NEW book by Mary Fontana.... Fwd: Annunciation House book info to share with FronteraList

[Molly Molloy]

Please see details below on this new book about the work of Annunciation House.  And see this link to get tickets to the Annunciation House VOICE OF THE VOICELESS event, MAY 23, 2026...

https://ti.to/annunciation-house/vov2026

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From: Mary Fontana <maryff...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 11, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Subject: Annunciation House book info to share with FronteraList

Dear Molly,

I'm a longtime listera and former Annunciation House volunteer, and I've written a book about Annunciation House that comes out next week. I think it could interest some followers of FronteraList. Would you be willing to share the information and image below?

Respectfully,

Mary Fontana

A new border-related book Strangers in the Province of Joy: Practicing Radical Hospitality on the US-Mexico Border comes out on May 20 from Orbis Books. Written by a former volunteer, it tells the story of El Paso's Annunciation House through the voices of many guests and volunteers who have passed through its doors over its nearly fifty years of existence. 

Former Congressman Beto O'Rourke calls the book "a must-read" and beloved border author Benjamin Alire Sáenz calls it "an important, necessary, and heartbreaking book." El Paso Matters journalist Bob Moore writes: "For half a century, Annunciation House in El Paso has been a rare beacon of hope in an increasingly dysfunctional immigration system.... In her new book, Mary Fontana provides the first detailed history of Annunciation House, documenting how volunteers motivated by faith provided “radical hospitality” to hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing poverty and persecution."

Books can be ordered through your favorite independent bookstore, directly from Orbis (where through May you can use code PUBLTR at checkout for 25% off), or from the usual suspects (Amazon, Bookshop). There will also be books available for purchase at Annunciation House's Voice of the Voiceless solidarity dinner on May 23.

Thank you!