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Madre: The Nun Who Was Mother to the Orphans of Honduras (Sister Maria Rosa) - Softcover
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“Children have the right to be happy. So God sent me to help them.” —Sister Maria Rosa Leggol
In Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras, in 1966, a short, plump, middle-aged Catholic nun was hot on the heels of the richest man in the country. Sister Marķa Rosa Leggol, a hospital nurse with a fifth-grade education, had no money, no social standing, no clout. What she did have was the audacity to ask big favors of powerful men and the unwavering conviction that her dream—to rescue, house, and educate street children—was sanctioned by God.
She also had the gall to think she could stop the man’s airplane from taking off.
The help she received that day triggered a dramatic chain of events resulting in the rescue and education of tens of thousands of destitute children in the second-poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Through her network of children’s villages, schools, farms, clinics, vocational training centers, and microbusinesses, this indomitable nun empowered poor Hondurans to live, grow, and work with dignity. Madre is a celebration of a fearless woman’s great goodness, charisma, and chutzpah in challenging corruption and machismo to break generational cycles of poverty.
Writer and mission trip leader Kathy Martin O’Neil sets the unlikely triumphs of this “Angel of the Poor” against the backdrop of Honduras’s deprivation, broken families, and gang violence that send desperate young migrants fleeing for their lives. Drawing from more than a decade of mission travel to SAN, she captures Sister Maria Rosa’s magnetic allure and Franciscan wisdom on how best to change hearts and stand with the marginalized people of the world. Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodriguez of Honduras, who is advancing her cause for sainthood, introduces his friend, Sister Marķa Rosa Leggol, in a beautiful Foreword.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Children have the right to be happy. So God sent me to help them. -Sister Maria Rosa LeggolOne day in 1966, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, a short, plump nun bent on funding her mission sprinted across the airport tarmac to stop a plane from taking off. On board was the country's richest man. The help she received from him that day triggered a dramatic chain of events resulting in the rescue and education of tens of thousands of destitute Honduran children. Through her network of children's villages, schools, farms, clinics, and vocational training centers, the indomitable Sister Maria Rosa Leggol broke generational cycles of poverty and empowered poor Hondurans to live and work with dignity.The unlikely triumphs of this awe-inspiring woman, this Angel of the Poor, are set against the backdrop of Honduras's broken families and the gang violence that sends desperate young migrants fleeing for their lives toward the U.S. border. Madre is a celebration of this fearless woman's great goodness, charisma, and chutzpah in challenging endemic corruption and machismo for the sake of her country's most vulnerable children. Sister Maria Rosa's social activism in serving the poor earned her the rare recognition that her cause is currently being promoted for Christian sainthood.Kathy Martin O'Neil is a writer, mission trip leader, and former managing editor of Outside Magazine. More than a decade of travel to Honduras has sparked her keen interest in Latin American culture and spirituality and the dangerous situation for migrant children at the U.S. border. She resides with her family in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Crossroads of America. Seller Inventory # 00093519187
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Children have the right to be happy. So God sent me to help them. -Sister Maria Rosa LeggolOne day in 1966, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, a short, plump nun bent on funding her mission sprinted across the airport tarmac to stop a plane from taking off. On board was the country's richest man. The help she received from him that day triggered a dramatic chain of events resulting in the rescue and education of tens of thousands of destitute Honduran children. Through her network of children's villages, schools, farms, clinics, and vocational training centers, the indomitable Sister Maria Rosa Leggol broke generational cycles of poverty and empowered poor Hondurans to live and work with dignity.The unlikely triumphs of this awe-inspiring woman, this Angel of the Poor, are set against the backdrop of Honduras's broken families and the gang violence that sends desperate young migrants fleeing for their lives toward the U.S. border. Madre is a celebration of this fearless woman's great goodness, charisma, and chutzpah in challenging endemic corruption and machismo for the sake of her country's most vulnerable children. Sister Maria Rosa's social activism in serving the poor earned her the rare recognition that her cause is currently being promoted for Christian sainthood.Kathy Martin O'Neil is a writer, mission trip leader, and former managing editor of Outside Magazine. More than a decade of travel to Honduras has sparked her keen interest in Latin American culture and spirituality and the dangerous situation for migrant children at the U.S. border. She resides with her family in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Crossroads of America. Seller Inventory # 00085153069
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Children have the right to be happy. So God sent me to help them. -Sister Maria Rosa LeggolOne day in 1966, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, a short, plump nun bent on funding her mission sprinted across the airport tarmac to stop a plane from taking off. On board was the country's richest man. The help she received from him that day triggered a dramatic chain of events resulting in the rescue and education of tens of thousands of destitute Honduran children. Through her network of children's villages, schools, farms, clinics, and vocational training centers, the indomitable Sister Maria Rosa Leggol broke generational cycles of poverty and empowered poor Hondurans to live and work with dignity.The unlikely triumphs of this awe-inspiring woman, this Angel of the Poor, are set against the backdrop of Honduras's broken families and the gang violence that sends desperate young migrants fleeing for their lives toward the U.S. border. Madre is a celebration of this fearless woman's great goodness, charisma, and chutzpah in challenging endemic corruption and machismo for the sake of her country's most vulnerable children. Sister Maria Rosa's social activism in serving the poor earned her the rare recognition that her cause is currently being promoted for Christian sainthood.Kathy Martin O'Neil is a writer, mission trip leader, and former managing editor of Outside Magazine. More than a decade of travel to Honduras has sparked her keen interest in Latin American culture and spirituality and the dangerous situation for migrant children at the U.S. border. She resides with her family in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Crossroads of America. Seller Inventory # CIN1737726300VG
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