Into Africa

by John Boos

Overview

The book is intended to give an overview of the author's work as a member of the Catholic Missionary Society of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) into West Africa and other countries from 1970 to 2008. These countries would include Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Togo, Mali, Algeria, and Mexico, with a 4-year stint in the United Kingdom.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163175017
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	01/03/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

John Boos was born in Trinidad, West Indies, in 1937. His Primary and Secondary schooling were all done there. After graduation he taught briefly in a College, and went on to study Law, both in Trinidad and the United Kingdom. He then chose to enter a Catholic missionary Order, the Society of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), and after studies in Ireland, England and France was ordained Priest in Trinidad in 1970. He was then posted to the West African country of Upper Volta in, later to be renamed Burkina Faso. His missionary work has extended from there to Mali, Togo, Canada, Algeria, Mexico and the United Kingdom. He is now in semi-retirement in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, and helps out in the parishes of the Durham area, celebrating Masses, weddings and funerals, visiting retirement homes, hospitals, as well as making home visits. He also gives conferences to retreat and prayer groups, as well as to youth groups as vocation promoter towards the life of a missionary.