In medio ecclesiae: essays in honor of Benedict M. Ashley. - Peddicord, Richard (Ed.)
Essays in Honor of Benedict M. Ashley, O.P.
KORTE INHOUD
Becoming an integral part of Canada and its culture is an age old problem which occurs today just as it did when my story begins in 1940.The Mueller family were refugees from the communist revolution, were sponsored by Canada to begin a new life in this country. They had moved from a Mennonite Settlement in Manitoba to an area just being settled about sixty miles from Vancouver, British Columbia. World War Two is not even a year old. Twelve year old Lori finds it difficult to relate to her new circumstances. She had attended a school where all the children were Mennonites and lived by the same standards. Here the children find her strange and different Speaking German at home, they wonder about her allegiance to Canada. Papa adheres strictly to Mennonite beliefs and expects his daughter to do the same. He expects her to lead a simple, devout life. Mama is a vivacious woman with a scant mastery of the English language but a great sense of humor. She is more flexible than Papa, but like a good Mennonite wife, r...
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XVI, 320 p. Paperback Bloomington [IN], AuthorHouse 2007 [Auteur: Peddicord, Richard (Ed.)] [Jaar: 2007] [Titel: In medio ecclesiae: essays in honor of Benedict M. Ashley.]
