Faith and humanity
Sakaal Times
Monday, May 17, 2010 AT 12:00 AM (IST)
Journalist Camil Parkhe has retraced the journey of Fr Gurien Jacquier — a French missionary, who arrived over a century ago in Ghogargaon, Auranagabad, to sow the first seeds of Christianity there in the book Fr Gurien Jacquier of Ghogargaon. The revered missionary made that place his home and did his best to uplift the downtrodden in the region.
Parkhe offers anecdotes about the missionary’s early life and how his contemporaries portrayed him. There are also chapters on missionaries, like Fr Forel and Archbishop Doering. Along with some rare photographs of the missionaries and places, the book tells us how Fr Jacquier dealt with the prevalent social malaises in Marathwada — the exploitation of the tamasha artistes, and the humiliation of the dalits. In all, it is an interesting book about faith, humanity and a noble soul.
Fr Gurien Jacquier of Ghogargaon
By: Camil Parkhe
Publisher: SFS
Pages: 144
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Comments
On 31-05-2010 20:00:50 robert Das said:
hi Camil, It's great to hear ab the review on the catholic Missionary. It shows ur love fo the Missionary, and a tribute to ur journalistic talent. I must say that u have matured as a Journalistic with a substance. i am proud of u. Keep it up. waiting to meet and relax with u, or come over to Sangamner. love, robert sj.
On 5/31/2010 10:17 AM Joseph Pithekar said:
Dear Camil, Congrats. It is a wonderful service. The missionaries were not interested only in converting the masses or the untouchables. They were interested in making them bette human beings. this could be frihgtening for the prejudiced indians. Hope many of the readers will think differently. j m piithekar.
On 5/30/2010 6:40 PM Rahul P said:
This is books gives very good insight to the christians missionary work in maharasthra - people who have heard the name of Fr Gurien Jacquier but didn't have much information about how he worked in this region being a foriegner &lived with common people. I have been looking for this kind of information for a very long time. I would recommend this to all the readers & my best wishes to the author to come up with many more books.. Thanks Rahul
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