Glimpses #44: Xavier: A Man for Many Nations
Format: 2-page bulletin insert
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Product Description: The trip from Lisbon to India took thirteen months. When he landed in Goa, a region controlled by the Portuguese, Xavier was welcomed by a crowd of civil and ecclesiastical officials, but he was not impressed with worldly pomp. Barefoot and in rags he walked to the hospital where he began washing the sores of the lepers. Xavier wanted to minister among the lower classes of society, not just among the elite leaders.
Xavier spent his first year in India learning the language, ministering to the sick, preaching, and translating a catechism he had written. Walking up and down the village streets, Xavier would ring a bell and call children and others to listen. He especially loved to be with the children, teaching them the Apostle's Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer. Within one month, over 10,000 were baptized; Xavier set about making provisions for their instruction and worship. He established a college in Goa so that the native young people could be trained to be missionaries to their fellow countrymen.
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