Track 1: Growing up in the 1930s and 1940s near Kildare. Joining the Little Sisters of the Assumption. Joining the noviciate and spending three years in Tunisia during temporary vows. Track 2: First appointment to Egypt in 1953. Assignment to the Suez region. Her time in orientation. She discusses her three years in Tunisia. Track 3: A description of the political situation in Egypt in the 1950s and 60s, and her medical work with the poor over the years. Track 4: Her second appointment was to Morocco. She describes that mission and also talks about a short stay in Lebanon for Arabic Studies while on her Egyptian mission. Track 5: An occasion when the sisters were left on their own during turbulent times in Egypt. Her return to Ireland in 1967 due to health problems.
Sr Una Lennox, LSA
€7.00 – €15.00
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Additional information
Type: | Disk, MP3 |
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Audio series: | IMU Missionary Stories Project |
Bitrate: | 160 kbps |
Download time limit: | 48 hours |
File size(s): | 7.13 MB, 8.15 MB, 16.35 MB, 11.18 MB, 24.50 MB |
Number of files: | 6 |
Product ID: | CDIMU01-137 |
Subject: | A Missionary in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco |
Recorded by: | Maurice O'Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore |