It will come from the East and the West

"He was no longer the young missionary of 26, handsome and strong, with a serene face, a luxuriant black beard, and an intense gaze. In front of me, an old man of another race, with a hollow face, as if chiseled around the prominent cheekbones, parchment skin, a complexion of yellowed ivory, was getting out of the car with difficulty...

"You are worn out everywhere," the old doctor from our area told him, "I can't change you."

One day, he didn't get out anymore...

On the marble of the family vault, a plaque was affixed with the name of the deceased, followed by the words Priest of the Foreign Missions."

It is the story of these Foreign Missions, several centuries old, that the author evokes in his book through some of the great figures among the 4,500 priests (until today since their number increases every year), whose lives often ended in martyrdom.

A moving tribute to those who were sent to the Far East.

Presentation: Softcover, paperback

Author: Elisabeth Arnoulx de Pirey

Publication date: December 30, 1999

Format: 14.5 cm × 22 cm × 1.6 cm, 190 pages

Weight: 315 g

Publisher: Pierre Téqui éditeur

ISBN: 9782740308929

Only in French