Videos tagged with "missionaries"

Bos' Skype call [07:58]
Edited version of a Skype call that was recorded. The Bos' are missionaries in Bangladesh that our church supports. Again it was very difficult to edit this video down to a length that could be shown in church during the offering. A lot of the fine details have been lost in the editing, a longer version with more details will be posted in the future.
Tags: CRC of St. Joseph MI, Bos', missionaries, Skype call, Bangladesh

PL_Meeting 07-05-2011 in Brescia, Italy (24 MB) [02:02]
On May 7, 2011, Father Luigi, and Mr. Krishnapado Munda took part into a meeting at the Monastery of San Cristo, that is the site of the Xaverian Missionaries' activities in Brescia, Italy. They explained that there is a small indigenous group of people called the Munda who live on the edge of the Sundarban Forest, in the very southern part of the Satkhira District, in the South West of Bangladesh. Father Luigi is a Catholic priest from Italy who came to Bangladesh in 1975. He became a missionary in order to work with indigenous people. He is a courageous and committed Christian who has a passion for all of God's children. Father Luigi started his mission with the Munda seven years ago after working with the Rishi people around Chuknagar. Munda is outcast people in Bangladesh, as well as in India. Despite increasing international interest in the works of Baba Ambedkar who invented the term "Dalit", people will often avoid contact or communication with an outcast in those countries, and sometimes even restrain themselves from going near them. In extreme cases, any individual who has sympathy for an outcast, and tries to be friend or socialise with them, may cause themselves to lose popularity, or even become an outcast themselves. Krishnapado is till now the first and only Munda who reached a universitary graduation. He studied Economics at the University of Kuhlna, Bangladesh. He also is till now the first and only Munda who crossed the sea. It was really a pleasure to ...
Tags: Luigi Paggi, Munda, Xaverian, Missionaries, Missonari, Saveriani, Dalit, Baba, Ambedkar, Bangladesh

Bangladesh [04:43]
Remnants of civilization in the greater Bengal region date back four thousand years, when the region was settled by Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman, and Austro-Asiatic peoples. The exact origin of the word "Bangla" or "Bengal" is unknown, though it is believed to be derived from Bang, the Dravidian-speaking tribe that settled in the area around the year 1000 BC. The kingdom of Gangaridai was formed from at least the 7th century BC, which later united with Bihar under the Magadha, Nanda, Mauryan and Sunga Empires. Bengal was later part of the Gupta Empire and Harsha Empire from the 3rd to the 6th centuries CE. Following its collapse, a dynamic Bengali named Shashanka founded an impressive short-lived kingdom. After a period of anarchy, the Buddhist Pala dynasty ruled the region for four hundred years, followed by a shorter reign of the Hindu Sena dynasty. Islam was introduced to Bengal in the 12th century by Arab Muslim merchants; Sufi missionaries and subsequent Muslim conquests helped spread Islam throughout the region. Bakhtiar Khilji, a Turkic general, defeated Lakshman Sen of the Sena dynasty and conquered large parts of Bengal in the year 1204. The region was ruled by dynasties of Sultans and land lords Bhuiyan for the next few hundred years. By the 16th century, the Mughal Empire controlled Bengal, and Dhaka became an important provincial centre of Mughal administration. European traders arrived late in the 15th century, and their influence grew until the British East ...
Tags: Naruto, Bangladesh, Mila, Bangla, Anime, Beauty