Pièce 2023-01-25/477 - Nigera to Mother Mary - from redemptorists

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Advice from C. Heerey C.S.S.P. about coming to Nigeria

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My dear Sister Mary,

I hope you will pardon me for my long delay in replying to your most welcome letter last Xmas. It was a very great happiness to hear from you again and to hear such good reports on your work. I hope Our Dear Lord will continue to bless your little company till He sees it in the midst of the active life of the missionary world. I was expecting your second letter as promised and this partly explains my delay. As yet I do not know much about your position, but I take it that you are the nucleus of a great Medical Missionary Body, a body which my experience of this Mission has taught me is a very great need. There is nothing I would appreciate more than to have a body of Religious women who are qualified and authorized to run a Medical Mission in all its aspects and details.

You probably have heard of some of my experiences of these experiments of the Medical Missions run by a combination of Religious and lay people. With all the good will in the world on both sides, the position is fraught with many delicacies and difficulties. Anua has had its baptism of trials—trials is hardly the word—Satan's vendetta would be more suitable! Emekuku has also had its share, but the difficulties are in great part surmounted. I am blessed in having there an excellent doctor who puts the Mission work before any personal inconvenience.

The ideal thing would be a Society such as yours to take over every aspect of the Medical Mission—doctors and nurses all of one mind, with one common purpose and one common obedience. I could enter into many details, but I do not care to write them. If I were talking to you I would speak more freely. But I am convinced that your Society is the ideal one for a Medical Mission. I wish your Society every blessing and hope its members will grow rapidly and that you and your daughters will spread to many Missions and do immense work for souls through your medical labours.

Our celebrations of the golden Jubilee of the Mission and of the opening of the Cathedral were a great success. I am sorry I have not any snaps to send you. Miss Powell and Miss D'Arc[y] had been working in Emekuku Hospital since they came out till the beginning of Feb. They are two fine girls. I am sorry they have no doctor to work with them. I hope they will get one soon.

God bless you, I hope you will write again and tell me more of the society. Don't forget me in your prayers please.

Yours v. sincerely in J.C.

C. Heerey C.S.Sp.

ORIGINAL OCR

My dear sister Mary.
I hope you will pardon me for my long delay
in replying to you most welcome letter last Kmas. It sas a
Very great happiness to hear from you again amd to hear such
good reports on your work. I hope Our Dear Lord will continue
to bless your little company till He sces it in the midst of the
Active life of the missionary world. I was expecting you second
Letter as promised and this partly explains my delay. Ad yet I
do not know much about your position, but I take it that you are
she nucleus of a great Medical Missionary Body. a body which m
experience of this of this Mission has taught me is a very great
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need, There is nothing I would appreciate more than to have a
body of Religious momen who are qualified and authorized to run
A Medical Mission in all its aspects and details.
Younprobably have heard of some of my experiences of these
experiments of the Medical Missions run by a combination of Re-
Ligious and lay people. With all the good will in the world on
both sides, the position is fraugth with many delicacies and dit.
ficulties. anwa has had its baptism of trails- trails is hardly
the word- satan's vendella would be more suitable' Emeluku.
has also had its share, but the difficulties are in great parts
surmounted. I am blessed in having there an excellent doctor who
puts the Mission work before any personal inconvienience.
The ideal thing would be a Society such as yours to take
over every aspect of the Medical Mission - doctors and nurses all
of one mind, with one common purpose and one common obedience,
I could enter into many delails, but I do not care to write
them. 1f I were talking to you I would speak more freely. But
I am convinced that your Society is the idial one for A Medscal
Mission. I wish your Society every blessing and hope its members
will grow rapidly and that you and your daughters will spread to
many Missions and do immense work for souls through your medical
Labours.
Aur celebrations of the golden Jubilee of the M
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CAHOLIG, MisszoN
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SOUTHER MIGERIA.