in Peru, Colombia, West Africa, Tanzania and Ecuador; ministry in Duluth, Chimayo and East Texas
- Letting Go, a sabbatical year, and the place where the spirit of Francis had its beginning