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Article: Follower of Jesus, servant of Allah.(Maryknoll priest describes missionary life in Bangladesh)(Cover Story)
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- December 20, 1996
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Every year, Maryknoll Fr. Bob McCahill invites a letter to his friends from his adopted home in Bangladesh. NCR, in keeping with tradition, publishes his 1996 letter below.
Bangladeshi Muslims hardly know what to think of me during my first year in a new town. They see me going around on a bicycle and have heard that I go long distances on it. Rumor has it that I am willing to help seriously afflicted persons and that I live in a hut.
They know I am a foreigner by my complexion. It does not add up. For them, foreigners are those who have autos to drive and who are, in fact, usually driven here and there by their hired local drivers. Besides, foreigners ...