Expecting to serve in an African mission, he had been studying its regional cultures and languages.

About half the professed members were engaged in the African missions.

Sister Maureen said they are seeking to help the African mission.

An official at the South African mission here said the post-apartheid Government is considering the issue.

Virtually all the African missions seem to have died out by the mid sixteenth century.

Maria Teresia became known as "the nursing mother of the African missions".

Whatever course the Security Council chooses, he said, there will be no American troops for another African mission.

But you can't be a constant, visible presence in the corridors of power when you're stuck in some remote African mission.

By 1888, he felt called to serve in the African missions and entered the Society on 21 December of that year.

When his North African mission is explained to him, he becomes even happier.