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Catholic Medical
Missionaries .
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To fit themselves for this task the Sacred Congregation desires that the
surrounded by the " charms " and " preventations " by which the pagan relatives
the poor sufferer in the house of such a native " doctor , " or in his own home
larger number of dispensary and welfare centres . Very often the young
tal has been worked with the help of a member of lay volunteers from the
Continent and Ireland , among them being the late Dr. P. A. Dunlevy (
sisters may be pagan . In that case the native doctor who is also the " lu-
from such pagan practices ! " Many a heart-ache is caused to the priest who
Kiltegan ) are at work . And the needs of the Medical Mission work there
cause of the sickness . Quite often the Father who attends a sick-call finds
and even when the danger is not great our Catholic people are faced with the
God against the evil enemy who seems to make a last effort to snatch these
Sacraments must go away and leave his Children to fight the last fight for
13,000 sq. miles . ( or more than two-fifths of the area of Ireland
with European Doctors and Nurses in attendance , while they have a much
sisters in these Congregations should have full medical training .
pranch of Medical work , and giving their lives to that work . This instruction
the Church in the Mission , lands is the Christian family . ' Very often that
souls won by the precious Blood . And how the Father often longs for a
In the Calabar Prefecture , the priests of the Society of St. Patrick ,
of the many young Christians who have quite recently been won to Christ
strange spectacle of Churches that are not Catholic , doing far more for the
The Instruction of February , 1936 mentioned above , now permits her to do so .
The Sacred Congregation then proposes to meet the great need of media -
cal help of the Foreign Missions by having Sisters fully trained in every
care of the sick and suffering than the Church founded by Him Who was the
young Christian lives in pagan surroundings . The parents and brothers and
Miss Mary Martin ) has desired for many years to do such work for God .
The Foundress of the New Institute . Sr. Mary of the Incarnation
in pagan surroundings and among a polygamus people . ' Yet the young
greatest need of medical help exists . ' As is very evident to all the hope of
Catholic Medical Missions .
In 1937 the Medical Missionaries of Mary were founded in the Prefecture
of Co. Mayo ) . In the same area the Protestant Missions have six hospitals
Congregation in this matter .
But it is in the matter of Maternity and Infant-welfare work that the
Special Friend of the Sick .
of Calabar . S. Nigeria , with the aim of meeting the wishes of the Sacred
won for God .
mother of this family which is the foundation of the Church is as a rule
And if the Catholic is not sent to a Protestant Hospital in time of
s of the greatest importance and is bound to have far-reaching results in
kness he usually has to face a more terrible ordeal still . " Very often the
rd of the attacks of evil spirits . What a danger this is to the faith
has brought these poor souls into the Church and who after administering
is been established with great care and suffering by the missionary
Christians must attend the Protestant Hospitals with danger to their
ry to word off the attacks of evil spirits . What a danger this is the lavish
There is only one Catholic Hospital in an area of more than
I and he proceeds to " sacrifice " to the " spirit " that is the
with European doctors and nurses in " attendance , while they have a
tend the Protestant Hospitals with danger to their Faith
the Institution of February , 1936 mentioned above , now permits her to do so .

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Station , and ' got rid of by leaving them to the missionary . What can
or to enter the market place or farms of the villages . Thanks to the efforts
destroy . Even if the pagans will not now murder twin-children they often
of making the names of our Christian people truly Christian names . For all
knows how to take advantage of in time of sickness . We need devoted
they could address the Catholic people certainly they would cry out and ask
Medical Missionaries of Mary , '
for our Catholic priests to be compelled to enter these places on sufferance to
behind the Continental Countries .
being rapidly abolished but in backward places they are by no means
raptize young Christians and then expose them to all the dangers that Satan
consolation of the Sacramento because these pagans who are present will not
the humanitarian point of view they do excellent work . but it is a hard thing
in these pagan lands . We need devoted Sisters who will give their lives for
Christian women die in child-birth and sad to say many die without even the
has been to throw these wails away to die in the " bush . " The mother of
Please God that will not be said of Ireland in the near future .
for them in an orphanage ?
Then there is the crying need of helping the poor leaders of the Missions .
Kiltegan , Co" Wicklow .
that the Charity of Christ be extended to them .
For further particulars apply :
Prefect Apostolic ,
We need orphanages and hospitals to care for the Children and Mothers
undering twin-children . When twin-children were born the pagan practice
J. Moynagh ,
c.o. Society of St. Patrick ,
In the Calabar Prefecture moreover there is the inhuman practice of
SR. MARY MARTIN , Superioress ,
that work the Medical Missionaries of Mary is being formed and the new
While our country has , thank God , entered enthusiastically into the work
send for the priest .
handed over to ocean relatives in her hour of peril . ' Thes pagan mid-wives
the Father in a mission station do for these wails if there is no one to care
to do big work for God .
of Government and the influence of Christianity these hideous practices are
calabar .
re ignorant of almost every rule of health and hygiene . Many of the young
he poor and forsaken ones of Jesus Christ . It is not enough merely to
or God on the Foreign Missions , yet , in Medical Mission Work's
Institute looks to Catholic Ireland for the encouragement and help recess
win-children was made an outcast and was not allowed to live in the vil
11 the Leper Settlements of Calabar are run by Protestant Missions . From
in to care for the young Christian Mothers and to help them in the work
captize young Christians and then expose them to all the dangers that Satan
care for them and twins are frequently brought to the Mission
r the Sacraments to these poor outcasts who may be Catholic . " If
norant of almost every rule of health and hygiene . " Man
Leder Settlements of Calabar are run by Protestant Mi-
ster the Sacraments to these poor outcasts who may be
to care for them and twins are frequently brought to