First Feed the Belly or the Soul?

The matter of the physical support of the individual follows in the wake of a regard for his soul, but never precedes it. — John Jay Chapman, Causes and Consequences

If so, the idea that missionaries should first feed the bodies then the souls of the natives was mistaken.

After noon mass at St. Mary's, Charlie gives me a loaf bread and two squares of tomato pie from Perreca's.