A Catholic missionary father stands atop a sloping hillside, gesturing down toward a village set next to a body of water below. The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Ed. Jesuites Missionnaires, 6, Rue d'Auvergne. Lyon." "Madagascar - 5. "Vois-tu, la-bas, ces villages et par dela ces montagnes d'autres encore blottis dans l'ombre du paganisme... Lorsque tu seras Pretre, tu les sauveras tous!..."
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