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Lowly Toilet

Today is World Toilet Day. And for those of you who think this is on a par with National Toaster Day (which everyone knows is the last Thursday in February1), it is not so! More than half the world’s population (4.2 billion people) live without safely managed sanitation.3 673 million people in the world live …

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Born too Soon

Today is World Prematurity Day with it’s theme this year of “Born too Soon: Providing the right care, at the right time, in the right place.2”   Premature birth is the leading cause of death in children under the age of five worldwide and is a cause of multiple health problems in these infants.1 More than …

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What is the Date??

The year is 1900 and the country is the United States. A man walks into his doctor’s office complaining of a persistent cough with fever, chills, night sweats, and weight loss. After an examination, the doctor informs the man that he has tuberculosis. Unfortunately, effective antibiotics to treat his illness will not be discovered for …

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Baptized and Sent

Pope Francis has declared October 2019 to be an Extraordinary Month of Mission 100 years ago, Pope Benedict XV released the encyclical Maximum Illud, which called on Catholics to bring the Good News to all peoples (Missio Ad Gentes). This special month of prayer and action calls us all to renew our missionary commitment. We …

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Women Humanitarians

When looking at the World Humanitarian Day 2019 theme of #WomenHumanitarians my thought first jumped to the countless Religious Sisters working in hospitals and clinics around the world with whom Mission Doctors have partnered for 60 years. Physicians, midwives, nurses, instructors, administrators; the countless Religious Women who work tirelessly to provide care.  According to the …

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Freedom

Today is July 4th, a day we here in the United States celebrate our history, our independence, and our freedom.  As we gather with family and friends, let us also remember thousands of our sisters and brothers are at our southern border who also seek these freedoms today. PROVERBS Chapter 31: 8-9 Open your mouth on behalf of …

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