The Shepherd Who Didn't Run: Blessed Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma, Revised
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The Shepherd Who Didn't Run: Blessed Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma, Revised

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Author: Maria Ruiz ScaperlandaBrand: Our Sunday VisitorEdition: RevisedBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 256Release Date: 15-03-2019Part Number: 9781681924564Details: 2016 CPA Book Awards Winner! 3rd Place, Biography category "The shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger." - Fr. Stanley Francis Rother Fr. Stanley Rother was true to his word. He did not run. And was martyred at the age of 46. Fr. Stanley arrived in Guatemala in 1968, and immediately identified with his parishioners' simple, farming lifestyle. He learned their languages, prepared them for the Sacraments, and cared for their needs. Fr. Stanley, or "Padre Francisco" as he was called by his beloved Tz'utujil Indians, had found his heart's calling. After nearly a decade, the violence of the Guatemalan civil war found its way into the peaceful village. Disappearances, killings, and danger became daily occurrences, but despite this unrest Fr. Stanley remained hard at work, building a farmer's co-op, a school, a hospita

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