Carbonneau, Robert E.
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"This book explores the American Franciscan missionary endeavor to China from 1900 to 1937. Setting out with the best of intentions, the US Franciscan
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s encountered a country beset by "chaos" as political and social traumas as well as natural disasters besieged the country. Franciscans tried to establish Catholicism through educational, medical, and charitable efforts. They established organizational and physical structures to assist their mission. They met with varied results"-- Provided by publisher.
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