A Last Journey To Eastern Europe
In 1989, at the age of 91, Little Sister Magdeleine made her last journey to Eastern Europe, including Russia where she met Fr. Men of the Orthodox Church, a writer and inspirational preacher influential among the young. He was later assassinated.
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