Sr Maeve McMahon, OP

Track 1: Growing up in Belfast in the 1940s and 50s, her education, and her time as a Novice, and studying for her B.A. Track 2: Her mission New Orleans in 1971. She details the work, and the challenges she faced. Track 3: She compares prejudices against black people in New Orleans with those against Catholics in Belfast. She describes her responsibilities in running a school in New Orleans, for ten years, and the setting up of a new school, where she worked for another nine years. Track 4: Hurricane Katrina, and its devastating effects on the people there. She spent 27 years in mission work, and returned home to a different Ireland.