The love of Christ urges us on
The leg was the problem and no proper bed to sleep in. Story of an elderly woman who was sick at the same time and who lacked a bed to lay her head. What she improvised for a bed was too low and made it more difficult if she needed to get up. We brought …
December 1842 came to St Vincent’s with a cold that could be felt in every gesture, from the early hours of the morning, when the light was slow to enter through the windows and, in the hospital corridors, work began with a more measured pace, as though winter itself were imposing its rhythm even on …
A Dublin post-primary school has welcomed a delegation of Ugandan teachers to Ireland. The visit to Rosary College, Crumlin, is part of a cultural exchange organised by Irish Aid and WorldWise Global Schools. The visit part of an initiative named ‘Teachers Making a Difference’ a scheme is supported by the Irish Embassy in Uganda and …
They call me “ Woman of the Untold Story” and while pondering silently here in this beautiful Convent Garden for many years, I now have lots of stories to tell. You see when folks created this sculpture that bears my name, I wonder did they realize at the time that they had given me Xray …
Sr Miriam Twohig celebrated her 101st birthday in Cork earlier this year. It was arranged to have Mass celebrated in Marymount by the chaplain Fr. Declan Mansfield on Wednesday 12th March, two days ahead of the actual birthday, as Fr Declan is not in Marymount on Thursdays or Fridays. Many of the residents of the …
Engaging Dementia began as Sonas apc in 1990. It grew out of my experience as a teenager living at home in the 1950s and visiting older people in longstay care. I was disturbed by the lack of stimulation and interaction which I observed. This stayed with me but it was many years before I had …
