“Doctor I am sorry but Mateo signed himself out of the hospital this morning.” Just 10 days earlier we performed a bone marrow biopsy and I now had the results – the sample showed a diffuse fungal infection called Histoplasmosis.  The treatment with Amphotericin B would save his life. The nurse was asked if she

Today our nation will celebrate the 90th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This national holiday honors the legacy of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose dream for our nation was to have all people living the promise of the Founding Fathers “that all men are created equal”. There is so much

2019 Marks a special anniversary for Mission Doctors Association; our 60th Anniversary.  We have many things planned to celebrate this year as we also look to the future.  Yet, we also know that without the vision of our founder, Msgr. Anthony Brouwers, none of the lifesaving work of the past 60 years would have been

I believe I may have shared this before, but we always tell those in Formation that one of the blessings of being in mission is that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. There are fewer distractions and demands on time and treasure.  Little is done or expected in a gift exchange,  it is about

Micah 5: 1-4a; Hebrews 10: 5-10; Luke 1:39-45 With Christmas only two days away our minds are spinning with the various things which need to be done before Christmas: there are gifts to be wrapped; cards and packages to be mailed and food to be purchased for family feasts. With so much to do it

Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Phil. 4:4-7; Luke 3: 10-18 The Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete Sunday (Sunday of Joy) because two of the readings focus on joy. Joy- a word which we do not hear mentioned much in our frantic world and when it is casually dropped in small talk the speaker usually equates it

It is true for people living and serving in their own communities, as it is for those who travel to distant countries – we must follow the example of Jesus, who came into the world as a child to lead us to live lives of service. How we do this in the present time, must

(Baruch 5: 1-9; Phil. 1:4-8, 8-11; Luke 3: 1-6) The Second Sunday of Advent has come upon us- how time flies- and we are introduced in the Gospel of Luke to John the Baptist, preaching in the desert. Now often John comes across not as the saintly precursor to Jesus but as a strange, grouchy

Approximately 77 million people have become infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic. Today, there are approximately 36.9 million people currently living with HIV, and tens of millions of people have died of AIDS-related causes since the beginning of the epidemic. While these are staggering numbers, there are some reasons for optimism. ·        940,000 people

The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) is celebrated in our Catholic Faith on Nov 2nd. On this day we remember both those who have recently passed and those who have left many years ago. I remember as a child my mother recalling the life and passing of an Aunt who had died