PRESS RELEASE - the uplifting story of beloved Jesuit educator and Radio Ham Fr Moran of Kathmandu
9/5/2012 9:30 AM EST
Anthropologist and friend Dr Messerschmidt offers us the remarkable story of the extraordinary priest Father Moran, who spent a lifetime helping to educate the underprivileged of India and later Nepal, and became known as ‘The Voice of the Himalayas’
Fr Moran of Kathmandu by Dr. Don Messerschmidt; £20, softcover; 230 x 150 mm; 388 pages, 15 photos; 2012.
Known throughout the amateur radio world as ‘Father Moran 9N1MM’ (“Nine En-One Mickey Mouse”) he was one of its most celebrated and best-loved figures. He was also a priest dedicated to helping and educating the young people of India and later Nepal. In his old age Father Moran had the energy of a young man and a mind as sharp as a razor, with an unending stream of anecdotes about life in Nepal and elsewhere.This is his biography.
Please open the attached PDF files for full details.
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