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Victoria Armour-Hileman

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Vicki Armour-Hileman earned a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Iowa, and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop. Her ambition was to write a best-seller and be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, but after graduation, she discovered to her dismay that she had degrees but no life experience to write about. She therefore signed up with Maryknoll, a Catholic organization that works with the economically poor overseas. With Maryknoll, Vicki spent the next six years working with refugees in the Far East. Upon returning to the United States, Vicki became co-director of Maryknoll's program that sends laity to work for social justice in 14 countries. She also volunteered at her local synagogue. She didn’t know that volunteeri ...more

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Singing to the Dead: A Missioner's Life among Refugees from Burma

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“Seeds of destruction take root in the human heart, and even among those who long for peace, they call to our darker instincts and urge us to violence.:”
― Victoria Armour-Hileman, Singing to the Dead: A Missioner's Life among Refugees from Burma

tags: burma, missioner, mon, refugee

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“But if the world measures a refugee according to the worst story, we will always excuse human suffering, saying it is not yet as bad as someone else's.”
― Victoria Armour-Hileman

tags: burma, missioner, mon, refugees, singing-to-the-dead

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