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Catholic PRWire

MDA Benefit Sponsors Mission Doctors

For more than 40 years, a group of dedicated women in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has made it possible for Catholic doctors and their families to serve the poor at mission hospitals and clinics around the world.

The Mission Doctors Auxiliary will hold its annual benefit on April 16 at the Jonathan Club in downtown Los Angeles. Msgr. Lawrence O’Leary, former local director of the Propagation of the Faith and current pastor emeritus of St. Martin of Tours Church, will be honored. During his years as both associate director and director, Msgr. O’Leary was not only instrumental in the formation of physicians, but also visited many of them in the missions.

Mission Doctors recently expanded its medical outreach to Uganda. In January, Dr. and Mrs. William Walsh of Chicago began a three-year assignment in the African nation. Margaret Liautaud and Mary Lou Malphus, co-chairwomen of the benefit, are hopeful it will be the most successful event in the organization’s history.

“The expansion of the program to Uganda this year, and the need for ongoing support for our other doctors and their families, compels us to do the best we can,” said Mrs. Liautaud. “It is a unique partnership we have. We work to raise the funds here in Southern California to make it possible for the doctors and their families to serve people in countries around the world. Together we know we can — we know we are — making a real difference.”

For more information and an invitation to the benefit, contact Elise Frederick, Executive Director of the Mission Doctors Association, at (213) 368-1875 or by e-mail: missiondrs@earthlink.net. Please provide your complete mailing address. (Photos available upon request)

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Contact

Mission Doctors Association
http://www.MissionDoctors.org  CA,  US
Elise Frederick - Executive Director, 213 368-1875

Keywords

Catholic Mission Doctors

Category

Catholic Organizations