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Greg L. Barrett - The Gospel of Father Joe: Revolutions and Revelations in the Slums of Bangkok

Kepler's Bookstore

July 1, 2008

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The Gospel of Father Joe reveals how the man Barrett calls “the Father Teresa of Bangkok” has persevered against all kinds of odds and obstacles to gradually expand the Mercy Centre, an establishment that Maier uses to declare war on poverty – using only pencil, paper and common sense, Barrett said.

That war included building preschools illegally – without the permission of church superiors or Thai authorities. And, yet, when police threatened to shut down construction, Father Joe would shrug and say go ahead. “But you’ll have to explain it to them,” Father Joe would say, pointing to children, “and to them,” he would add, pointing to their mothers.

The people and this priest gradually built an oasis among these slums – an oasis that includes schools, AIDS hospices, orphanages, safe houses, medical clinics and sports leagues.

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  July 1, 2008

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