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This new story from the popular Vision Books series of saints lives
for youth 9-15 years old is about the inspiring life of the great
missionary to the Far East, St. Francis Xavier. After his wartorn
boyhood in Navarre, Francis Xavier went to the University of Paris,
determined to have a good time. He was interested in sports and
became broadjumping champion of his college, and did not pay much
attention to his studies. At first he scoffed at this fellow
student, Ignatius Loyola, a former soldier who wanted to win the
world for God. But Ignatius showed him that true champions are a
far more heroic breed - those who risk their all to win the world
for God. Francis joined Ignatius' followers, and became one of the
first members of the Society of Jesus.Francis Xavier was selected
by Ignatius to do missionary work in India. To all
sixteenth-century travelers, a voyage from Portugal to India meant
months of deadly peril from storms, pirates, and diseases. But to
Father Francis Xavier, it also meant a chance to win the Orient for
Jesus Christ. This great saint's eagerness to spread the Word of
God involved him with the pearl divers of the Indian coast, the
natives of Malaya and the Spice Islands, the cannibals of Morotni
and the hostile feudal lords of ancient Japan. This book captures
the true spirit of a daring man who braved the many dangers of
India and Japan in amazing adventures of courage and faith.
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