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and Salerno and the saintly medical men and women Religious
immediately returned to African 1936 . Her Society undertakes
of Dara , appealed to Mother Navy to to start her Society and
have forgotten the famous Papal Medical Schools of Bologna
Saints Cosmas and Damien were ' Medicals .
dietetians , public health workers and non-medical members
Delegate to Africa , His excellency , Mr. Riberi , Archbishop
Sisters are qualified medical women , doctors , dentists , the
chemists , radiographers , laboratory technicians , nurses ,
From the days of Columbill , and Gall the missionary apostolate
Mother Mary of the Incarnation Martin of Dublin . The Apostolic
all forms of Medical , Surgical and Obstetrical work . The
who taught in them . Some forget even that St. Luke and
a Society of Religious willing to undertake medical work
Wire . Now the call seems novel . Novel because Catholics
in foreign lands ever enthralled the sons and daughters of
in the Missions , Fire , through Gods' Grace ever attentive
The Medical Missionaries of Mary were founded by
to the wishes of Rome , Immediately responded to the call .
The Medical Missionaries of Mary
The Vicar of Christ having expressed a wish for a
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with the highest technical skill in their medical and social
all peoples anxious to keep their native arts and languages .
the Standard of the Cross in Royal Heath , in 432A.D. Knowing
especially in areas directly under the Congregation of #
the urgency for building up Catholic house life in Mission countries
by the wish of His Eminence Cardinal Famasoni-Biondi .
Sisters will be fully trained for any work # undertaken .
They will work in any Mission field where they may be called , but
services is the Mother and Child . Through these services they
particular care in their hospital work and in their social
form of government , and they have a keen natural sympathy with
the Sisters .
The Missionaries from Eire have no interest in any
the highest Religious perfection of each of its members combined
Cardinal Prefect " of the Congregation of Propaganda Tide . The
Propaganda Tide , as the Society was expressly called into being
earthly Empire . They have no desire to establish any special
how carefully he learnt Eire's own # five language before he raised
" obedient to Rome " as a foreign Missioner to Fire - They recall
and specialization will be encouraged . The Society has two aims ,
Their only desire is to spread the Kinxshio of Christ . They
works for their neighbour .
trained in Tropical Domestic Hyggiene , and other Social Services .
spently .
before .
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will be at liberty to undertake work in University
framed to avoid any possible conflict between loyalty
in adapting native arts and crafts to Christian Lizzy ...
discouraged .
Surgical and Obstetrical Clinics , Isolation Hospitals
for admission to the Society are those laid down by Canon
will/NESO detrimental to the native # ACCEP peoples will be all ,
and ignorance among many native races , native foods will be
studied and used . The spread of for Legn foods and customs
The Sisters are true Religious with public vows . The requirement
especially , recognised as paramount in all medical work . They
at the service of the sick day and night . They are specially
Leper Settlements . Also in village Dispensaries in China or
had usual for all women Religious . The Constifications are built
on a Benedictine frame work and allow the professed sisters to be
Law and the Constitutions . Their Spiritual training follows
will guide the young girls round their Mission houses into
truly Christian movements ! and encourage busy minds and ring ?
to a religious superior and loyalty to professional duties .
Knowing the ravages to life and health wrought by malnutrition
India , or in African Kraals . They hope too to run ' Naternity
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the Most Blessed Sacrament ...
The House of Studies for young Sisters attending
spiritual
It is at Booterstom Co. Dublin , about 3 miles from the
University College and the Catholic Teaching Hospitals .
Most Rev. PASTAY Dr. Pascal Robinson gave Benedection of
The Society was given their hospital in Nigeria by
The Noviciate House of the Society at Oollon
to time and place .
Hunslow shows , or dare we say it , with in call of the
The training of the Sisters is such as to specially
habit . The dress worn is a simple professional one adaptable
practices will be absent ; no choir , no enclosurepro religious
Euphrates , or where Mother Ganges takes life from the
University and Hospital , courses was opened with the approval
His Excellency Mr. Moynah . Prefect Apostolic of Nigeria . It :
of His Grace . The Archbishop of Dublin , Most Rev. Dr. Byrne .
temple bells of Kathmandu , or that of the Nuzzin's of Kabul .
attended in person , and His Excellency the Nuncio Apostolic .
o. Louth was opened with the approval of Cardinal McRoy
rimate of all Ireland . At the opening ceremony his Eminenc
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Fundati . " knowing the need for Catholic Medical Colleges
St Lukes Hospital . Anna . Southern Nigeria .
first hand of professed Sisters are working . Every kind of
and Africa Mother General is anxious to supply all the
to train the native women doctors and nurses of China . India
In Northern Nigeria the Sisters have formed a chain of
demands made on her Society . To do this vocations are
a general Hospital , with 120 male and female beds . There the
The motto of the Society is taken from St. Paul's '
Medical and Surgical work is undertaken , and all classes of
Epistle to the Ephesians ( 111. V.9 - In caritate radicati
mobile dispensary units . "
All interested should apply to
of medical science ... .
# The harvest indeed is great , but the labourers are few .
European and Tropical diseases are treated . The,AADRAAIN is
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest that he sent forth
Labourers into the harvest . "
also young girls with suitable education to train in some for
urgently needed . Many more medical women and nurses are need :
M.M.M.