Track 1: Growing up in Devon, in the 1960s and 1970s. Joining the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. His time as a seminarian, and ordination in 1990. His first appointment was to further studies in Rome, then the retreat house in Cork and Tramore. Track 2: His first short-term appointment to Russia in 1996, to the missionary house in Moscow. His first impressions. Track 3: His long-term appointment in 1997 to Russia, and assignment to one of the republics in the Caucasus. His role in establishing a presence there. The background of the Catholic Church in that area. Track 4: His time in orientation and learning the language. He had to leave for one year and then return. Track 5: The insecurity tension and bureaucracy there, described anecdotally. Track 6: His appointment as Parish Priest in his area in one of the Russian republics. He is still working there.
Fr Stephen Rogers, MSC
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Additional information
Type: | Disk, MP3 |
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Audio series: | IMU Missionary Stories Project |
Bitrate: | 160 kbps |
Download time limit: | 48 hours |
File size(s): | 15.75 MB, 8.69 MB, 11.08 MB, 23.77 MB, 17.10 MB |
Number of files: | 6 |
Product ID: | CDIMU01-141 |
Subject: | A Missionary in Russia |
Recorded by: | Maurice O'Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore |