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Confronting fear, faith and hope: Nigerian missionaries grapple with tough Baltimore realities
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Confronting fear, faith and hope: Nigerian missionaries grapple with tough Baltimore realities

George P. Matysek Jr.July 9, 19987 min read
As the priest sits in his solitary rectory office at St. Peter Claver in West Baltimore, a driving spring rain beats against the iron-barred windows. The storm pelts scattered debris on the streets and sidewalks of the troubled neighborhood – flushing foam cups and bits of broken concrete into the gutter along Fremont Avenue. Not so easily washed aside, however, are the young drug dealers
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